Across campuses, colleges have a duty: to protect all students. That includes the right to privacy, safety, and dignity—especially for young women participating in athletics. At the University of Pennsylvania, …
Body safety
-
AbuseAbuse of PowerBody safetyBoundariesCampus violenceChild sexual abuseDECEPTIONFemale Civil RightsFemale Health and SafetyManipulationRED FLAGSSafe Boundaried SpacesSafeguardingSafetySurviving DailyTRUTHViolationWomenWomen's Rights
-
AbuseAbuse of PowerAffirmationsBody safetyBoundarieschild safetyConfidenceDomestic ViolenceFaith/SpiritualityFemale Health and Safetyfemale health civil rightsRED FLAGSRelationshipsSafe Boundaried SpacessafegaurdingSafeguardingSafetySelf careSelf LoveSelf WorthSurviving DailyTRUTHviolenceViolence Against WomenWomanism/FeminismWomen's Rights
It’s Not the Phrase. It’s the Harm.
Some folks are upset nowabout the phrase:“I don’t owe you.” Around here, we are retiring the phrase. But not because people do not like it, but because we have so …
-
AffirmationsBody safetyBoundariesConfidenceFaith/SpiritualityFemale Health and SafetyHealingHealthLoving SafelyMental Wellness and HealingPowerRelationshipsSafeguardingSafetySelf careSelf LoveSelf WorthSurviving DailyTRUTHViolationWomen
Saying Yes When You Mean No Is a Silent Form of Self-Betrayal
They will keep coming backto your spirit, your softness, your giving hands—as long as you let them. But you were never meant to be the onewho saves everyonewhile drowning quietly …
-
Body safetyBoundariesBoyschild safetyChildrenConsentDisabilitiesDisability and Chronic IllnessGirlsHerstory/HistoryImmigrationIn the NewsLGBSafe Boundaried SpacesSafeguardingSurviving DailyTeensTRUTHYouth
Children Deserve Truth—And They Deserve Protection Too
In the wake of the Supreme Court decision regarding parental rights and LGBTQ+ curriculum opt-outs, many of us find ourselves sitting with complex emotions. This isn’t a simple matter—not for …
-
body movementBody safetyBoundariesConfidenceHealingHealthMental Wellness and HealthSafe Boundaried SpacesSelf careSelf LoveSelf WorthTRUTHWisdomWomanism/FeminismWomen
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— with whatever was in our hands,whatever was in our hearts,and sometimes, just with breath and hope alone. For generations, …
-
Abuse of PowerAffirmationsBlack WomenBody safetyBoundariesCoercionConfidenceFemale Civil RightsGirls of ColorPowerRED FLAGSRelationshipsSafe Boundaried SpacesSafeguardingSafetySelf careSelf LoveSelf WorthTRUTHVictims RightsViolationWomanism/Feminism
Harm-Jacking: When Your Pain Becomes Someone Else’s Weapon
There have always been obstacles—but there have also always been real ones by our side, standing strong with us to rise above with them. It’s been around forever—In movements.In families.In …
-
AbuseAbuse of PowerAssaultBody safetyBoundarieschild safetyChildrenCoercionConfidenceDECEPTIONFaith/SpiritualityFemale Health and SafetyGroomingHealingHuman TraffickingManipulationPowerRED FLAGSRelationshipsSafeguardingSafetySelf careSelf LoveSelf WorthSurviving DailyViolation
People Don’t Just “Ignore Red Flags” — They’re Protecting Something
When someone stays silent about abuse, overlooks harm, or rewrites the story to sound softer than it was—it’s easy for outsiders to say: “Why didn’t you leave?” “How could you …
-
Body safetychild safetyConfidenceDECEPTIONHealingHealthManipulationPowerSurviving DailyViolationYouth
Betrayal Blindness: When Your Brain Protects You… by Lying to You
Let’s talk about something real. Have you ever looked back at a situation and thought—”Wait… that wasn’t okay. That was messed up“? Maybe it was a parent who “loved you …
-
Abuse of PowerAdvocates/ActivistsBody safetychild safetyCivil Rights & Social JusticeDomestic AbuseDomestic ViolenceDomesticViolenceFemale Civil RightsFemale HealthFemale Health and Safetyfemale health civil rightsFemale SafetyHerstory/HistoryJustice is Authentic LoveManipulationMental healthMental Wellness and HealingMental Wellness and HealthOnline Abuse/PredatorsParenting Tips & AwarenessPowerRapeSafeguardingSafetySurviving DailyViolationWomanism/FeminismWomen's Rights
Why Women’s Rights Vary by State—and Men’s Don’t: A Breakdown of Legal Inequality in America
Do you see all this debate over “women’s spaces” and NONE over men’s spaces? There’s a line from a 1976 film that still echoes today: “I’m as mad as hell, …
-
AbuseAbuse of PowerBody safetyBoundariesCivil Rights & Social JusticeDomestic AbuseDomestic ViolenceDomesticViolenceEncourageFaith in StormsFaith/SpiritualityFemale Civil RightsFemale HealthFemale Health and Safetyfemale health civil rightsFemale SafetyManipulationRED FLAGSRelationshipsSafe Boundaried SpacesSafeguardingSafetySelf careSelf LoveSelf WorthstalkingSurviving DailyTRUTHViolationWomanism/FeminismWomen's Rights
When the Gate Swings Open: The Floodgate Effect and the Harm That Follows
Some harms don’t happen in isolation. They happen because someone was let in who shouldn’t have been.And then, no one shut the door behind them. In law and policy, this …