Category: Herstory/History

You Don’t Get Grievance Without a Vacuum of Accountability
Grievance doesn’t grow in a vacuum.It grows where accountabili [...]

Forced Sterilization Wasn’t a Mistake. It Was Misogyny and Racism Working Together.
"All they know about is slavery"
Do we? Or is that all you heard bef [...]

When White Women Say “Misogyny Is Older,” What’s Really Happening
That move is often about re-centering.When Black [...]

Who Gets Believed Without Footnotes?
People closest to power.
Belief, in our world, is not evenly distribu [...]

Black women are not fragments.
We are not pieces to be sorted.Not halves to be prioritized.Not parts [...]

What Do People Mean When They Say “Misogyny Comes First”?
All women are not necessarily living the same patriarchal reality.
Th [...]

Why Is Black Women’s Truth Treated as Disloyalty?
There is a name for what happens when Black women are pressured to aba [...]

A Woman-Centered Truth About FGM We Cannot Abandon (w/list of resource organizations)
FGM victims’ fury as academics compare practice to cosmetic su [...]

When Belonging Breaks: Surviving in Truth When Cultures Defends Abusers
I get when some groups defend some aspects of abusers. I've slipped ( [...]

Jingle Bells Too: When People Pretend the Story Ended at “Slavery Ended”
This isn't about a song but like most art, it offers life lessons.[...]