Body safety

Women have spent generations being told to sit back and relax while somebody else decided where the road was going. Some of us like to see the map.  Of course …

In the real world, on this planet we live on, the female-sexed body may have to navigate menstruation, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, sexual vulnerability, intimate medical care, privately undressing, religious practice …

  updated from April 8 2025 Some lies don’t look like lies.They wear the clothing of “tradition,” “culture,” “love,” or “femininity.”But if you look closer, you’ll see the bruises they …

updated from November 7, 2023 Some advocates for women and girls are not pleased with how we are talking about strangulation. Strangulation is often viewed as a very casual thing …

We spend a lot of time teaching women how to recognize danger. Learn the red flags. Watch for controlling behavior. Notice manipulation. Pay attention when someone refuses to respect your …

updated from June 7 2025 Why It’s Wrong—And Sometimes Criminal—for Men to Overrule a Woman’s “No” In every corner of society—online and offline—there’s a dangerous pattern we must name: Men …

    updated from April 19 2024 If you’re a female athlete, you owe your opportunities and career (if you have/had one) to this woman. “What we tolerate is who …

Sometimes men speak as though women are surprised when men take a strong moral position about the death of children, particularly in conversations about abortion or a mother who kills …

There is a reason people cling so tightly to labels when harm is exposed. Often, it is not confusion. It is fear. Fear of admitting they were misled. Fear of …

A movement does not become more compassionate by asking the vulnerable to become invisible. True justice makes more room without removing the people who were already standing there.   Who …