Category: Herstory/History

Please Stop Telling Survivors, “Men Wouldn’t Go That Far.” History Says Otherwise.
updated from March 24 2025 Interesting fact:
Before his [...]

Jane Nardal Was Writing About Black Internationalism in Paris in 1928
Her name was Jeanne Nardal.Most people came to know her as Jane.
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Paulette Nardal: The Black Woman Who Helped Make Paris a Meeting Place for the Black World
Long before many people had language for what we now call 'Black f [...]

They Didn’t Have to Lie: 12 Films That Show How Selective Truth Shapes What We Believe
Fall is coming. Here are some film suggestions for when the weather ke [...]

Calling Women “Hateful” for Wanting Safety Is Abuse Dressed in Decorum
updated from June 3 2025
Let’s name this for what it is:
When poli [...]

The Modern Levittown May Have an Office Door
A door can be legally open while everyone inside is still trying to ma [...]

7 Black Canadian Women Who Fought for Women’s Rights and Changed History
There are women whose names become monuments, and there are women whos [...]

When Women Have Had Enough: The Women of Kasturba Nagar
There is a dangerous mistake societies make about women. They mist [...]

The Dangerous Man Does Not Always Look the Way We Were Told
When violence against women becomes visible as a pattern, men who poss [...]

Women Are Not a Feeling. We Are Not Yours to Define.
originally published in 2025
There is a dangerous lie being whisper [...]