updated from March 27, 2025 It is an age-old, exhausting pattern: expecting Black women to absorb the impact, soothe, cushion, and hold space for men and male biology, even at …
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5 Red Flags That Technology Meant to Protect Us Can Become a Tool of Control: What Women Need to Know About Surveillance and Safety
Who isn’t surveilling women these days? There have been documented cases where law enforcement officers allegedly misused Flock Safety automated license plate reader (ALPR) systems to monitor romantic partners, ex-partners, …
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The Time Budget: 10 Reasons Saying “No” is a Strict Financial Decision
Imagine opening your bank account and realizing a stranger has been authorized to swipe your debit card whenever they feel like buying a coffee, a meal, or a new pair …
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The Ultimate Gaslight: When the Rulebook Itself Is Weaponized
Nearly every fan of music has seen the Fugees Killing Me Softly Video. At the time, it was striking and ground-breaking. The song and the video. It was directed by Aswad …
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How We Villainize Black Women Who Disagree with Males, Violence, & Abuse: C. Delores Tucker
by TGJPby TGJPHow We Villainize Black Women Who Disagree with Males C Delores Tucker updated from March 21 2022 They will never run out of nasty and unkind words for Black women …
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The New Rules of Manipulation: 12 Things Every Woman and Girl Should Know
Much of today’s manipulation no longer looks openly threatening. It often arrives looking compassionate, progressive, emotionally intelligent, romantic, therapeutic, empowering, or inclusive. That doesn’t mean those things are manipulative. It …
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When Respect Becomes Language Control: Who Decides What Women Are Allowed to Say?
So today we are in the state of Washington because their Department of Corrections has interesting policies that impact women. Language control determines which words institutions permit us to use, …
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Our History Teaches Us to Protect What Remains
“If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.”- Zora Neale Hurston There comes a point when ‘share everything’ sounds a lot like ‘give …
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Janet Jackson Protected Eve—But Why Did She Have to? (video)
updated from July 14 2025 This thing men do. “It’s actually those men that are the real danger.” “No, those are the men you really need to be afraid …
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You Deserve Safety—Even When You’re Just Trying to Keep Going
Some of us were never told that we deserved to feel safe.We were told to keep going.To be strong.To not make a scene.To forgive.To forget.To move on. So we did.We …