Political Action

Until we choose to have honest, difficult conversations about sexual violators and those who cause harm, they will continue to multiply. Silence protects them.Avoidance strengthens them. Good people will keep …

We have made a choice. Not quietly.Not accidentally.Not without consequence. We have chosen to be a nation that does not guarantee authentic and truthful mental health care around the clock.That …

“I get to treat you horribly because I have decided that you are less than me.” Power and control don’t always look the same.But they always speak the same language. …

That move is often about re-centering. When Black women name race and gender together, the response isn’t just disagreement—it’s anxiety about losing narrative control. Saying “misogyny is older” becomes a …

People closest to power. Belief, in our world, is not evenly distributed. It flows along familiar lines—toward those whose voices already sound “right,” whose language fits established norms, and whose …

It requires wholeness, not performance. A feminism that includes Black women does not ask us to arrive as fragments—carefully edited, softened, or stripped of context. It does not demand that …

All women are not necessarily living the same patriarchal reality. This phrase comes up a lot in feminist discussions. It usually means: Sex-based oppression is older than racism Gender should …

There is a name for what happens when Black women are pressured to abandon our Blackness in order to be accepted as “real” women. Racial Gatekeeping of Womanhood. It shows …

These stories are unsettling. I do hope that male podcasters, influencers, and journalists are covering these stories and not just waiting for the stories that advance misogyny, racism, and other …

I get when some groups defend some aspects of abusers. I’ve slipped (more than once) and done it too. I’m a human. I still have a duty to push back …