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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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The Invisible Glue: 10 Ways Women Are Taught to Hold Together What Should Be Allowed to Break
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The Invisible Glue: 10 Ways Women Are Taught to Hold Together What Should Be Allowed to Break

updated from January 2026I've served the women who responded to violence and were facing harsher punishment than any man would have for the same c [...]
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Men Already Have More Access to Women Than Ever. Why Is the Answer Still “Give Men More”?
Violence Against Women

Men Already Have More Access to Women Than Ever. Why Is the Answer Still “Give Men More”?

  There is something missing from a great deal of our modern conversation about men, women, loneliness, relationships, and belonging. We rarely [...]
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The Redirection Trap: How Conversations About Women Get Hijacked (And How to Spot It)
Women's Rights

The Redirection Trap: How Conversations About Women Get Hijacked (And How to Spot It)

Remember when the Supreme Court of the United States announced its decision on the Title IX girls' sports issue—and organizations an [...]
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Rape Myth Acceptance: 10 Ways We Blame Women for Being Vulnerable Instead of Blaming People Who Exploit Them
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Rape Myth Acceptance: 10 Ways We Blame Women for Being Vulnerable Instead of Blaming People Who Exploit Them

Some ideas about sexual violence have been around so long that people repeat them without recognizing what they are. A woman says she was drinking [...]
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Tina Turner Told Us She Was Raped. People Still Made Jokes: What That Reveals About Rape Culture
Rape

Tina Turner Told Us She Was Raped. People Still Made Jokes: What That Reveals About Rape Culture

Tina Turner did what we so often tell women to do. She spoke. She told the truth about the violence in her marriage. She described beatings, coerciv [...]
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Before We Ask Why Black Women Don’t Talk, We Need to Ask What Happens When They Do
Black femicide

Before We Ask Why Black Women Don’t Talk, We Need to Ask What Happens When They Do

There is a familiar sentence that appears whenever violence against Black women becomes impossible to ignore: “Black women don't talk.” Sometimes it i [...]
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When Someone Tries to Humiliate You and Take Your Name: Two Abuse Tactics Survivors Should Know (audio ep)
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When Someone Tries to Humiliate You and Take Your Name: Two Abuse Tactics Survivors Should Know (audio ep)

Abuse does not always begin with a bruise. Sometimes it begins with humiliation. Sometimes it reaches for your name.In this episode of the We Surv [...]
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The Question Nobody Answers About Mixed-Sex Spaces: What Happens When Something Goes Wrong?
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The Question Nobody Answers About Mixed-Sex Spaces: What Happens When Something Goes Wrong?

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Humiliation Is an Abuse Tactic: When Someone Keeps Trying to Make You Feel Small
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Humiliation Is an Abuse Tactic: When Someone Keeps Trying to Make You Feel Small

Some people try to control women by frightening us.Others discover they can control a room by humiliating us.Humiliation can look like “joking [...]
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Marcia Johnson, Part 2: Follow the Chain. Why Was Her Safety Riding on $5,000?
Domestic Abuse

Marcia Johnson, Part 2: Follow the Chain. Why Was Her Safety Riding on $5,000?

At first glance, the story of Marcia Johnson can produce a very simple conclusion. A nonprofit dedicated to helping poor people posted Samuel Scott's [...]
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Talking about Tina Turner. We are going to talk about the purpose of humiliation in violence & abuse. AND talk some more about names & how people intending to do harm use names as a weapon. Tina Turner taught us lessons on the importance of names. Posting later today...
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