Category: Child Abuse
10 Lessons for Survivors from Melba Wilson’s Crossing the Boundary: Black Women Survive Incest
Melba Wilson wrote about something that Black women had certainly been [...]
The Question Nobody Answers About Mixed-Sex Spaces: What Happens When Something Goes Wrong?
I did not arrive at female boundaries because I assumed every male was [...]
When “Protecting Children” Means Removing a Book About a Child Who Was Sexually Abused
"History, despite Its wrenching pain, Cannot be unlived, But if faced [...]
The Invisible Glue: 10 Ways Women Are Taught to Hold Together What Should Be Allowed to Break
updated from January 2026I've served the women who responded to vi [...]
Congo Is Asking the World to Look: 7 Devastating Truths About Sexual Violence in the DRC
Well, actually...they've been asking for help for awhile. At some poin [...]
Please Stop Telling Survivors, “Men Wouldn’t Go That Far.” History Says Otherwise.
updated from March 24 2025 Interesting fact:
Before his [...]
Before We Lock Another Mother Away, We Need to Talk About Deasia Watkins
Some women are granted complexity after tragedy. Others are handed a n [...]
What Does a Person’s Sex Have to Do with Safety?
In the real world, on this planet we live on, the female-sexed body ma [...]
IF “We” Are Standing Against the Killing of Children, Women Would Like to See That Principle Everywhere
Sometimes men speak as though women are surprised when men take a stro [...]
Katoucha Niane: Her Beauty Made Headlines. Her Courage Deserves History.
There are some women whose photographs become famous while the most im [...]