Category: Body safety
10 Signs You’re Being Dehumanized—Even by People Who Say They Support You
This is a crucial question—because recognizing when you are being de [...]
Using Michelle Obama’s Image to Justify White Supremacy Is a Self-Own—And a Betrayal
(Why Black women must speak for ourselves, gatekeep our image, and pro [...]
Braids, Locs, and the Right to Be: The Truth About Black Hair Discrimination
We need less focus on aesthetics—less chatter about who’s worn braids, [...]
25 Ways Society Sends Harmful Messages to Black Women About Our Safety and Worth
We carry so much. Too much.And still, society dares to question our [...]
The Unseen Cage: How Systems Use Coercive Control
When the hands that claim to help you are the ones tightening the gr [...]
Cold Water Calms the Storm: A Healing Tool Our Elders Already Knew
There are days when your body feels like a house on fire.
Your heart [...]
Weight Gain After Trauma Isn’t Just Emotional—It’s Biological
Let’s stop lying to Survivors.
Let’s stop telling people who have liv [...]
You Don’t Have to Stay Where You’re Not Safe
Some of us are trying to bloom in gardens that were never planted for [...]
You Were Never Meant to Carry What He Refused to Unpack
For the woman who’s been told her standards are too high—stand taller. [...]
Lucy Diggs Slowe: She Protected Us in Silence So We Could One Day Speak
“Because boundaried spaces don’t build themselves—someone has to brave [...]
The Double Standard Isn’t Cosmetic—It’s Controlling Us.
Plastic surgery was never just about beauty.It was always about contro [...]
This Is Why Victims Sue: It’s Not About Greed. It’s About Survival.
They say it’s a “cash grab.”They roll their eyes.They whisper behind h [...]
When Thinness Was a Virtue: 1980s Body Ideals and the Cost to Women’s Health
We woke upto pastel lycra and a bounce in the beat—We started with a [...]
Instinct Is Not Ignorance. It’s Survival.
There’s something sacred about a warning call in the wild.
A rustle.A [...]
Privacy Is Not Prejudice. It’s Protection.
Somewhere along the way, somebody got bold enough to say it out loud:" [...]
Women Deserve Privacy, Safety, and Respect—Especially in Campus Athletics
Across campuses, colleges have a duty: to protect all students.
Th [...]
It’s Not the Phrase. It’s the Harm.
Some folks are upset nowabout the phrase:“I don’t owe you.”
Around he [...]
Saying Yes When You Mean No Is a Silent Form of Self-Betrayal
They will keep coming backto your spirit, your softness, your giving h [...]
Children Deserve Truth—And They Deserve Protection Too
In the wake of the Supreme Court decision regarding parental rights an [...]
Creating Safe Spaces to Heal: How Black Women Make Room for Ourselves When the World Won’t
We weren’t handed safe spaces.We’ve had to build them from scratch—
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