Category: Herstory/History
A Brief Timeline: Marital Rape Laws in the West
A tremendous amount of work went into giving spouses legal recourse if [...]
The Mothers of Modern Gynecology: Anarcha, Lucy, and Betsey
The True Story Behind the Surgical Legacy Built on Black Women's Pain
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“The Forgive and Overlook Habit”: Why the Crisis of Child Predators Isn’t Going Anywhere
The crisis of child predators isn’t going anywhere. Unless the adults [...]
The Parable of Silencing, Denial, and the Truth That Returned
🕯 The Parable of the Crooked Weaver
Once, in a small village wrapped [...]
They Tell Us We Don’t Belong in What We Built (featuring K.Michelle short)
Some people may see this clip of K. Michelle as just a moment.
But [...]
🔥 “You Look Like a Man”? That’s Not an Observation. That’s an Attack. 🔥
Still, I Rise BY MAYA ANGELOU
You may write me down in history wit [...]
After A Doctor Told Her There Was Nothing She Could Do About Her Diagnosis, Lupita Nyong’o Is Desperate To Make A Change For Other Women Who Might “Suffer In Silence”
(updated)
After A Doctor Told Her There Was Nothing She Could Do Abou [...]
Cathy Hughes and The Quiet Storm: Healing on the Airwaves
“Good evening, sweetheart…”Those few words, whispered through radios [...]
10 Signs You’re Being Dehumanized—Even by People Who Say They Support You
This is a crucial question—because recognizing when you are be [...]
We Carried the Battle. Don’t Rewrite the War.
Black American women do not own braids. Braids have lived on many he [...]