At We Survive Abuse, we talk a lot about truth, survival, and the power of reclaiming your story. But what if I told you that even the stories we watch—on …
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Why Women Can’t Override Another Woman’s “No” Using Gender as a Justification
No woman—no matter how wise, how wounded, how experienced, or how loud—has the right to override another woman’s boundaries. Not now. Not ever.Being female is not a permission slip to …
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🛑 Tokenism Is Not Liberation: Why Hate Groups Tokenize Black Women
Some groups want our rhythm, our language, our beauty—but not our justice. They say they care about Black women. They post our photos.Quote our heroes.Find one or two of us …
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🌿 The Truth About Hate Groups & Their Harm to Women and Children
I speak the truth, even when it shakes the room. My refusal to accept harm is not hatred. It is sacred love. We often think of hate groups as something …
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Calling Out the Undermining of Women and Children’s Rights
“We are living in times so strange that truth sounds like conspiracy, and kindness feels like rebellion.”— Unknown Jonah Wheeler has been lectured and scolded about Jim Crow by a …
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Life-Saving Advice for Black Women from The Positive Birth Coach
@thepositivebirthcoach Replying to @MVP I hope this helps, a guide for black women advocating for yourselves in maternity care @The Motherhood Group @Five x More @[BIRTHRIGHTS] @Blackmums ♬ original sound …
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✊🏾 First, We Fight for Our Safety.
Then, We Fight for Our Story.(And We Are Tired.) She survived.That should be enough.But it never is. Because first, women have to fight for our safety.And then—if we’re lucky enough …
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Some Truths We’re Not Supposed to Say Out Loud- But We Will
We see you.Not with malice.Not with envy.But with ancient knowing. We know when something in the milk ain’t cleanWe know when a movement carries rot at the root. I’ve been …
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“They’ll Be Raped Anyway” Is Not a Strategy—It’s Cowardly a Surrender
Some people are not “foxhole” people. They surrender mid-battle. You say,“Well, women will be raped anyway…”as if that justifies handing predators the keysto every room we bled to build. You …
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We Called It Rape Culture for a Reason. And That Reason Still Exists
There was a time when we named things clearly. We called it rape culture. Not to be provocative. Not to shock. Not to divide. But to survive. We used that …