Category: Manipulation
We Don’t Close Doors Around Here: When Women’s Privacy Becomes Negotiable, Women Are in Danger (w/affirmations)
Living in the West is not what makes a woman safe. Privacy is not [...]
Dehumanization Has Habits. So Does Liberation
You fight dehumanization by refusing to let people become symbols, thr [...]
Maleness Is Portable Power: 20 Reasons Women Are Still Asked to Move Over
updated from June 22, 2025
Nina Simone's song, “Four Women," is pow [...]
How Abusers and Systems Use “You Have It Good” to Normalize Deprivation
You ought to be thankful for the little things.
But little things are [...]
Where “Bidirectional Abuse” Comes From and Why It Can Mislead People About Black Women
I was astonished that in a season where we had a string of Black femic [...]
What Is DARVO? How It Harms Black Women and Black Girls
DARVO is a pattern some harmful people use when they are confronted.
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You Are Not Overreacting: The Truth About Racism and Dismissal (w/Affirmations)
“Being asked to ignore degradation is not an invitation to be strong. [...]
The Lynching of Assault Victim Marie Scott: How Slavery’s Logic Still Shapes Our Lives
There is no clean ending to something that was never fully confronted. [...]
It’s Not That They Can’t Hear You. They’ve Chosen Not To
Updated from October 25, 2025
“Oppression evolves. It trades the whip [...]
Survivors Speak Truth: John Lewis Speaks Truth on Black America’s Fight for Justice
updated from September 20, 2025
Proverbs 12:19 puts it this way.....
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