“I will give you something to cry out about” There is something few people want to talk about—but every Survivor knows it. In systems of abuse and exploitation,there is almost …
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The Divorce Was Inevitable: We Never Chose This Marriage
No one asked women anything. People just kept telling women how they “ought to” and “must” feel.-TGJP This is a very scary time for some women.Because it’s not just the …
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Self-Determination Doesn’t Always Look Like You Think It Should
There’s a blind spot on the Left. A loud, well-meaning, but dangerous assumption that all women want the same things, live by the same codes, and are fighting for the …
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Don’t Say You’re in Our Corner—Fight Like It
“What we’re fighting for is not a privilege. It is a right.” – Fannie Lou Hamer Don’t say you’re in my corner—fight like it.Don’t post slogans and hashtags—move like you mean it. …
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Why Do Men Kill Women?
“When the truth is too loud to ignore, the world calls it discomfort. We call it survival.” Why do men kill women? Too often, it’s not because of long-standing feuds, …
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Familiarity Doesn’t Make Stranger Abuse Irrelevant
There’s a manipulation tactic that keeps slipping into our public conversations—one that says: “Most people are abused by someone they know… so we don’t really need to worry about stranger …
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Unlearning Loyalty to Those Who Ask You to Lie
“Power borrowed from fear never lasts” There comes a time when your soul grows too heavy to carry the weight of someone else’s lies. At first, it felt like loyalty.Like …
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The Voices We Don’t Hear Are Still Speaking
In our fast-moving world, where everything from news to justice seems to depend on who has the loudest microphone, I want us to remember something sacred: The most important truths …
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Love Doesn’t Mean Lying: I Can Respect You and Still Speak the Truth
If you think I have to choose between truth and respect,You underestimate the power of both. See, real love doesn’t demand silence.Real respect doesn’t require that I lie.If I can’t …
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How Changing Language Around Sex is Used to Undermine Women in Courtrooms
We live in an age of shifting language.A time when even the most basic truths—like what it means to be a woman—are being rewritten, not by science or survival, but …