Category: Faith/Spirituality
How People Lose Themselves: One Compromise at a Time
We don't do any of ourselves any favors when we believe that coercion, [...]
🌿Healing Without Being Pulled Into Someone Else’s Agenda
Survivors are not projects to be shaped.They are people who deserve sa [...]
Give Yourself a Gift That Keeps You Moving Forward
Give yourself a gift going forward.
Not something wrapped in pa [...]
✨ When Male Gentleness Is Assumed: Expanding Our Ears, Expanding Our Understanding
There is a myth we’ve built—quietly, collectively—that some men are si [...]
When Belonging Breaks: Surviving in Truth When Cultures Defends Abusers
I get when some groups defend some aspects of abusers. I've slipped ( [...]
Jingle Bells Too: When People Pretend the Story Ended at “Slavery Ended”
This isn't about a song but like most art, it offers life lessons.
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The Performance of Ignorance: How Men Pretend Sexual Violence Is News.
There is a peculiar kind of amnesia that grips men whenever the subjec [...]
Why Some People Fear the Truth About Domination
There’s a strange thing happening in our world today—esp [...]
His Truth Does Not Need a Permission Slip — Even When It Makes People Squirm
This post is dedicated to James Ransone, who died by suicide two weeks [...]
The Myth of Neutrality: Why Identity Blindness Fails Survivors Every Time
There’s a phrase people love to say when conversations get uncomfortab [...]
When Identity Becomes a Shield: Who We Protect When We Pretend Everyone Is Equal
The Lie We Tell to Stay Comfortable
People say:
“Rape is rape, i [...]
When Older Women Are Told to Give Until It Hurts
The internet will have you believe something very simple and very crue [...]
When Niceness Becomes a Trap: Why Women Deserve the Bottom Line, Not Confusion
Women are often encouraged to be kind, accommodating, flexible, and un [...]
Gender Critical Thinkers: How Can We Speak of Freedom When So Many Women Still Can’t Speak at All?
A womanist does not enter this conversation as a spectator — we enter [...]
Stop Calling It Respect When It’s Really Silence
When children are trapped in abusive homes, they’re not just harmed by [...]
What Happens When Women Fully Stop Performing Labor For the Male Gaze?
Words That Tried to Tame Women
For generations, women have been sha [...]
🌿 Faith, Healing, and the Work of Safe People
People who support Survivors—from all walks of life—should know th [...]
“Why Are Women Still Told to Have Faith in Men Who ‘Rebrand’ Themselves?”
“If his change requires your suffering to prove it, it isn’t change [...]
🌿 You’re Not Required to March in Every Parade
Advocates are not required to be active in every cause.
As human bein [...]
Why Women Deserve the Same Freedom We Give Men — Without Criticism or Control
“I get out of all your boxes, I get out.You can’t hold me in these cha [...]