Herstory/History

To be socialized as a woman means to be trained — subtly and overtly — in what the world expects from those born female. It’s a lifetime of unspoken lessons, …

Survivor advocacy has always required naming what endangers women and children — even when it’s unpopular. This isn’t the kind of work that earns applause or bright lights. In more …

Speaking truth while living through it takes courage — and grace that history rarely sees in real time. False equivalence can be extremely effective, especially in public discourse, because it …

Women’s safety movements grew from necessity — from the silences of law, the blind spots of culture, and the cruelty of normalized harm. Every woman learns early to read people …

👁️ See It Clearly Watch who people protect — and who they hurt. Watch who they challenge — and who they stay silent around. Women. Children. The elderly. Minorities. These …

Previous generations of women had different concerns because they had fewer options. Let’s start there. Many of our grandmothers and great-grandmothers didn’t compare notes with one another the way we …

🎭 The Tactic When you call out something harmful—like antisemitism, racism, sexism, or rape apologia—and the person responds with: “So I guess you expect everyone to be perfect…” They’re shifting …

In politics, too many women of privilege in America give violent men a pass. They vote for them. They praise them. They scold other women for not leaning on wisdom …

The term “identity politics” has become almost like a lightning rod in modern conversation. But beneath the noise, the resistance to it reveals a deeper tension: people’s discomfort with whose …

In too many parts of the world—and even in the minds of too many people—rape inside of marriage is still not fully recognized as a crime. But here’s the truth: …