Category: Civil Rights & Social Justice

Beautiful Before Anyone Gave Permission: Remembering Victoria Santa Cruz
I went to grade school with a girl who might put you on the mind of th [...]

When Women Call for Help—and the System Does Not See Someone Worth Protecting
We are nowhere close to being able to collapsing women's issues into t [...]

Who Decided Black Women Weren’t Feminine?
A movement does not become more compassionate by asking the vulnerable [...]

The Dangerous Person Is Always the Most “Interesting” Person in the Room
I will help build a culture where doing good is interesting again.[...]

Risk Doesn’t Rise by Accident—What Happens When Care is Uneven for Black Women
Risk for harm grows where care is uneven.And for Black women, car [...]

10 Women Who Paid With Their Lives While Fighting for Women’s Freedom
We were taught what women won. We weren't always taught what women pai [...]

Wait… If Race Is Socially Constructed, Why Doesn’t Racial Identity Depend on How You Feel?
They tell me that I have despised being told what to do since I was a [...]

A Right You Cannot Define Is a Right You Cannot Defend
She demonstrated wisdom across a lifetime. She died a wise woman. [...]

She Lied to Herself First: How Women Protect Harmful Men—And Turn on Other Women
updated from June 7, 2025
There’s a quiet lie that echoes through [...]

When Women Say, “Please Don’t Call Me Cis”: 13 Reasons Worth Hearing
Women are not the problem to be solved. Their objections may be tellin [...]