Why spend your precious energy trying to prove your humanity to systems, circles, or people who have already decided they don’t see you? That they don’t hear you. We believe …
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A Brief Timeline: Marital Rape Laws in the West
A tremendous amount of work went into giving spouses legal recourse if they are assaulted by their spouse. Prior to this work, you couldn’t even bring it up in court …
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The Mothers of Modern Gynecology: Anarcha, Lucy, and Betsey
The True Story Behind the Surgical Legacy Built on Black Women’s Pain Between 1845 and 1849, in Montgomery, Alabama, three young enslaved Black women—Anarcha, Lucy, and Betsey—were subjected to brutal, …
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“The Forgive and Overlook Habit”: Why the Crisis of Child Predators Isn’t Going Anywhere
The crisis of child predators isn’t going anywhere. Unless the adults change our harmful ways and change them right away. Because the pressure has always been placed especially on female …
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12 Ways Communities & Families Normalize Predators — and Destroy Survivors in the Process
The truth is not quiet. The truth is not polite. The truth is not neutral. And neither are predators. Too many of us watched it happen in real time.People made …
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Domestic Violence Is Rising While Survivor Services Are Disappearing: What the Latest Data Reveals
I don’t know if you saw this, but while overall violent crime is reportedly on the decline, domestic violence in the U.S. has actually risen by about 3% in major …
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When Communities Celebrate Predators: The Cost of Uplifting R. Kelly in Black Spaces
Stop making abuse a softer crime just because the beat is familiar. Let me just get this sentence out so I can be done: Must we use every Black …
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Her Name Was Nicole Beverly
And she should still be here, holding her son. Nicole Beverly was a Black mother of four living in Detroit. She was soft-spoken, nurturing, and trusted people far more than …
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What Does Violence Against Women Really Look Like Today? Truths You Can’t Ignore
Women with Disabilities Face Higher Risk Women and girls with disabilities are more than twice as likely to experience sexual violence. Yet many shelters, resources, and safety plans fail to …
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What Is a Rape Apologist?
People catch on to the fact that victims get blamed and no one tells men to stop harming women and girls. Ever. -Tonya GJ Prince A rape apologist is someone …