Category: Black Women
Why Some Survivors Are Alarmed by the Push to Redefine Womanhood as An Aesthetic
It is harder to ignore now.
Some people noticed it earlier but now it [...]
Your Body Knows the Truth: Letting Survivors Define Abuse and Violation
You are seen. You are heard.
Survivors are speaking in this moment.An [...]
Why Some Voices Are Punished for Asking the Right Questions-Even By Fellow Women
Updated from June 3, 2025
Speaking of a harmed woman's word is neve [...]
10 Reasons Why âNot This Personâ Fails Women Every Time
People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruct [...]
Beyond the Theory: Why We Still Need Audre Lorde, Our Warrior Poet
There are moments that reveal to you exactly who you are and why you b [...]
When Survival Is Mistaken for Consent: Black Women, Weaponized Ignorance, and the Right to Refuse
It is not normal for people to know little to nothing about youâand st [...]
When History Is Weaponized: Seeing the Manipulation Clearly, Even on the Hard Days
A reminder that âslavery is white history, how we survived it is Black [...]
From Michael Harriot: How a City Ignored the (Systemic) Rape, Murder and Terrorism of Black Women for Four Decades
updated from December 4, 2024"Not everything that is faced can be [...]
They Love What We Give, Not Who We Are: The Quiet Erasure of Womenâs Inner Lives
When we say, âHe objectified her,â we make it sound like mere casual d [...]
50 Times We Walked Past YouâOur Hair Not to Your Liking, But We Were Dying Inside
updated March 27, 2025
You saw our hair.
Not our fear.Not ou [...]