Category: Female Health and Safety
Rethinking ‘Capitalist’: Point It Toward Human Traffickers, Not Black Communities
For the love of money.......
Some of us grew up knowing what capita [...]
When Overpolicing Silences Survivors of Domestic Violence
When you work in organizations that address violence against women [...]
Why Women Must Stop Handing Power to Our Oppressors
Some of us have been told since girlhood that our main purpose in this [...]
When Political Parties “Care” — But Only in One Corner of Our Lives
Political parties love to remind women and minorities: We care about y [...]
When They Don’t See You as a Person, They Don’t Protect You as One
The objectification of Black people doesn’t stay on screen.It follows [...]
The Shifting Burden of Safety — And Who’s Carrying It Now
In recent years, the responsibility for keeping peace, avoiding danger [...]
When DEI Disappears, So Do the Safeguards for Victims and Survivors
The Tech Transparency Project reports that Google removed 58 nonprofit [...]
Safety Requires Strategy — Not Just “Being Nice”!
As an advocate, I’ve aided thousands of women in creating safety plans [...]
Why We Teach Girls to Approach Women First
Because safety isn’t about luck — it’s about strategy.In July [...]
🧨 Selective Empathy: Who Gets Compassion—and Who Gets Condemned
⚖️ "But His Parents Divorced..."
As an advocate for victims of violen [...]
📺 Television Is Not Liberation
(No matter how many awards, episodes, or characters say otherwise)
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“Demand Transparency When Women’s and Children’s Safety Is at Stake”
Too many are hiding behind titles and faceless entities — the council, [...]
Celebrating Her Voice: Women’s Voices Belong to Women (video)
In this video we celebrate the strength and resilience of women who re [...]
Ugandan British Nurse Punished for Calling Convicted Male Pedophile “Mr” (update)
Updated 8/3/25So the latest update is that Jennifer Melle has bee [...]
Black Women Have Been Warning You: Fascism Has Always Seen Us as the First to Silence
Black women don’t need a textbook to recognize fascism on this planet. [...]
Your Safety Is More Important Than Politeness.
When you leave a relationship, your top priority is not etiquette.It [...]
Believe in What Believes in You.
Why spend your precious energy trying to prove your humanity to system [...]
A Brief Timeline: Marital Rape Laws in the West
A tremendous amount of work went into giving spouses legal recourse if [...]
The Mothers of Modern Gynecology: Anarcha, Lucy, and Betsey
The True Story Behind the Surgical Legacy Built on Black Women's Pain
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“The Forgive and Overlook Habit”: Why the Crisis of Child Predators Isn’t Going Anywhere
The crisis of child predators isn’t going anywhere. Unless the adults [...]