Online Abuse/Predators

When we talk about violence, we rarely talk about what the financial costs. Not just the broken bones or the heartbreak — but the billions of dollars society pays every …

In politics, too many women of privilege in America give violent men a pass. They vote for them. They praise them. They scold other women for not leaning on wisdom …

They called it scandal. But it was sacrifice. A young girl’s truth laid bare on the altar of a watching world. They tried to make her shame go viral. But …

There is a special kind of pain that comes when the place you turned to for help becomes the source of another wound.That is institutional betrayal — when a system, …

Not all misogyny shouts. Some of it whispers. Some of it comes dressed as politeness, concern, or tradition. It’s when women are praised for being “selfless” while their needs go …

Feminism can no longer afford to live in generalizations.When it does, it leaves too much room for people to hide intent, to blur goals, to claim the word while working …

There was another time I learned just how selective feminism and women’s work can be. After 30 plus years of service, there are too many.  That time when writer and …

One of the realities of working with women trying to get away from an abusive relationship is the difficult work that must be done long after the break up, the …

Too often, when a woman is murdered, the conversation shifts quickly away from her life, her safety, and the systemic failures that left her vulnerable. Instead, certain men hijack the …

When an actor or entertainer says they do not want to engage in certain kinds of scenes—intimate, violent, or otherwise—that boundary deserves respect. Man or woman. Period. Too often, instead …