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Gary Indiana Needs Us NOW
Gary, Indiana Needs Us Right Now: Here Is How You Can Help - Survi [...]

Frequency Is Not Permission: The Dangerous Math We Do With Women and Girls
Frequency tells us how often harm happens. It does not tell us how muc [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The Burden of Blindness: How Systems Force Us to Ignore Our Own Reality
I have been talking about "institutional betrayal" and women a [...]

12 Ways Women Carry Unequal Legal Burdens in Brazil
Beautiful Brazil. A country that, like many others, has a long way to [...]

7 African Women from History Who Organized, Led, and Changed Their Communities
"History did not begin when Europe started writing about women's right [...]

The Bench at Maple and Ninth: When Men Decide Whether Women Get Boundaries (audio)
In this episode of We Survive Abuse, we step into a modern f [...]

The Fable of the Flame that Would Not Bow: The Importance of Help Seeking Language in Troubled Times
Discouragement is part of the battle. It always has been. But defeatis [...]

The Conversation That Keeps Missing the Point on Violence Against Women
People direct public anger toward groups that may have hurt or failed [...]