Boundaries

updated from August 7 2025 Remember now, plenty of wives and children around the world are very nice to men who think nothing of harming them in an instant. As …

Truth telling is not a luxury. It is not a reward. It is the baseline responsibility of news organizations, public officials, and law enforcement. Communities should not have to march, …

Someone is telling on themselves……. In Jim Crow America, Black people—especially Black women and girls—were forbidden from having boundaries: A Black woman couldn’t say no to a white man’s advances …

updated from June 22, 2025 Nina Simone’s song, “Four Women,” is powerful because each woman has been made into someone else’s story. Aunt Sarah is expected to carry pain. Saffronia …

Have you ever had a feeling about someone and talked yourself out of it? Not because nothing happened. But because you could not explain it cleanly yet. Maybe they were …

There is language that has been troubling my soul. As a Womanist historian, I know that misinformation is not just an error; it is a weapon used to disarm the …

Sometimes I feel weak and weary. Like today, and yesterday, and the day before that. This work—this witnessing, this advocating, this holding the line—gets heavy. And yet, I am appreciative. …

There is this strange, deeply embedded belief that in order for a woman or girl to be considered a “good person” she must sacrifice her safety for men. Very much …

updated from June 28, 2024         Listen to this blog post here   There are moments when listening is not polite or optional. Listening can save a …

  update from April 25, 2025 We honor the lives of Jennifer Farber Dulos and Jennifer Magnano, two women whose stories pierced the silence surrounding a form of abuse that …