Disabilities

The Survival Lesson in Miss Evers’ Boys One of the hardest lessons we learn about human behavior is that people don’t have to seem evil to participate in something harmful. …

I thought I knew Sylvia Plath. I swear I did. I mean how you “know” a person you study. I liked her work, and time and again I answered college-level …

updated from March 24 2025   Interesting fact: Before his murders were discovered, serial killer Ted Bundy volunteered at a suicide crisis hotline in Seattle called the Seattle Crisis Clinic in 1971. The …

updated from June 3 2025 Let’s name this for what it is: When politicians, media figures, or public influencers call women “hateful” for expressing concerns about our safety, they are …

Frequency tells us how often harm happens. It does not tell us how much harm we should be willing to accept. I have finally found the words for something I …

There is something particularly sad about a woman becoming one of the world’s great symbols of female sexuality while privately struggling with an illness rooted in her reproductive health, enduring …

 updated from June 7, 2025 There’s a quiet lie that echoes through many women’s lives.A lie whispered in silence. Repeated in prayer. Spoken with eyes closed tight. It goes something …

1. Post-separation violenceWomen are worried about what happens after leaving, filing for divorce, requesting protection, or cutting contact. The danger often rises when an abusive person feels control slipping. This …

Calling Things by Their Proper Name: Honoring Dr. Angella Dorothea Ferguson “The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.” — Confucius Sometimes the most powerful change …

It shattered me that as Cherrie Moore was being punched in the face by a maniacal madman police officer, she was trying to reassure and comfort the maniacal madman police …