The truth of a people cannot be renamed away. People often understand violence as physical harm.They know it is wrong to kill bodies. They know it is wrong …
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The Bench at Maple and Ninth: When Men Decide Whether Women Get Boundaries (audio)
In this episode of We Survive Abuse, we step into a modern fable about a simple bench, a tired woman, and a town that does not realize it is watching …
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We Can Care About the World Without Ignoring the Harm Shortening Lives Here at Home
Every month, an average of more than 70 women in the United States are shot and killed by an intimate partner. Everytownreasearch.org | based on analysis of CDC National Violent Death …
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When They Blame You for Asking, Then Blame You for Fixing It Yourself
The Trap in Toxic Relationships and Systems “Fine. I will do it myself.” Ancient Black women’s proverb. At first, she thought the problem was the broken thing. The leaking …
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Smart People Can Be Fooled: Why Propaganda Loves an Educated Mind
One of the most dangerous myths in the world is the belief that only “ignorant” people fall for propaganda. That is not true. Smart people can be fooled. Educated people …
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Civil Rights: Focus is How a People Stop Being Managed and Start Being Heard
Civil rights victories were not born from scattered attention. They were born from sacred focus. The lesson of the lunch counters, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the sit-ins, the Freedom Rides, …
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Black Women Do Not Ever Have to Sacrifice Safety to Prove Solidarity
And do not use Black people’s current struggle as a cloak for taking from women. Black women know both histories too well to be fooled by that. Black women are …
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Truth Shouldn’t Require a Protest: Journalism, Institutions, and the 12 Events That Changed History
Truth telling is not a luxury. It is not a reward. It is the baseline responsibility of news organizations, public officials, and law enforcement. Communities should not have to march, …
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Jim Crow Was About Stripping Boundaries-Not Setting Them
Someone is telling on themselves……. In Jim Crow America, Black people—especially Black women and girls—were forbidden from having boundaries: A Black woman couldn’t say no to a white man’s advances …
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We Don’t Close Doors Around Here: When Women’s Privacy Becomes Negotiable, Women Are in Danger (w/affirmations)
Living in the West is not what makes a woman safe. Privacy is not modesty theater. It is part of bodily safety. It is shield. We do not give that …