Category: Community
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 [...]
Pornography Didn’t Start the Fire: A Clear Look at History, Power, and Violence
With war, comes murder and rape
Pornography is often blamed as the re [...]
Why Forgetting the Wisdom of Elders Weakens Movements — And How Honoring Them Strengthens the Future
“A river that forgets its source will soon run dry.”— African proverb [...]
What Would It Look Like to Support Black Women Where They Actually Live?
Across social media and in political spaces, there is no shortage of a [...]