Female Civil Rights

Let’s talk about what we should be learning from these celebrity court cases—about abuse, about loyalty, and about truth. Time and again, we see women—especially Black women, women of color, …

“Power borrowed from fear never lasts” There comes a time when your soul grows too heavy to carry the weight of someone else’s lies. At first, it felt like loyalty.Like …

In our fast-moving world, where everything from news to justice seems to depend on who has the loudest microphone, I want us to remember something sacred: The most important truths …

We live in an age of shifting language.A time when even the most basic truths—like what it means to be a woman—are being rewritten, not by science or survival, but …

We’ve all seen it. Felt it. Been told to do it. “Don’t embarrass him.” “He’s under a lot of stress.”“Don’t ruin his life.” “It costs nothing to be kind.” “What …

“Why didn’t they just leave?” It’s a question asked far too often and far too casually.But the real question is: Why do we keep asking that, instead of asking what …

There are few acts more dangerous, more intimate, and more predictive of future lethal violence than this one:Strangulation. Let’s stop minimizing it.Let’s stop calling it “choking” like it’s some common …

There is a rhythm that the media loves:Shock. Outrage. Silence.A Survivor comes forward.The story catches fire.It lands in headlines, hashtags, and trending feeds.And then… it disappears. But healing doesn’t work …

Sometimes Survivors speak in whispers.Sometimes in long pauses, in shaking hands, in misplaced laughter.Sometimes… not at all. But let me tell you something that experience and sacred witness have taught …

✍🏽 By Tonya GJ Prince | WeSurviveAbuse.com There’s a quiet knowing among many Survivors:We don’t need to be gutted open again to prove that we made it. These days, it …