Category: Politics

Is “Woke” Just the Newest Word for an Old Fear? A History.
Black Americans have seen this rhythm before.There are periods whe [...]

When “Nothing Will Happen” Isn’t a Safety Plan: Asking About Real Safeguards
updated from February 2026“If your confidence turns out to be misp [...]

Staggering Facts About Women’s Worldwide Inequality: The Numbers the World Cannot Ignore
Women and girls make up half of humanity.Yet across the world, million [...]

When Men’s Feelings Matter More Than Women’s Safety: Recognizing Everyday Misogyny
Mobility restriction is a term widely used in human rights, disability [...]

Women Are Not Small Men: How Sex-Based Disparities Are Still Impacting Women
A woman's body is not simply a smaller version of a man's body [...]

The Architecture of False Safety: 7 Red Flags
We have got to stop treating the violent crossing of human bou [...]

Lawrence on the lesson of the Platner campaign: Always wait for the vetting
We must have wisdom in our voting and political proc [...]

When Respect Becomes Language Control: Who Decides What Women Are Allowed to Say?
So today we are in the state of Washington because their Dep [...]

This Is Not Confusion. It Is Memory: Black Women, Language, and the Right to Self-Definition.
updated from June 2025
This history is not symbolic. It is sp [...]

The Burden of Blindness: How Systems Force Us to Ignore Our Own Reality
I have been talking about "institutional betrayal" and women a [...]