Across social media and in political spaces, there is no shortage of advice directed at Black women. People encourage us to: speak more about this issue speak less about that …
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Does Naming Ourselves Hurt Anyone? No. Erasing Us Does.
updated from November 18 2025 If the harm is sex-specific, the language has to be sex-specific.Especially for Black women.Especially in maternal health. Black women have always understood the …
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Gratitude to Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon
by TGJPby TGJPupdated from February 1, 2025 Music is healing. Music is power. Music has the power to change the world. On many, many, many a day when danger, threats, …
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Celia: How an Enslaved Girl Continues to Inform Black Women’s Work to End Violence Against Women
by TGJPby TGJPCelia updated from September 20 2023 1. (1855) Celia was a slave girl who was tried and executed for killing her enslaver after enduring years of rape. 2. …
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The Overlooked History of Black Disabled Lives: Survival, Misunderstanding, and Strength
As a Black woman who has struggled with a health condition that is limiting, and has worked in the professional serving capacity for people with disabilities… I struggled with recent …
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Mother of Environmental Justice: Hazel M. Johnson
by TGJPby TGJPupdated from November 9 2024 Never forgetting the pioneering mothers of environmental justice and those who identified its roots in racism. She Said: “If we want a safe environment …
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Stop Calling It ‘Inclusion’ If You Aren’t Providing ‘Safety’ for ALL
“Institutionally, we still don’t understand what inclusion means. Just because you invite someone into a space, but you don’t provide the necessary resources to keep them and everyone else in …
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Sister Souljah — The 1992 Moment That Shifted Political Language
Forget the people telling you: “There was racial harmony before we had a Black president.” “Before Obama all was great.” They are telling lies and there is NO truth residing …
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Don’t Ignore the History and Connection of Accountability Evasion in Violence, Abuse, and Racism (w/ podcast episode)
So we have reached the place where the n-word is actually Black American people’s fault. And that is part of the cycle of harm. Evading accountability. The concept of “the …
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Why You May Want to Unfollow People Who Willfully Turn a Blind Eye to Power Imbalance
As Big Brother Legend on X.com says, “I unfollow (Black) people who don’t understand this.” At this point in my life, I choose to disaffiliate with people who do not …