I don’t know if you saw this, but while overall violent crime is reportedly on the decline, domestic violence in the U.S. has actually risen by about 3% in major …
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Why Black Women Must Define Misogyny for Ourselves: Because Being a Black Woman Is Different
Let’s imagine this. All the girls in the world are sitting around a big table.They’re laughing, learning, growing—but they’re also talking about the times they’ve been treated badly just for …
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The Unseen Cage: How Systems Use Coercive Control
When the hands that claim to help you are the ones tightening the grip. Not all abuse comes from partners.Sometimes, it comes from systems—the courtroom, the school, the hospital, the …
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You Don’t Have to Stay Where You’re Not Safe
Some of us are trying to bloom in gardens that were never planted for us. We show up with our hands full—bandages, truth-telling, receipts, prayers, statistics, candles, casseroles, court cases, …
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Women Deserve Privacy, Safety, and Respect—Especially in Campus Athletics
Across campuses, colleges have a duty: to protect all students. That includes the right to privacy, safety, and dignity—especially for young women participating in athletics. At the University of Pennsylvania, …
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They Teach Us to Watch Our Cups, Not to Question the Pour
🍷headed into the fourth of July, right?…….Freedom? Because they’d rather keep us on defensethan dare teach him self-control. Because it’s easier to hand us rulesthan hold him accountable for crimes. …
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Harm-Jacking: When Your Pain Becomes Someone Else’s Weapon
There have always been obstacles—but there have also always been real ones by our side, standing strong with us to rise above with them. It’s been around forever—In movements.In families.In …
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Who Benefits From My Silence?
Every time I swallowed the truth, someone else got fed.Fed with power.Fed with protection.Fed with the benefit of the doubt. But it wasn’t me. 🗣️ Silence Is Not Neutral They …
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If Any of Your Relationships Run on Silence and Lies, It’s Time to Reclaim Your Voice
I need to speak to you plain today. There comes a time in healing when you must take a long, hard look around you and ask:Who benefits from my silence? …
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Why Women’s Rights Vary by State—and Men’s Don’t: A Breakdown of Legal Inequality in America
Do you see all this debate over “women’s spaces” and NONE over men’s spaces? There’s a line from a 1976 film that still echoes today: “I’m as mad as hell, …