Domestic Violence

Survivors often face: the coercion to disappear inside someone else’s reflection. Some people weren’t looking for love.They were looking for someone to become them.To abandon their own voice.To live in …

There is a lot going on in the world. But the pain of sexual violence, and the complicated aftermath that follows, never hits “pause.” It doesn’t wait for the news …

When Salt-N-Pepa burst onto the scene, they didn’t just make music — they made space.Space for women’s voices. Space for boldness. Space for honesty about love, heartbreak, desire, and survival. …

I’m not angry at other women.Not even the ones who shame, silence, or mock.Not even the ones who call truth-telling “too much,” “too angry,” or “too divisive.” I understand the …

Like most acts of violence against women,invasion of boundaries doesn’t just show up with brute force.It counts on betrayal.It counts on a hand extended, not in sisterhood, but in sabotage. …

When someone pressures a woman to lie, to go against her beliefs, her conscience, her values, her faith, or her integrity—that is not love. That is coercive control. It doesn’t …

There is a silence that wraps itself around certain women like a shroud—thick, suffocating, strategic. It’s the silence reserved for women who are poor, prostituted, racialized, addicted, mentally unwell, undocumented, …

When protecting him means punishing her. Some women aren’t silenced by men.They’re silenced by other women. Not with fists.But with sideways glances.With “I thought you were over that.”With “Don’t bring …

“I am…”Two of the most powerful words a person can speak. In the right hands, they build identity.They anchor us in truth.They tell the world who we’ve chosen to be. …

*Note: This is meant to be an elementary explanation. It came out of a conversation. Sometimes you realize you are speaking but your words are not reaching the listener. Not …