Category: Power
Black Women Have Carried the Community Long Enough. When Will Our Safety Become a Priority?
If your vision of justice requires Black women to accept more danger, [...]
I Have Spent Too Many Years Listening to Women and Children to Believe That Saying Something Makes It True
I have spent more than 30 years working with women and children who ha [...]
Growing Up as a Girl: What Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s 2017 Controversy Confirmed for Me About Women’s Voices
If someone can convince you that speaking about mistreatment is worse [...]
When Someone Knows You’re Uncomfortable and Keeps Pushing: Recognizing Emotional Abuse
Emotional abuse can be difficult to explain in a society that struggle [...]
How Violence Prevention Is Treated as Worse Than the Violence Itself
When a woman asks for safety, listen to the danger she is describi [...]
Female Teachers Are Sounding the Alarm: What Are Boys Being Taught About Women, and Who Is Protecting the Girls in Their Classrooms?
What happens when a generation of girls is expected to learn alongside [...]
It’s Not About Sex: How Rape Culture Actually Works (video)
Rape culture isn't about sex. This video is about the everyday beh [...]
Women Have Been Singing About Their Freedom for Generations. They Had Good Reason.
Women have never needed permission to recognize ourselves as women. Ou [...]
Victimization, Victimhood, and the Right to Keep Naming What Happened
Victimized vs. Victimization
Victimization describes an experience, a [...]
Marcia Johnson, Part 2: Follow the Chain. Why Was Her Safety Riding on $5,000?
At first glance, the story of Marcia Johnson can produce a very simple [...]