Category: Female Health and Safety
What Does It Really Mean To Be Socialized As a Woman?
To be socialized as a woman means to be trained — subtly and overtly — [...]
We’re Done Paying the Toll for “Acceptance”
We are not what ignorance calls us. We are not who ignorance sa [...]
When Women Forget We Are Women
When women stop listening to other women about safety—when you say, “T [...]
Stop Calling It Respect When It’s Really Silence
When children are trapped in abusive homes, they’re not just harmed by [...]
Black Women Have Always Spoken Truth to Power — and We Still Will
In the end anti-black, anti-female, and all forms of discrimination ar [...]
🌿 Faith, Healing, and the Work of Safe People
People who support Survivors—from all walks of life—should know th [...]
Twelve Steps to Danger: How Alcoholics Anonymous Can Be a Playground for Violence-Prone Members (from ProPublica)
Karla Brada Mendez thought that she was getting a second chance on lif [...]
✊🏾 Since When Did a Man Saying He’s Changed Become a Gospel Truth?
She called me because I was serving as her victim advocate: His fam [...]
“Why Are Women Still Told to Have Faith in Men Who ‘Rebrand’ Themselves?”
“If his change requires your suffering to prove it, it isn’t change [...]
“Why Do We Treat Male ‘Change’ Like a Sacred Revelation Instead of a Responsibility?”
A man "changes". Why do we women receive this as our "marching orde [...]