Category: DECEPTION
🎯 General Categories Protect the Powerful, Not the Vulnerable
We are often told that broad categories are a sign of unity.That we sh [...]
Naming is Healing. Naming is Legacy
There is power in a name.
When you name an experience, you call it ou [...]
🧩 Oppressive Systems Are Built to Erase Specificity
We must say it plainly: Oppressive systems are designed to flatten, ge [...]
Systems Often Fail to Protect Autonomous People
We’re often told:“If you just speak up…”“If you leave…”“If you fight [...]
When Your Strength Makes Them Angry
Some people will try to make you feel like you did something wrong j [...]
🧨 The Dangerous Oversight in Some “Alternative Justice” Conversations
In the push for restorative or alternative justice, one painful real [...]
🧠QUESTIONS TO DETECT REARTICULATION IN ACTION
1. Who is this “solution” really for?
Does it center women an [...]
🧩 REARTICULATION: When the System Repackages Harm in New Clothes
WARNING TO THE LOVING, THE NURTURING, THE HEALERS:
The systems we f [...]
💣 In Just One Second: 12 Ways People Tell You They’re Pro-Abuser
(And Maybe Capable of Abuse Themselves)
Sometimes it doesn’t take a [...]
Black Pride Is Not a Mask for Violence
We talk a lot about Black pride.We wear it.We speak it.We teach it t [...]
She Caught the Girls Before They Fell: Victoria Earle Matthews and the War Against Trafficking (1861–1907)
✨ 10 Incredible Facts About Victoria Earle Matthews
She Was Bor [...]
HE Chose Violence
Blaming women is the usual default setting but if a man is violent, le [...]
What Is Spiritual Violence? And Why We Must Talk About It
“If your faith doesn’t let you cry, rage, rest, or leave the places [...]
Why Must We Carry Everyone? The Heavy Expectation Placed on Black Women’s Healing
She wasn’t just expected to heal. She was expected to heal everyone [...]
You Never Know Who’s Listening
You don’t know which of the people around you are living in abusive [...]
Victim-Blaming Is Enabling Abuse
Let’s name it plain:Victim-blaming doesn’t protect anyone. It protec [...]
Autonomy Is Not Teflon
Autonomy is powerful.But it is not a shield.Not in this world.
A woma [...]
How Abusers Place Themselves Above Accountability
✦ by WeSurviveAbuse.com
One of the most dangerous traits of an abuser [...]
When Words Are Used to Control You: Everyday Red Flags People Miss
✦ by WeSurviveAbuse.com
Not all control looks like yelling, threats, [...]
🚨 Control of Language Is a Red Flag for Abuse—And Many Miss It
✦ by WeSurviveAbuse.com
We’re taught to look for bruises, raised voic [...]
