Herstory/History

For generations, women have been told they were imagining “it.” You can fill in the blank for millions of untold “it” things. “If you speak up, you’re difficult.” “If you …

    They think that we are stupid. …. I’m going to keep this brief because it is simple. Sometimes when people attempt to make simple things complex they are …

 How We Villainize Black Women Who Disagree with Males C Delores Tucker updated from March 21 2022  They will never run out of nasty and unkind words for Black women …

  The tragedy of Deanna Cook is a painful, textbook study in how a broken safety net can fail a woman who did everything right. The lawsuit filed by her …

updated from June 2025 This history is not symbolic. It is specific, embodied, and carried forward through language. For many Black American women, forced renaming has never been a side …

But self-knowledgeBut self-knowledgeThe reason I refuse diluted language is because I have watched institutions dilute women’s experiences for decades. In fact, just yesterday I was scrolling online when I came …

Some of us were never told that we deserved to feel safe.We were told to keep going.To be strong.To not make a scene.To forgive.To forget.To move on. So we did.We …

  Updated from November 2025 How hard is it to just say “mothers and…..?”   In 2024, Black women had a maternal mortality rate of 44.8 deaths per 100,000 live …

  Juneteenth is not just a holiday. It is a mirror—reflecting how this nation has long believed that Black people deserve nothing more than scraps. Even when we fight for …

“Because boundaried spaces don’t build themselves—someone has to brave the silence first.”[WeSurviveAbuse.com] Most people will tell you Lucy Diggs Slowe was a tennis champion.That she was the first Dean of …