Faith/Spirituality

You don’t have to worry about who we women are—since you don’t seem to know—because we are not the people behind the violence. Men need not keep speaking publicly about …

 They were in the kitchen. It was a small, minor disagreement, but he was frustrated and didn’t like her tone. He hit her. She was shocked; there was blood. That’s …

When you are a woman—an adult female human being who has overlapping disabilities that all intersect with being a woman—it gets extremely challenging to keep hearing your existence trivialized. I’m …

I saw this amazing woman speak at a conference, bought her book at a table there, and finished it in one night. Great book. LaVon Morris-Grant survived what could easily …

Who has to report? Who needs permission? Who gets privacy? Whose feelings matter?Whose movements are recorded? Who must prove herself responsible? Who gets questioned about ordinary adult choices? Who can …

We’ve been conditioned to treat “no” like a legal defense. We feel the need to back it up with a deposition: “I’m busy,” “I have a boyfriend,” “Maybe next time.” …

updated from March 24 2025   Interesting fact: Before his murders were discovered, serial killer Ted Bundy volunteered at a suicide crisis hotline in Seattle called the Seattle Crisis Clinic in 1971. The …

  updated from April 8 2025 Some lies don’t look like lies.They wear the clothing of “tradition,” “culture,” “love,” or “femininity.”But if you look closer, you’ll see the bruises they …

originally published in 2025 There is a dangerous lie being whispered and shouted in this world:That a woman is a feeling.That our existence—our lives, our flesh, our blood, our history—is …

updated from June 9. 2025 It’s so tricky out here these days… Let’s make something abundantly clear: Being an ally to a group, a cause, or a community does not …