Category: Black Women

When They Say Youâre âNot So InnocentââYou Still Deserve Justice
How to Stay Safe When You're Judged Instead of BelievedIn the quie [...]

đ Respectable-Silencing Is Still Silencing
đ Respectable-Silencing Is Still Silencing
And itâs one of the most [...]

đĄď¸ Survival Required Specificity
đĄď¸ Survival Required Specificity
We donât survive by blending in.We s [...]

đ§Š Oppressive Systems Are Built to Erase Specificity
We must say it plainly: Oppressive systems are designed to flatten, ge [...]

When Your Strength Makes Them Angry
Some people will try to make you feel like you did something wrong j [...]

đ§Š REARTICULATION: When the System Repackages Harm in New Clothes
WARNING TO THE LOVING, THE NURTURING, THE HEALERS:
The systems we f [...]

When Itâs Not Pride: 11 Ways Violence Against Black Women Hides Behind âBlack Prideâ
We lift up Black pride as sacredâa celebration of survival, brillian [...]

đ¤ 12 Ways Black Women Are Harmed When Men Weaponize Oppressive Systems
đ¤ 1. Demanding Grace While Denying Ours
Black women are often expecte [...]

Black Woman, Begin With You
They taught us to pour and pour and pour.To give âtil we vanish.
Bu [...]

She Caught the Girls Before They Fell: Victoria Earle Matthews and the War Against Trafficking (1861â1907)
10 Incredible Facts About Victoria Earle Matthews
1. She Was Born Ens [...]