As women advocates, we must name this clearly: the struggle to afford menstrual products is not a private issue—it is a public health, racial justice, and gender justice issue. Key …
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Red Flags: Why Am I Feeling Unseen Here? Clues Survivors Notice First.
To be clear: People are not going to always feel seen. This is a huge planet. We are specifically talking about spaces, and conversations around violence, abuse, and Survivors….but harm …
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A Checklist for Anyone Claiming to Care About Women and Children’s Safety
No matter how you identify, if you continuously show up only to argue that women shouldn’t fight for our own health, opportunity, and safety, then the pattern speaks for itself. …
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✊🏾 Teaching Before the Harm: The Difference Between Comfort and Safety
“We learn too late because no one taught us soon enough. Let this be the generation that teaches before the harm.” Comfort feels nice. Safety keeps you alive. Too often, …
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Why Do People Call Gender-Critical Women “Extremists” When We’re Just Talking About Safety?
Survivor advocacy has always required naming what endangers women and children — even when it’s unpopular. This isn’t the kind of work that earns applause or bright lights. In more …
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Why Don’t We Talk About Black Men Who Survived Childhood Abuse?
There are stories we rarely let breathe. The stories of Black men who were once Black boys — hurt, silenced, told to “man up,” told that pain was weakness, …
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If the Mind Believes What It Hears Most — What Are We Teaching It About Safety?
There’s a reason children learn the alphabet through songs. There’s a reason faith traditions chant. There’s a reason we remember “I have a dream.” Our brains are built to believe …
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The Hidden Bill: What Violence Against Women Really Costs
When we talk about violence, we rarely talk about what the financial costs. Not just the broken bones or the heartbreak — but the billions of dollars society pays every …
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Hate Makes the Mind Small: Freedom Lives in Openness
Hateful people say, “So you all are just these magical people walking around knowing everything hunh.” Sometimes…… we do not have the words for what we see but we …
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Courtney Stodden’s Lifetime Movie Exposes the Public Grooming of a Child Bride—and the Cruelty of Celebrity Culture
I wasn’t deeply familiar with this young woman prior to watching the Lifetime movie. I’m a bit out of her target age range. But being a teenager and then enjoying …