No one asked women anything. People just kept telling women how they “ought to” and “must” feel.-TGJP This is a very scary time for some women.Because it’s not just the …
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Self-Determination Doesn’t Always Look Like You Think It Should
There’s a blind spot on the Left. A loud, well-meaning, but dangerous assumption that all women want the same things, live by the same codes, and are fighting for the …
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Don’t Say You’re in Our Corner—Fight Like It
“What we’re fighting for is not a privilege. It is a right.” – Fannie Lou Hamer Don’t say you’re in my corner—fight like it.Don’t post slogans and hashtags—move like you mean it. …
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You Don’t Find Your People By What They Post—You Find Them By What They Protect
“I don’t want to hear you say, ‘Honey, I’m behind you.’ Well, move, I don’t want you back there because you could be 200 miles behind. I want you to …
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When Women’s Values Are Tested: The Fight to Protect What’s Sacred
People who get confused about what is best for their own lives seem to spend an excessive amount of time telling women what is best for their lives. Please avoid …
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Familiarity Doesn’t Make Stranger Abuse Irrelevant
There’s a manipulation tactic that keeps slipping into our public conversations—one that says: “Most people are abused by someone they know… so we don’t really need to worry about stranger …
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Celebrity Trials, Silencing, and the Spectacle of Misogyny
Let’s talk about what we should be learning from these celebrity court cases—about abuse, about loyalty, and about truth. Time and again, we see women—especially Black women, women of color, …
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Unlearning Loyalty to Those Who Ask You to Lie
“Power borrowed from fear never lasts” There comes a time when your soul grows too heavy to carry the weight of someone else’s lies. At first, it felt like loyalty.Like …
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They Know Exactly Who They Are
We like to believe—many of us—that if people only knew the truth about someone… …that they’re abusive.…that they’re a predator.…that they hurt women and children.…that they weaponize power to harm …
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Love Doesn’t Mean Lying: I Can Respect You and Still Speak the Truth
If you think I have to choose between truth and respect,You underestimate the power of both. See, real love doesn’t demand silence.Real respect doesn’t require that I lie.If I can’t …