As Big Brother Legend on X.com says, “I unfollow (Black) people who don’t understand this.” At this point in my life, I choose to disaffiliate with people who do not …
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When Disability and Blackness Meet: Over 25 Times When Grace Was Denied To Disabled Black People
There is a quiet cruelty that rarely gets named plainly. It lives in the space where Blackness and disability intersect. It shows up not only in dramatic moments of harm, …
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The Insidious Nature of Racial Stress
Many Black people have endured generations of: “It’s not that bad.”“You’re overreacting.”“They didn’t mean it.” That pattern is its own harm. “Racism is like a Cadillac. They bring out a …
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Not Like Us: The Black Freedom Legacy Was Not Built on Unquestioning Institutional Compliance
There is a pattern that deserves daylight. Some movements wrap themselves in the language, symbolism, and moral authority of the Black American freedom struggle. They echo the rhythm. They borrow …
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Affirmed: Protect Your Power and Disengage From People Who Plant Self-Doubt
by TGJPby TGJPupdated from January 20 2025 This week, I wish you success in distancing yourself from people who plant self-doubt in women and girls. Many female Survivors from various backgrounds around …
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For Some People, Staying Grounded in Reality Is a Daily Act of Strength
For Some People, Staying Grounded in Reality Is a Daily Act of Strength For many people, “reality” is something the mind holds effortlessly. But for others, remaining anchored in what …
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Your Body Knows the Truth: Letting Survivors Define Abuse and Violation
You are seen. You are heard. Survivors are speaking in this moment.And when they speak, something important shifts. Not toward labels. Not toward debates.Not toward protecting identities that were never …
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Beyond the Theory: Why We Still Need Audre Lorde, Our Warrior Poet
There are moments that reveal to you exactly who you are and why you better be clear about it all. There is a specific kind of exhaustion that comes with …
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Did You Know About This?: Women’s Vulva Health Video
We have come a long way since The Vagina Monologues. People are making pictures, models, images, dressing up and saying the parts out loud….including vulvas and more. Excellent! Our anatomy …
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50 Times We Walked Past You—Our Hair Not to Your Liking, But We Were Dying Inside
updated March 27, 2025 You saw our hair. Not our fear.Not our exhaustion.Not our grief.Not our pain. Just our hair. You formed opinions. You whispered. You rolled your eyes.But …