🎶 Playlist: Songs That Speak the Truth — Domestic Violence & Survival
Sometimes music is the only thing brave enough to say what we’ve been through. This playlist brings together 11 songs across R&B, soul, pop, and a touch of country and…
Sometimes music is the only thing brave enough to say what we’ve been through. This playlist brings together 11 songs across R&B, soul, pop, and a touch of country and…
update from April 25, 2025 We honor the lives of Jennifer Farber Dulos and Jennifer Magnano, two women whose stories pierced the silence surrounding a form of abuse that…
Autonomy is powerful. But it is not a shield. Not in this world. A woman can know herself.She can have boundaries, voice, purpose, and strength.And still be harmed. She can…
The Shadow of the Incident: When Blame Outlives the Act There is a specific kind of cruelty that exists when a perpetrator not only destroys a person’s body but then…
Domestic violence advocates have been here before. For decades, advocates fought a very specific lie.Not loudly at first.But relentlessly. The lie sounded like this: He’s a good father.He’s a provider.He’s…
Truth is still in the business of setting people free. People often misunderstand what happens when a woman calls a domestic violence hotline or reaches out to an advocate. They…
updated from January 6, 2025 with new links and information Let’s be honest, the word “gaslighting” gets thrown around a lot these days. But for those of us who’ve lived…
I admired her healing journey before the movie. The number of times I sat with women (the park ranger, the martial artist, the cop, the welder, the construction manager, the…
It is possible — and necessary — for people to be respected, valued, and protected by law without being granted unconditional access to you. Respect does not mean erasure. Rights…
When we talk about violence, we rarely talk about what the financial costs. Not just the broken bones or the heartbreak — but the billions of dollars society pays every…