Rape

,In my years as a court advocate, there was a dynamic that used to make me so angry. A woman would come forth seeking a protective order. Maybe she was …

 How We Villainize Black Women Who Disagree with Males C Delores Tucker updated from March 21 2022  They will never run out of nasty and unkind words for Black women …

updated from June 2025 This history is not symbolic. It is specific, embodied, and carried forward through language. For many Black American women, forced renaming has never been a side …

But self-knowledgeBut self-knowledgeThe reason I refuse diluted language is because I have watched institutions dilute women’s experiences for decades. In fact, just yesterday I was scrolling online when I came …

Some of us were never told that we deserved to feel safe.We were told to keep going.To be strong.To not make a scene.To forgive.To forget.To move on. So we did.We …

One of the best docuseries that I have seen about “forced interaction” resulting in prolonged stalking is the Hulu docuseries Stalking Samantha: 13 Years of Terror. Samantha met Christopher Thomas …

Connecting with political allies is harder than people admit—especially when your foundation is not hate, not outrage for sport, but a clear, grounded sense of humanity. Because you start to …

Women are not responsible for fixing every wound the world refuses to face.   When people talk about ending rape, sexual violence, and rape culture, one group often gets handed …

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 …

There is this strange, deeply embedded belief that in order for a woman or girl to be considered a “good person” she must sacrifice her safety for men. Very much …