⭐ Why I Resist Diluted Language Like “Birthing People” Part 1
Updated from November 2025 How hard is it to just say “mothers and…..?” In 2024, Black women had a maternal mortality rate of 44.8 deaths per 100,000 live…
Updated from November 2025 How hard is it to just say “mothers and…..?” In 2024, Black women had a maternal mortality rate of 44.8 deaths per 100,000 live…
We can’t have an honest conversation about why our grandmothers—and their mothers before them—often prescribed silence in the face of pain without acknowledging the brutal truth: women who dared to…
If you are a Black person, you know what it is like when the “both sides” playbook is used against you. You know what it is like to be pushed…
updated from 2/5/25 I exchanged emails with this mother, Carolyn Mosley, many years ago. I don’t think I will ever forget she and her daughter’s story. During a season…
Let’s tell the truth today. The world loves powerful men. Even when they’re violent.Especially when they’re violent. It doesn’t matter if he’s a cop, a coach, a clergy member, a…
“He had a hard childhood.” “She says she’ll always love him.” “You’re excusing this person, but not that person.” “You just have to let that hurt go.” “We can’t all…
updated from July 31 2016 Consensual sex and sexual violence are not the same. They are not close.They are not interchangeable.They do not belong in the same sentence without care,…
updated from December 22 2025 I’m hearing that James Ransone was left out of the Oscars “In Memoriam” segment on Sunday March 15, ceremony. Let’s run this back to remember…
updated March 10 2024 The women behind the windows in Amsterdam’s red light district FACT: Buying sex makes men more prone to violence against women What’s the Big Deal…
There is a quiet cruelty that rarely gets named plainly. It lives in the space where Blackness and disability intersect. It shows up not only in dramatic moments of harm,…