Faith/Spirituality

This post is dedicated to James Ransone, who died by suicide two weeks after this was written. James spoke openly about being violated by a tutor in Baltimore at the …

There’s a phrase people love to say when conversations get uncomfortable: “I don’t see gender, race, sexuality, or identity. I treat everyone the same.” It sounds enlightened. It sounds fair. …

The Lie We Tell to Stay Comfortable People say: “Rape is rape, it doesn’t matter who did it.” But that has never been true in practice. A wealthy man is …

The internet will have you believe something very simple and very cruel, and in my view, is rooted in misogyny: If younger people cut you off, it must be your …

Women are often encouraged to be kind, accommodating, flexible, and understanding — even when our safety is at stake. We are told to “be nice.” We are told not to …

A womanist does not enter this conversation as a spectator — we enter it as those who have lived inside the body that the world debates. Long before words like …

When children are trapped in abusive homes, they’re not just harmed by the acts themselves. They’re trained through language. Words become cages. The same phrases that should nurture them are …

Words That Tried to Tame Women For generations, women have been shamed into labor — emotional, physical, spiritual — through language that sounds ordinary but carries violence underneath. These words …

People who support Survivors—from all walks of life—should know this: many Survivors are people of faith. Not all. But many. Some draw strength from Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Catholicism, African traditional …

“If his change requires your suffering to prove it, it isn’t change — it’s another performance.” — WeSurviveAbuse.com Somehow, we allowed ourselves to believe that when a man says he’s …