If He Will Strangle You, He May Kill You
There are few acts more dangerous, more intimate, and more predictive of future lethal violence than this one:Strangulation. Let’s stop minimizing it.Let’s stop calling it “choking” like it’s some common…
There are few acts more dangerous, more intimate, and more predictive of future lethal violence than this one:Strangulation. Let’s stop minimizing it.Let’s stop calling it “choking” like it’s some common…
There is a rhythm that the media loves:Shock. Outrage. Silence.A Survivor comes forward.The story catches fire.It lands in headlines, hashtags, and trending feeds.And then… it disappears. But healing doesn’t work…
Sometimes Survivors speak in whispers.Sometimes in long pauses, in shaking hands, in misplaced laughter.Sometimes… not at all. But let me tell you something that experience and sacred witness have taught…
✍🏽 By Tonya GJ Prince | WeSurviveAbuse.com There’s a quiet knowing among many Survivors:We don’t need to be gutted open again to prove that we made it. These days, it…
Let’s speak truth—because Survivors on healthy authentic healing journeys know this better than anyone: You cannot build healthy relationships with people or groups who do not respect boundaries. It doesn’t…
How dare you make laws and policies that make our girls less safe!-Tonya GJ Prince Every single year, thousands of Black girls vanish from our communities. Their faces barely flicker…
Let’s talk about something that far too often stays in the shadows: Abusers know what they’re doing.And many of them actively seek out people they believe are easier to manipulate,…
Generation X was not ready for this story but we needed it! Our Boomer parents were not ready either but they most definitely needed it. In fact, every generation going…
April is child abuse awareness month. When politicians twist the language of “inclusion” to force girls to surrender their safe spaces, they are not being progressive—they are being predatory. What…
Some groups want our rhythm, our language, our beauty—but not our justice. They say they care about Black women. They post our photos.Quote our heroes.Find one or two of us…