Herstory/History

“I get to treat you horribly because I have decided that you are less than me.” Power and control don’t always look the same.But they always speak the same language. …

Grievance doesn’t grow in a vacuum. It grows where accountability is absent, deferred, or endlessly redirected. This is a profound distinction. You’re describing the difference between a wound that heals …

“All they know about is slavery” Do we? Or is that all you heard before you stopped listening so people stopped sharing with you? Because there is too much more. …

That move is often about re-centering. When Black women name race and gender together, the response isn’t just disagreement—it’s anxiety about losing narrative control. Saying “misogyny is older” becomes a …

People closest to power. Belief, in our world, is not evenly distributed. It flows along familiar lines—toward those whose voices already sound “right,” whose language fits established norms, and whose …

We are not pieces to be sorted. Not halves to be prioritized.Not parts to be muted so others feel whole. We do not live our lives in sections—race on one …

All women are not necessarily living the same patriarchal reality. This phrase comes up a lot in feminist discussions. It usually means: Sex-based oppression is older than racism Gender should …

There is a name for what happens when Black women are pressured to abandon our Blackness in order to be accepted as “real” women. Racial Gatekeeping of Womanhood. It shows …

I get when some groups defend some aspects of abusers. I’ve slipped (more than once) and done it too. I’m a human. I still have a duty to push back …

This isn’t about a song but like most art, it offers life lessons. Jingle Bells” was written in 1857 by James Lord Pierpont, a white composer who worked in minstrel …