Category: Body safety

Black Women Have Carried the Community Long Enough. When Will OUR Safety Become a Priority?
If your vision of justice requires Black women to accept more danger, [...]

10 Clear Signs He Doesn’t Respect You (And What Survivors Must Know About the Programming That Keeps Us Silent)
updated from Sep 28, 2025
Survival is one type of strength. Heali [...]

How Violence Prevention Is Treated as Worse Than the Violence Itself
When a woman asks for safety, listen to the danger she is describi [...]

The Exception Man: New Vocabulary Does Not Change the Reality of Male Violence
"It was 'that' kind of man who harmed you, not this kind." But how can [...]

She Reported the Rapes. A Jury Convicted Him. Then the Judge Told Her to Forgive Him.
Some people are taught to believe the justice system will be waiting f [...]

Things to Understand About the LSU Sexual Assault Case, and the Young Black Woman at the Center of It
There is a young Black woman at the center of the LSU sexual-assault s [...]

No Predator Has the Authority to Rename Violence As a “Right.”
updated from September 26 2025
Abusers call what they do to women a [...]

Featuring Bunmi: Who Benefits When Women Are Encouraged to Leave Their Sexual Boundaries Open to Revision?
Who benefits when women are encouraged to understand their sexual boun [...]

When Giving Up Women’s Rights Is Called Progress: 15 Questions Worth Asking
updated from March 23 2025There is a familiar pattern in [...]

NO ONE Can Assert a Right to Be in Your Dating Pool
You are allowed to have preferences that produce absolutely no social [...]