Body safety

I’m not angry at other women.Not even the ones who shame, silence, or mock.Not even the ones who call truth-telling “too much,” “too angry,” or “too divisive.” I understand the …

Like most acts of violence against women,invasion of boundaries doesn’t just show up with brute force.It counts on betrayal.It counts on a hand extended, not in sisterhood, but in sabotage. …

When someone pressures a woman to lie, to go against her beliefs, her conscience, her values, her faith, or her integrity—that is not love. That is coercive control. It doesn’t …

We need politicians who center women. Full stop. Not just women who marry.Not just women who mother.Not just women who serve the goals of men. We mean all women. Women …

There is a silence that wraps itself around certain women like a shroud—thick, suffocating, strategic. It’s the silence reserved for women who are poor, prostituted, racialized, addicted, mentally unwell, undocumented, …

Some silence isn’t ignorance. It’s allegiance. There are women who didn’t know.There are women who didn’t see.There are women who were misled, manipulated, used. But then—There are women who knew.Who …

“I am…”Two of the most powerful words a person can speak. In the right hands, they build identity.They anchor us in truth.They tell the world who we’ve chosen to be. …

There are no magic words. No title, no role, no identity, no costume, no tone of voice, no declaration of who you claim to be— grants you automatic access to …

*Note: This is meant to be an elementary explanation. It came out of a conversation. Sometimes you realize you are speaking but your words are not reaching the listener. Not …