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updated from March 27, 2025 It is an age-old, exhausting pattern: expecting Black women to absorb the impact, soothe, cushion, and hold space for men and male biology, even at …

  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 …