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Discouragement is part of the battle. It always has been. But defeatist language can become dangerous when it stops people from seeking help, making plans, or naming what they truly …

People direct public anger toward groups that may have hurt or failed them. That reaction is human. But it can stop the conversation at the surface. Because here’s the harder …

With war, comes murder and rape Pornography is often blamed as the reason violence—especially violence against women—has escalated. That sounds clean. It sounds decisive. It feels like an answer. But history …

 “A river that forgets its source will soon run dry.”— African proverb There is a scene in The Women of Brewster Place where the women get fed up with being …

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 …

At some point, complacency feels like betrayal. It is exhausting and deeply painful to be a witness to complacency around violence and abuse. Complacency is an enemy to progress and …

Before critique culture.Before hot takes. Before performance listening.Before everyone felt required to respond. Women told stories.And other women sat with them. Not to analyze.Not to correct.Not to diagnose.Not to “balance …

That move is often about re-centering. When Black women name race and gender together, the response isn’t just disagreement—it’s anxiety about losing narrative control. Saying “misogyny is older” becomes a …

It requires wholeness, not performance. A feminism that includes Black women does not ask us to arrive as fragments—carefully edited, softened, or stripped of context. It does not demand that …

I get when some groups defend some aspects of abusers. I’ve slipped (more than once) and done it too. I’m a human. I still have a duty to push back …