Online Abuse/Predators

Black Women Must Be Twice as Vigilant About Safety—Because We Are Rarely Given the Benefit of the Doubt We’ve heard it since childhood:“You’ve got to be twice as good for …

  You may want to start observing the number of times men declare that women saying no—is hate.Not submitting? Hate.Setting a boundary? Hate.Walking away? Hate.Choosing peace over performance? Hate. We’ve …

“If I can’t have her love, I’ll go to war against her peace” Some men don’t just move on when Black women say no.They retaliate. They don’t just go date …

Let’s talk about the men who say: “I don’t get involved in drama.”“That’s between them.”“Not all men are like that.”“I’d never do that, but I’m not about to check another …

There’s a kind of allyship that shows up only when the lights are on.When there’s an audience.When speaking up will gain applause, followers, or favor. But where are these men …

Respect is supposed to be mutual.But you wouldn’t know that if you listened to today’s men speak. Somehow, women are expected to earn it, perform for it, suffer in silence …

When women speak, we are not guessing.We are remembering.We are connecting dots.We are drawing from lifetimes of warning signs ignored. So when the world silences women—and especially when high-profile women …

So you were “right.”You “saw the signs.”You “told her he wasn’t good.”You “would’ve left sooner.”You “would never let that happen to you.” But here’s the truth:Your self-righteousness will not protect …

Coercive Sex Trafficking Isn’t Hidden. We’ve Just Been Taught Not to See It. Coercive sex trafficking thrives in the cracks of our silence. It survives in our confusion.In our willful …

That line is more fragile than people think. Too many people in the U.S. still picture sex trafficking as some shadowy van pulling up to snatch a girl off the …