Category: Mental health

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 [...]

When Grieving Mothers Are Punished: Why Survivors and Pregnant Women Are Afraid to Ask for Help
According to KTRE/KLTV and the Angelina County Sheriff’s Office, Tamis [...]

After Abuse: How to Know Whether You Need a Coach or a Counselor
While coaching and counseling can both support Survivors, they are not [...]

🎶 Playlist: Songs That Speak the Truth — Domestic Violence & Survival
Sometimes music is the only thing brave enough to say what we’ve been [...]

🎤💰 Money, Respect & the Woman’s Mic: Black Women’s Songs About Money, Power, and Respect
updated from April 2025
"We're supposed to pretend that if we are "go [...]

5 traits women who don’t have friends share (featuring video by Tiffany Monday)
You'd be amazed how many people get themselves through recovery and/or [...]

The Overlooked History of Black Disabled Lives: Survival, Misunderstanding, and Strength
As a Black woman who has struggled with a health condition that is lim [...]

When Disability and Blackness Meet: Over 25 Times When Grace Was Denied To Disabled Black People
There is a quiet cruelty that rarely gets named plainly. It lives in t [...]

Not Like Us: The Black Freedom Legacy Was Not Built on Unquestioning Institutional Compliance
There is a pattern that deserves daylight. Some movements wrap them [...]

Nell Carter: A Voice That Refused to Break
When I was a child, Nell Carter was one of my favorite entertainers. S [...]