Consent

updated from February 15 2026   One of the hardest lessons many women learn is this: Love does not require you to ignore what your eyes, your body, and your …

So today we are in the state of Washington because their Department of Corrections has interesting policies that impact women. Language control determines which words institutions permit us to use, …

  updated from July 14 2025 This thing men do. “It’s actually those men that are the real danger.” “No, those are the men you really need to be afraid …

updated from June 2025 This history is not symbolic. It is specific, embodied, and carried forward through language. For many Black American women, forced renaming has never been a side …

Some of us were never told that we deserved to feel safe.We were told to keep going.To be strong.To not make a scene.To forgive.To forget.To move on. So we did.We …

  One of the most dangerous assumptions in the world is believing that if a woman does not openly object, she must be okay with what is happening. Many women …

  When men debate whether women deserve safety, they are not having a conversation. They are auditioning for authority over women’s boundaries. The year is 2026. Violence against women is …

Where coercion is the law, truth cannot live. When the rules are written to force silence,to demand submission,to prioritize appearances over reality—truth gasps for air. Truth withers.Truth is hunted. Survivors …

updated from June 22, 2025 Nina Simone’s song, “Four Women,” is powerful because each woman has been made into someone else’s story. Aunt Sarah is expected to carry pain. Saffronia …

When people are treated as if others “ought to have access” to them, it is a systematic denial of their right to remain inviolate. Here are some understandings and perspectives …