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Pregnancy, Panic, and the Past: Supporting Survivors Through the Miracle of Birth
Advocates/Activists, Child sexual abuse

Pregnancy, Panic, and the Past: Supporting Survivors Through the Miracle of Birth

TGJP April 11, 2016
*Updated for 2025 When a close relative—let’s call her Morgan [...]
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No Gratitude, No Quilt: A Lesson from My Mama (and a Little Fried Chicken)
Child sexual abuse, Child sexual violence

No Gratitude, No Quilt: A Lesson from My Mama (and a Little Fried Chicken)

TGJP March 8, 2016
*Updated for 2025 Several months ago, my mom asked me to pick [...]
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The Benefit of Anger for Survivors: A Fire That Heals
Boundaries, Child sexual abuse

The Benefit of Anger for Survivors: A Fire That Heals

TGJP October 15, 2015
For too long, Survivors have been told to suppress their anger. “Be [...]
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The Eye of the Child Sexual Abuse Survivor: A Black Man Takes the Mic
Advocates/Activists, Boys of Color

The Eye of the Child Sexual Abuse Survivor: A Black Man Takes the Mic

TGJP September 8, 2015
It is my honor to highlight the words of author Tremayne Moore a [...]
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Letter from an Angry Survivor of Sexual Violence about this Bill Cosby Tragedy
Advocates/Activists, Celebrity/Fame

Letter from an Angry Survivor of Sexual Violence about this Bill Cosby Tragedy

TGJP July 7, 2015
7/7/2015 Tonight I am angry.    That isn't my default setting t [...]
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How What We Don't Know About Suicide is Killing People
Abuse by Older Children, Disability and Chronic Illness

How What We Don't Know About Suicide is Killing People

TGJP July 2, 2015
According to the CDC:   In 2013 (the most recent year for wh [...]
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How People Prompt or Lure Women to Prove Their Worth
Disability and Chronic Illness

How People Prompt or Lure Women to Prove Their Worth

"Why doesn't she leave? Why did she go back?" We don't spend a lot of time examining what makes women doubt themselves. I look forward to t [...]
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How Vanessa Williams Overcame Bias and Industry Backlash to Reinvent Herself—and Win Anyway
Celebrity/Fame

How Vanessa Williams Overcame Bias and Industry Backlash to Reinvent Herself—and Win Anyway

This is how you do it! It was 1984. Vanessa Williams was surrounded on all sides. Some people were angry when she won Ms. America including [...]
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E. Lynn Harris: The Visionary Black Author Who Gave Us Stories We’d Never Seen—But Always Needed
Abuse

E. Lynn Harris: The Visionary Black Author Who Gave Us Stories We’d Never Seen—But Always Needed

Long before mainstream platforms embraced diverse stories, he was doing the work. Out of the trunk of his car. In beauty salons. With Black wo [...]
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Grief That Echoes: Honoring the Women Amiri Baraka Lost to Violence
Abuse

Grief That Echoes: Honoring the Women Amiri Baraka Lost to Violence

There are wounds that don’t stop bleeding just because the headlines fade.There are names that deserve to be spoken with reverence—not onl [...]
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Lucy Diggs Slowe: She Protected Us in Silence So We Could One Day Speak
Abuse of Power

Lucy Diggs Slowe: She Protected Us in Silence So We Could One Day Speak

“Because boundaried spaces don’t build themselves—someone has to brave the silence first.”[WeSurviveAbuse.com] Most people will tell you Lucy [...]
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Using Michelle Obama’s Image to Justify White Supremacy Is a Self-Own—And a Betrayal
Abuse of Power

Using Michelle Obama’s Image to Justify White Supremacy Is a Self-Own—And a Betrayal

  If you don’t get out there and define yourself, you’ll be quickly and inaccurately defined by others. -Michelle Obama (Why Black wom [...]
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Juneteenth: Proof That Even Our Freedom Is Seen as “Too Much”
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Juneteenth: Proof That Even Our Freedom Is Seen as “Too Much”

  Juneteenth is not just a holiday. It is a mirror—reflecting how this nation has long believed that Black people deserve nothing [...]
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10 Reasons to Be Outraged about Harvey Marcelin: How the System Protected a Killer Instead of Women
Violence Against Women

10 Reasons to Be Outraged about Harvey Marcelin: How the System Protected a Killer Instead of Women

When a man kills three women over his lifetime, the system did not just fail once. It failed over and over. It was designed this way. Not all [...]
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Why Moral Clarity Still Matters: Remembering the Victims of Jeffrey Dahmer
Advocates/Activists

Why Moral Clarity Still Matters: Remembering the Victims of Jeffrey Dahmer

Connecting with political allies is harder than people admit—especially when your foundation is not hate, not outrage for sport, but a c [...]
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Dr. Angella Dorothea Ferguson: The Woman Who Refused to Let Sickle Cell Patients Be Forgotten
Advocates/Activists

Dr. Angella Dorothea Ferguson: The Woman Who Refused to Let Sickle Cell Patients Be Forgotten

Calling Things by Their Proper Name: Honoring Dr. Angella Dorothea Ferguson “The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.” [...]
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