You Can Be Inclusive Without Abandoning Girls, Women, or Survivors
Inclusion should never come at the cost of someone else’s safety. But lately, women and Survivors are being told to prove our goodness by staying silent. To sacrifice our boundaries…
Inclusion should never come at the cost of someone else’s safety. But lately, women and Survivors are being told to prove our goodness by staying silent. To sacrifice our boundaries…
What is moral gaslighting? Moral gaslighting happens when women speak up for their own safety, and instead of being heard, they are shamed, discredited, or reframed as the villain. It’s…
When women cry out for justice, safety, healing, and the right to exist without fear, the response is too often not action—but distraction. Instead of addressing the harm, society interrogates…
We need to name it. The media—mainstream and social—isn’t just failing to protect women.It’s teaching us to be quiet.To question ourselves. To shrink.To smile through what we know is wrong.…
It’s an old tactic.Polished. Weaponized.Still as effective as ever. When someone—especially a woman, especially someone from a minoritized group—asks for the truth, the pushback is swift: “You’re being divisive.” “That’s…
We must say it plainly: Oppressive systems are designed to flatten, generalize, and erase. They pretend to be “fair” by treating everyone the same—but they know full well that we…
We’re often told:“If you just speak up…”“If you leave…”“If you fight back…”“If you call the police…”“If you file a report…” …then you’ll be safe.You’ll be believed.You’ll be protected. But for…
Blaming women is the usual default setting but if a man is violent, let’s put the blame where it belongs. Because too many conversations around abuse and harm still start…
“If your faith doesn’t let you cry, rage, rest, or leave the places that are killing you—it’s not faith. It’s control dressed in scripture.” Spiritual violence doesn’t always shout. It…
You don’t know which of the people around you are living in abusive situations.But they see you.They watch you.They hear you. They are listening—not just to what you say, but…