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Category: FGM

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What FGM and “Gender-Critical” Child Medicalization Have in Common
Abuse of Power, Body safety

What FGM and “Gender-Critical” Child Medicalization Have in Common

Tonya GJ Prince May 15, 2025
In the work of protecting children, hard truths often sit at the inter [...]
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⚖️ The Fight for Protection: What You Should Know About U.S. FGM Laws
Abuse, Abuse of Power

⚖️ The Fight for Protection: What You Should Know About U.S. FGM Laws

Tonya GJ Prince May 14, 2025
In the United States, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is illegal under [...]
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🕊️ We Will Always Choose the Child: Culture Cannot Justify Harm
Abuse, Abuse of Power

🕊️ We Will Always Choose the Child: Culture Cannot Justify Harm

Tonya GJ Prince May 14, 2025
In the United States, there has always been a clash between cultural [...]
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Survivor Spotlight: Katoucha Niane
Advocates/Activists, Female Civil Rights

Survivor Spotlight: Katoucha Niane

Tonya GJ Prince February 27, 2025
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Survivor Spotlight: Katoucha Niane (video)
Advocates/Activists, Female Health

Survivor Spotlight: Katoucha Niane (video)

TGJP August 31, 2022
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Her Name Is Mary Turner. Her Story Still Speaks.
Abuse

Her Name Is Mary Turner. Her Story Still Speaks.

We can’t have an honest conversation about why our grandmothers—and their mothers before them—often prescribed silence in the face of pain without ack [...]
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Maleness Is Portable Power: 20 Reasons Women Are Still Asked to Move Over
Abuse

Maleness Is Portable Power: 20 Reasons Women Are Still Asked to Move Over

updated from June 22, 2025 Nina Simone's song, “Four Women," is powerful because each woman has been made into someone else’s story. Aunt Sarah i [...]
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13 Things Black Men Could Be Using Their Mics to Talk About
Abuse of Power

13 Things Black Men Could Be Using Their Mics to Talk About

updated from November 25, 2025 Staying informed is an act of power. Because once you see how the system works, you stop begging for fairness and [...]
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How Abusers and Systems Use “You Have It Good” to Normalize Deprivation
Abuse

How Abusers and Systems Use “You Have It Good” to Normalize Deprivation

You ought to be thankful for the little things. But little things are all you seem to give. Janet Jackson| What Have You Done For Me Lately G [...]
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We Don’t Close Doors Around Here: When Women’s Privacy Becomes Negotiable, Women Are in Danger (w/affirmations)
Abuse

We Don’t Close Doors Around Here: When Women’s Privacy Becomes Negotiable, Women Are in Danger (w/affirmations)

Living in the West is not what makes a woman safe. Privacy is not modesty theater. It is part of bodily safety. It is shield. We do not give th [...]
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Aline Borel Was Not Just a Meme: When a Woman Is Misread, Labeled, and Killed
Black femicide

Aline Borel Was Not Just a Meme: When a Woman Is Misread, Labeled, and Killed

I've seen the meme of her so often. You may have too.  She was a woman from Brazil who was harmed "by mistake," they say. Accused of be [...]
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After Abuse: How to Know Whether You Need a Coach or a Counselor
Healing

After Abuse: How to Know Whether You Need a Coach or a Counselor

While coaching and counseling can both support Survivors, they are not the same service. Counseling is usually clinical mental health support. It is [...]
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Where “Bidirectional Abuse” Comes From and Why It Can Mislead People About Black Women
Abuse

Where “Bidirectional Abuse” Comes From and Why It Can Mislead People About Black Women

I was astonished that in a season where we had a string of Black femicides and people were asserting "bidirectional violence" on dead women that they [...]
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Honoring Dr. Cerina Wanzer Fairfax in Virginia
Domestic Abuse

Honoring Dr. Cerina Wanzer Fairfax in Virginia

Virginia will lower flags Monday to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Cerina Wanzer Fairfax.  It appears that Virginia will begin taking a long over [...]
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When Grieving Mothers Are Punished: Why Survivors and Pregnant Women Are Afraid to Ask for Help
Black Women

When Grieving Mothers Are Punished: Why Survivors and Pregnant Women Are Afraid to Ask for Help

According to KTRE/KLTV and the Angelina County Sheriff’s Office, Tamisha Cheyniece Drake, 33, of Lufkin, Texas, was arrested after deputies say she du [...]
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RSS WE Survive Abuse Podcast

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  • Affirmations for Survivors Watching Public Defenses of Harm
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  • That Feeling Was Information: Why Silence Serves Predators
  • The Post-Racial Veil Is Gone: What Black Survivors Are Being Forced to Notice Now
  • Rest in Power is Not For Child Predators
  • Aaliyah, R. Kelly, and the Marriage Certificate: Why the Truth Was Denied in Real Time
  • When Rosa Parks Becomes Trivia Instead of TRUTH
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  • The Eyes and Ears of Our Children: A Parent’s Guide to Mandated Reporting
  • Predators Don’t Hide Well—We’re Just Trained Not to Say Anything
  • Real Support for Girls in Sports Isn’t Seasonal. It’s Safe and Steady.
  • Our Daughters Deserve Better: Rejecting Political Apathy Toward Girls’ Safety

RSS Survivor Affirmations

  • The Black Performance Genius Behind America’s “Iconic” Jazz Style
  • Survivor Affirmations: Black Women Deserve to Be Believed Without Being Perfect
  • When Being Yourself Is Labeled “Political”: Why some people are punished simply for showing up
  • 12 Facts About Sounds of Blackness and Their Uplifting Song “Optimistic”
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  • Keep on Movin: Quotes on Perseverance from Black Women

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