Herstory/History

  You have no business waiting for anyone to confirm that you are in danger. Believe yourself the first time.   updated from November 11 2025 Lena Baker was the …

I really enjoyed this video. The energy. The challenge. The truth. Thankful to this lovely woman for blessing us with truth. Thankful to this man for passionately advancing it. May …

updated from August 7 2025 Remember now, plenty of wives and children around the world are very nice to men who think nothing of harming them in an instant. As …

One underestimated tool for protection for women and children is knowledge. Ida B. Wells was a woman ahead of her time. She understood something America still struggles with: A headline …

“I was excluded, so this is like Jim Crow.” Jim Crow was not simply “I feel unwelcome.” Jim Crow was an entire machinery of racial domination, backed by law, violence, …

Civil rights victories were not born from scattered attention. They were born from sacred focus. The lesson of the lunch counters, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the sit-ins, the Freedom Rides, …

Why is one person’s discomfort treated as urgent while another person’s safety is treated as negotiable? And beneath that question lives another one: Why do women’s experiences have to be …

Discouragement is part of the battle. It always has been. But defeatist language can become dangerous when it stops people from seeking help, making plans, or naming what they truly …

Truth telling is not a luxury. It is not a reward. It is the baseline responsibility of news organizations, public officials, and law enforcement. Communities should not have to march, …

Someone is telling on themselves……. In Jim Crow America, Black people—especially Black women and girls—were forbidden from having boundaries: A Black woman couldn’t say no to a white man’s advances …