Category: Herstory/History

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. [...]

The Performance of Ignorance: How Men Pretend Sexual Violence Is News.
There is a peculiar kind of amnesia that grips men whenever the subjec [...]

🚨 25 Items & Systems That Risk Women’s Lives Because They Don’t Accommodate Women
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Women and girls are frequently sent the message that de [...]