Herstory/History

10 Incredible Facts About Victoria Earle Matthews 1. She Was Born Enslaved and Rose to Lead Victoria Earle Matthews was born enslaved in Fort Valley, Georgia, in 1861. Despite this …

(Including the violence you want me to stop talking about.) There’s a particular kind of betrayal that Black, Indigenous, and other racially marginalized Survivors know too well: The kind where …

The phrase “we should all fight together because we are all minorities” can be aspirational and hopeful. But history teaches us—repeatedly—that without explicitly defining terms, roles, and shared principles of …

She wasn’t just expected to heal. She was expected to heal everyone around her too—without flinching, without resting, without breaking.” Why is it that when a Black woman begins her …

  “If the lion does not tell her story, the hunter will.” — African Proverb Across Africa, women are rising—not just in protest, but in power. They are standing against …

Misogyny isn’t just personal. It’s systemic, strategic, and often subtle. It operates like a rigged game, full of unspoken rules designed to keep women in check, silence truth, and punish …

You want to know how abusers thrive in families, churches, and communities?It’s not just what he does.It’s what you do for him. Every time you shame the Survivor instead of …

People don’t listen to women and children. Not when we whisper.Not when we scream.Not even when we show up with a mountain of evidence, hospital records, text messages, restraining orders, …

That line is more fragile than people think. Too many people in the U.S. still picture sex trafficking as some shadowy van pulling up to snatch a girl off the …

We are in justified rage mode, and we are not backing down. You are playing with the sacred memory of children now.  These quiet shadows are not your safe space.  …