Culture

I wasn’t deeply familiar with this young woman prior to watching the Lifetime movie. I’m a bit out of her target age range. But being a teenager and then enjoying …

Wherever there is harm—whether domestic violence, sexual violence, stalking, or racism—there is often the same pattern: minimization, denial, and reverse blaming. Survivors are shamed for naming the truth, while those …

Survivors of violence, harm, and abuse know full well what “no justice, no peace” means. We live it.  -Tonya GJ Prince Justice for Survivors Is Not Optional The word carceral …

When you work in organizations that address violence against women, middle class women-especially those who are not minoritized- do not get this part. They think that heavy policing makes women …

Black women don’t need a textbook to recognize fascism on this planet.We’ve felt it creeping under the door, showing up in church bulletins, classrooms, courtrooms, and dinner tables.We’ve survived it …

🕯 The Parable of the Crooked Weaver Once, in a small village wrapped in forest and silence, there lived a skilled weaver named Marron. He was known far and wide …

Some people may see this clip of K. Michelle as just a moment. But we see history. Few dare to understand what it is like to come from a people—Black …

We say, “It takes a village.” But more often than not, “the village” means the women. The ones who give their time, their rest, their breath, and their dreams. 💸 …

Stop making abuse a softer crime just because the beat is familiar. Let me just get this sentence out so I can be done:   Must we use every Black …

1. We Are Often the First to Speak Up—and the Last to Be Protected Black women are frequently the ones raising the alarm about injustice. Yet when it comes time …