Civil Rights & Social Justice

Women have historically organized around power differently. Again and again, women have sought power to create refuge rather than conquest, safety rather than supremacy, opportunity rather than control. This is …

“This isn’t a big deal. We have bigger issues.” EXACTLY. The issues of women’s and girls’ safety, human rights, opportunities, and autonomy are a HUGE deal. Loss of safety and …

You have chosen to lie  for a man you respect.   I have chosen to tell the truth  for all the women I’ve never met.   ~Aja the Poet updated …

There is nothing abstract about the blood on the floor. The room could be a delivery room. A girl’s restroom after school. A woman’s restroom after a meeting. A forensic …

It is a contradiction to restrict women’s opportunities, safety, or autonomy and then criticize the ways women adapt. If we want different outcomes, we must examine the conditions we as …

Panic. You can always tell when men are being asked to do something that women have always been expected to do. Did you know? All female athletes at the Olympic …

If you’re Gen X, you probably grew up hearing the name Strom Thurmond long before you ever heard the name Essie Mae Washington-Williams. For many of us, Thurmond was the …

If the public tantrums around males being tested could stop, that would be great because biological tests, some extremely invasive, have always been a part of the lives of women …

updated from March 27, 2025 It is an age-old, exhausting pattern: expecting Black women to absorb the impact, soothe, cushion, and hold space for men and male biology, even at …

updated from February 15 2026   One of the hardest lessons many women learn is this: Love does not require you to ignore what your eyes, your body, and your …