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Courtney Stodden’s Lifetime Movie Exposes the Public Grooming of a Child Bride—and the Cruelty of Celebrity Culture
Abuse, Abuse of Power

Courtney Stodden’s Lifetime Movie Exposes the Public Grooming of a Child Bride—and the Cruelty of Celebrity Culture

Tonya GJ Prince September 29, 2025
I wasn't deeply familiar with this young woman prior to watching the L [...]
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Survivor Rachel Williams Highlights Strangulation Timeline
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Survivor Rachel Williams Highlights Strangulation Timeline

updated from November 7, 2023Advocates for women and girls are not pleased with how we are talking about strangulation. Strangulation is often vie [...]
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When Men Encourage Boundary Violations, Women Pay the Price
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When Men Encourage Boundary Violations, Women Pay the Price

updated from June 7 2025 Why It’s Wrong—And Sometimes Criminal—for Men to Overrule a Woman’s “No” In every corner of society—online and offline—ther [...]
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Women Are Not a Feeling. We Are Not Yours to Define.
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Women Are Not a Feeling. We Are Not Yours to Define.

originally published in 2025 There is a dangerous lie being whispered and shouted in this world:That a woman is a feeling.That our existence—our li [...]
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An Unsung GOAT of Women’s Sports: Patsy Mink
Abuse of Power

An Unsung GOAT of Women’s Sports: Patsy Mink

   updated from April 19 2024 If you're a female athlete, you owe your opportunities and career (if you have/had one) to this woma [...]
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When Black Women Speak About Violence, Too Many People Attack the Voice Instead of the Harm
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When Black Women Speak About Violence, Too Many People Attack the Voice Instead of the Harm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsk8VmR4KCANow streaming on Amazon PrimeThere is something very familiar happening around Is God Is. (The C [...]
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Women Have Been Violently Punished for Telling the Truth for Centuries
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Women Have Been Violently Punished for Telling the Truth for Centuries

I do not owe anyone a smaller truth so they can maintain a larger lie. Absolutely no woman deserves to be harmed because she spoke a truth somebody [...]
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They Knew Her Face. In 1997, Waris Dirie Made Them Hear Her Story.
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They Knew Her Face. In 1997, Waris Dirie Made Them Hear Her Story.

In 1997, Waris Dirie did something that deserves to be remembered as an act of extraordinary courage. She spoke.She was already an internationally [...]
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Not Every Ugly Moment Is Abuse: Why Survivors Need Us to Keep Our Language Precise
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Not Every Ugly Moment Is Abuse: Why Survivors Need Us to Keep Our Language Precise

I happened upon a story on social media recently about a long marriage.It was the kind of family story many of us recognize. Two people loved [...]
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Katoucha Niane: Her Beauty Made Headlines. Her Courage Deserves History.
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Katoucha Niane: Her Beauty Made Headlines. Her Courage Deserves History.

There are some women whose photographs become famous while the most important thing they did receives far less attention.Katoucha Niane was one of [...]
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IF “We” Are Standing Against the Killing of Children, Women Would Like to See That Principle Everywhere
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IF “We” Are Standing Against the Killing of Children, Women Would Like to See That Principle Everywhere

Sometimes men speak as though women are surprised when men take a strong moral position about the death of children, particularly in conversations abo [...]
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