Category: Female Health and Safety
Why Are Women Still Expected to Risk Our Safety Just to Exercise?
Like so many Survivors of childhood sexual violence — and other form [...]
How Many Warnings Does It Take Before We Protect Women Like Sonya Massey?
You know what?
We can’t afford to look at these cases as “isolated in [...]
My Partner Suddenly Changed His Beliefs or Lifestyle and Now Demands That I Change Too. Is That Normal?”
Here's the thing. “Real transformation invites partnership, not submis [...]
Holding Truth in Unequal Times: Responding to False Comparisons While Still Healing
Speaking truth while living through it takes courage — and grace that [...]
Red Flags: Why Do Some People Refuse to Challenge Systems of Harm — and What Does that Reveal About Them?
Women’s safety movements grew from necessity — from the silences of la [...]
Why Are Women Told to Stay Calm About Things That Should Horrify Everyone?
When women, girls, and children talk about boundaries, it’s not hate s [...]
Who Protects the Women Whose Stories Don’t Trend
The work of women's safety, women's rights, women's liberation and wom [...]
Stephan Smerk Pleads Guilty in 1994 Slaying of Virginia Mother Robin Lawrence
*48Hours had a female FBI expert who shared valuable ins [...]
🌿 You’re Not Required to March in Every Parade
Advocates are not required to be active in every cause.
As human bein [...]
Abuse Isn’t About Rage. It’s About Control.
👁️ See It ClearlyWatch who people protect — and who they hurt.
Wa [...]
💔 Why Didn’t I Leave Sooner?
Abuse is confusing.
It’s not constant — it shifts.Abusive peo [...]
💔 They Don’t Say She Was Loved — They Say She Stayed
Previous generations of women had different concerns because they [...]
Real Activism Protects Children, Not Egos
If the full extent of your “activism” against grooming is railing agai [...]
🖤 Why Would Anyone Be Against Your Empowerment?
If someone has a problem with you being empowered, you have to ask [...]
Respect Without Surrender: When Rights Don’t Mean Access
The Foundation of True Respect
Respect is not ownership.And justice d [...]
Respect Without Surrender
It is possible — and necessary — for people to be respected, valued, a [...]
The Hidden Bill: What Violence Against Women Really Costs
When we talk about violence, we rarely talk about what the financial c [...]
Why Women Deserve the Same Freedom We Give Men — Without Criticism or Control
“I get out of all your boxes, I get out.You can’t hold me in these cha [...]
Why Leaders Who Excuse Abuse Can’t Build Safety—They Recreate Harm
When someone dismisses violence, mocks Survivors, or excuses abuse, th [...]
When Women Excuse Violence, Everyone Pays: The High Cost of Ignoring Abuse
In politics, too many women of privilege in America give violent men a [...]