Category: Domestic Violence
Acid Is Not Just a Weapon—It’s a Message Meant to Silence Her Forever
There are few acts of violence as deliberately cruel and permanent [...]
Celebrity Trials, Silencing, and the Spectacle of Misogyny
Let’s talk about what we should be learning from these celebrity cou [...]
How Changing Language Around Sex is Used to Undermine Women in Courtrooms
We live in an age of shifting language.A time when even the most basic [...]
The Cost of Lying for Men: What Happens When Women Are Expected to “Protect Feelings” Instead of Tell the Truth
We’ve all seen it. Felt it. Been told to do it.
"Don't embarrass hi [...]
Why It’s So Hard to Leave: The Hidden Barriers Survivors of Domestic Violence Face
“Why didn’t they just leave?”
It’s a question asked far too often a [...]
If He Will Strangle You, He May Kill You
There are few acts more dangerous, more intimate, and more predictiv [...]
The Healing Isn’t in the Headlines. It’s in the Listening
There is a rhythm that the media loves:Shock. Outrage. Silence.A Survi [...]
They Can’t Always Find the Right Words. But They Still Deserve to Be Heard.
Sometimes Survivors speak in whispers.Sometimes in long pauses, in sha [...]
Missing Black Girls: Still Invisible
How dare you make laws and policies that make our girls less safe!-Ton [...]
Grief That Echoes: Honoring the Women Amiri Baraka Lost to Violence
There are wounds that don’t stop bleeding just because the headlines [...]