Category: Domestic Abuse

When He Throws Things, Destroys Your Work, or Punishes Your Silence: These Are Red Flags
Too many women have called a hotline or support number that I was work [...]

I Hit Him Back. The Survey Called It “Mutual Abuse.” Here’s Why That Logic Destroyed Me.
If you are a Black person, you know what it is like when the "both sid [...]

We Are Tired, Not Silent: Honoring the Lives, Holding the Line, and Learning to Carry This Together
Sometimes I feel weak and weary. Like today, and yesterday, and the da [...]

I Wish You No Harm—But This Doesn’t Work for Me: The Truth About Women’s Boundaries
There is this strange, deeply embedded belief that in order for a woma [...]

When He Won’t Pay the Bills: The Financial Abuse People Miss
Financial abuse doesn’t always look like taking money. Sometimes it lo [...]

Leaving Isn’t Just Courage. It’s Conditions.
They tell women:
“If it was bad enough, you would have left.”That [...]

You Didn’t Know Him. She Did. He Killed Her.
He killed her. Murdered her. Left the broken pieces for their children [...]

THE GIFT OF FEAR | GAVIN DE BECKER | ANIMATED BOOK SUMMARY (video)
In our society we underestimate intuition in favor of logic. I lik [...]

The Conversation That Keeps Missing the Point on Violence Against Women
People direct public anger toward groups that may have hurt or failed [...]

The World Loves Powerful Men. Even When They’re Violent.
Let’s tell the truth today.
The world loves powerful men. Even when [...]