“Don’t let folks play in your face.”-Black Proverb Public humiliation is often dismissed as personality conflict, humor, or spectacle. But humiliation, especially when repeated or strategic, is rarely just a …
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19 James Baldwin Truths and Affirmations That Still Strengthen the Human Spirit (on audio)
Latest episode of WESurviveAbusePodcast.com 19 James Baldwin Truths and Affirmations That Still Strengthen the Human Spirit
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Misogyny Is Not a Virtue: When Harmful Attitudes Are Framed as “Values”
“Equality and kindness” do not require or justify the abolition of women as a sex class or the abrogation/appropriation of women’s rights to private spaces, sports teams, etc. On the …
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Black American History Lesson: What Happened to the First Private Black School for Girls in Connecticut?
I hope that these last few weeks have taught us to take history as a tool for learning lessons …..for everyone. Education is never a “scam”. The price may be …
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Why Some Survivors Are Alarmed by the Push to Redefine Womanhood as An Aesthetic
It is harder to ignore now. Some people noticed it earlier but now it is getting harder to ignore isn’t it? Across cultures, languages, and generations, many Survivors are naming …
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Why Some Voices Are Punished for Asking the Right Questions-Even By Fellow Women
Updated from June 3, 2025 Speaking of a harmed woman’s word is never good enough…….. We WILL NOT be forgetting this. We human beings are a flawed bunch and we …
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Reckoning Is Not Chaos. It Is Correction.(w/Affirmations)
We arrived here because too many people rush to shield their favorite men instead of listening to the harmed. We can stop. Right now. We arrived here because discomfort feels …
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Power Falls When People Learn to Pull Together: The Real Way Harmful Authority Is Defeated
That video is a master class in how ordinary people outmaneuver harmful power without becoming what they’re fighting. Here’s what groups can learn and apply immediately. 1. Harmful power often …
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Dear Survivors: When the Truth Is Released Slowly, It Can Be Conditioning — Here’s How We Resist
“I’m so tired of waiting, aren’t you, for the world to become good and beautiful and kind?” — Langston Hughes Many of you are sensing something familiar as disturbing …
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When Survival Is Mistaken for Consent: Black Women, Weaponized Ignorance, and the Right to Refuse
It is not normal for people to know little to nothing about you—and still demand your allegiance. Your loyalty. Your sacrifice. Your fighting spirit. That is not solidarity. That is …