Category: Justice is Authentic Love

This Is Not Confusion. It Is Memory: Black Women, Language, and the Right to Self-Definition.
This history is not symbolic. It is specific, embodied, and carried fo [...]

“Not This Person” Is Old Reputation Management — And We’ve Fought This Before
Domestic violence advocates have been here before.
For [...]

Why “The Last RECORDED Lynching” IS NOT the Same As “The LAST Lynching”
White Americans desire to be free from a past they do not want to reme [...]

From Michael Harriot: How a City Ignored the (Systemic) Rape, Murder and Terrorism of Black Women for Four Decades
updated from December 4, 2024 "Not everything that is faced can be [...]

The Cost of Agreeability: How We Uphold the Barriers We Think We Are Fighting
I've served the women who responded to violence and were facing harshe [...]

Fair is Fair: What The Legend of Billie Jean Teaches Us About the Inversion of Reality”
Imagine you’re watching a movie where a sneaky character does somethin [...]

When “Woman Is a Feeling” Becomes Another Way to Erase Us
When People Say “Woman Is a Feeling,” Something Important Disappears
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No One Hands Women Safety. We Claim It, Protect It, and Pass It Forward.
I'm sorry. People talk as if women’s safety is something government [...]

20 Affirmations and A Note for Those Who Feel Troubled by What They’re Seeing.
Until we choose to have honest, difficult conversations about sexual v [...]

Our Mental Health Crisis is a Values Crisis
We have made a choice.
Not quietly.Not accidentally.Not without conse [...]