Category: Celebrity/Fame
The Judds: When Healing Isn’t Pretty
When I watched Love Can Build a Bridge on Lifetime, I wasn’t expecti [...]
Because She Sang, We Speak: Honoring Billie Holiday’s Legacy of Truth
If you are silent about your pain, they will kill you and say that you [...]
🪞When Her Mirror Is a Mask: The Women Who Reflect Us—But Don’t Stand With Us
Not every woman who looks like she’s with you is for you.
Some women [...]
🛑 Stop Saying “Men Wouldn’t Go That Far to Abuse Women
Please stop telling Survivors that "men wouldn’t go through the trou [...]

How Vanessa Williams Overcame Bias and Industry Backlash to Reinvent Herself—and Win Anyway”
This is how you do it!
It was 1984. Vanessa Williams was surrounded [...]

Bullies and Cowards: A Natural Alliance in the Abuse of Women and Vulnerable Adults
If there is one thing history, society, and personal experience have [...]

How Enablers Fuel Suffering for Women and Girls
We have known for a long time now that all it takes is indiffere [...]

Revisting the Silencing of Silenced Women and Girls: R Kelly
 When the groundbreaking documentary Surviving RKelly [...]

The Hidden Danger: How Abusers Stalk Their Victims Even from Behind Bars
This post is dedicated to the memory of Donasia Alexus Holloway 🕯Music [...]

A Journey to Finding Our Voices Through Personal Stories (podcast/audio)
Your Survivor story has the power to heal. On this episode of We Survi [...]
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Big Mama Thornton: I Stand Up for Myself For As Long As I Can
Big Mama Thornton, who originally recorded the classic song "Hou [...]
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Survivor Affirmations: I Live an Authentic Life, Lessons from Big Mama Thornton (podcast episode)
In this compelling episode of the We Survive Abuse podcast, we d [...]
The Hidden Truth: Media Silence on Male Violence Against Women and Girls
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She is not a sex worker, sh [...]

24 More Phrases People Use to Try to Silence Survivors of Sexual Violence
Updated on 4/11/22 from 7/14/2016I now know why my Granny, Grandma Mon [...]

New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival: The Girl From Salonika
Starting the week with great news from filmmaker Alison Jayne-Wi [...]

Robin Givens’ Courage: Society’s Response to Domestic Violence Has Not Changed Enough Since 1988
>>"Robin Givens was expected to LIE to shield a man."<& [...]

Mary J. Blige: Amplifying Awareness on Violence and Abuse as a Survivor
Mary J Blige is among the 2024 nominees being considered to be inducte [...]
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Why Does Society Make it Difficult for Survivors of Rape & Abuse to Come Forward? Part 2
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Original post 9/23/15
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A Spell Too Far: Protect Children or Leave Them Alone
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