Female Health

    updated from January 17 2025 We have gotten far too comfortable piling girls with all the no’s in the world. No, you can’t go there. No, you can’t …

You hear your own voice getting firm and immediately wonder whether you have become cruel. Perhaps someone crossed a boundary. Perhaps you have explained the same problem six times. Yet …

Years ago, I interviewed for a position with a statewide sexual violence coalition. I had earned my bachelor’s degree (Organizational Management and Development) from a Christian university not far from …

There is something deeply troubling about watching a documentary about murdered women and realizing how many of the dangers they faced extend far beyond the places where they worked.  Oxygen’s …

I have spent many years listening to women and girls describe things others expected them to accept. Things that hurt them. Things that frightened them. They were told these were necessary …

It isn’t hard for leaders to protect girls, but they have to act. To whom much is given, much is expected. We gotta start expecting more from leaders when it …

  updated from May 12 2024 Child advocacy should begin and end with the well-being of children. Their safety, dignity, health, education, and future should guide the decisions we make …

  updated from April 4 2025 Generation X was not ready for this story, but we needed it! Our Boomer parents were not ready either, but they most definitely needed …

updated from June 9, 2025 Please pay attention. If someone—a person, a group, a movement, a “friend,” a partner—gets angry, offended, or manipulative because you’ve set a boundary… That is …

🖤 1. Demanding Grace While Denying Ours Black women are often expected to extend endless empathy, understanding, and forgiveness—especially to Black men navigating racism, trauma, or systemic stress. But when …