Category: Domestic Abuse
When Chaos Is a Weapon: How Some Partners Use Crisis to Control You
And why you’re not “mean” for wanting peaceIt starts with a ba [...]
When the System Calls It a Catfight: The Silencing of Black Lesbian Survivors
A Survivor-centered truth from an advocate who has witnessed too much [...]
🚨 Pregnancy Shouldn’t Be a Death Sentence
Let’s tell the truth—pregnancy should never be a death sentence.
Bu [...]
Lifting As We Climb: The Radical Blueprint of the Black Women’s Club Movement
When Black women were excluded, they built their own.
They didn’t wai [...]
⚖️ The System May Not Bring Closure—But You Still Have a Right to Choose
Let’s tell the truth:You may not find closure in the American justic [...]
Predators Don’t Play by the Same Rules
There’s something deeply dangerous about how we’re taught to think abo [...]
Male Access Supremacy: When Entitlement Disguises Itself as Equality
There is a belief too many refuse to name—because to name it would rev [...]
Weaponized Moralism: The Silence That Screams
They call it compassion.But only when it protects male access.
They c [...]
When Women Say No: Why Men Mocking Our Boundaries Is a New Low
We Are Protecting Our Bodies, Not Asking for Permission
There’s somet [...]
“Why All Women Deserve to Be Heard When Speaking About Violence and Abuse—Not Just the Powerful”
For many men, all of life is a measuring contest.Who has more. Who i [...]
🚨 When Power Imbalances Are Ignored—and Victims Get Hurt
In schools, faith communities, workplaces, and even families, efforts [...]
Detachment Is Not Coldness—It’s Protection
They told you to go back.To be patient.To “love him through it.”To pou [...]
You Can Be Inclusive Without Abandoning Girls, Women, or Survivors
Inclusion should never come at the cost of someone else’s safety.
But [...]
E. Lynn Harris: The Visionary Black Author Who Gave Us Stories We’d Never Seen—But Always Needed
Long before mainstream platforms embraced diverse stories, he was doin [...]
Surviving Stalking: It’s Surviving a Terror Campaign
You just can't even imagine.
That’s not a cliché. That’s a fact.
U [...]
When Media Protects Abuse, It Makes the World Unsafe for Everyday Women
We’ve said it before:What happens in media doesn’t stay in media.
W [...]
Visibility Isn’t Safety. And Representation Isn’t Protection.
We were told more women in power would mean more safety for all wome [...]
Systems Often Fail to Protect Autonomous People
We’re often told:“If you just speak up…”“If you leave…”“If you fight [...]
When It’s Not Pride: 11 Ways Violence Against Black Women Hides Behind “Black Pride”
We lift up Black pride as sacred—a celebration of survival, brillian [...]