Category: Relationships
Why ‘Being Loyal’ Shouldn’t Cost You Your Safety, Dignity, or Peace
One of my all-time favorite jazz tunes is "My Man."
“My Man” is, i [...]
Red Flag Alert: Unhinged Game Fans
Man Fatally Shoots Wife And Critically Injures Stepdaugh [...]
20 Affirmations and A Note for Those Who Feel Troubled by What They’re Seeing.
Until we choose to have honest, difficult conversations about sexual v [...]
Who Gets Believed Without Footnotes?
People closest to power.
Belief, in our world, is not evenly distribu [...]
Why Is Black Women’s Truth Treated as Disloyalty?
There is a name for what happens when Black women are pressured to aba [...]
✨ When Male Gentleness Is Assumed: Expanding Our Ears, Expanding Our Understanding
There is a myth we’ve built—quietly, collectively—that some men are si [...]
The Performance of Ignorance: How Men Pretend Sexual Violence Is News.
There is a peculiar kind of amnesia that grips men whenever the subjec [...]
Why Some People Fear the Truth About Domination
There’s a strange thing happening in our world today—esp [...]
Manhood Won’t Shatter If We Tell the Truth
There are men who prey on men. Go ahead and get the gasp out of the wa [...]
His Truth Does Not Need a Permission Slip — Even When It Makes People Squirm
This post is dedicated to James Ransone, who died by suicide two weeks [...]
When Older Women Are Told to Give Until It Hurts
The internet will have you believe something very simple and very crue [...]
Political Action Alert: Where Can Any of Us Afford to Go If Home is a Violent Space?
For years, people asked, “Why doesn’t she just leave?”
That que [...]
⭐ Why I Resist Diluted Language Like “Birthing People”
There is a kind of language floating around today that sounds gentle o [...]
When the Harm Comes for Us First: Updates on the Megan Thee Stallion Case
Black women have always been expected to endure harm quietly, yet blam [...]
When Misinformation Spreads, Survivors Suffer: Meghann Cuniff’s Steady Voice in a Chaotic Case
So, Meghann Cuniff.
The Megan Thee Stallion case didn’t just ex [...]
When Power Aligns Against a Black Woman: Why Megan’s Case Still Matters for Every Survivor
There are times in this work where you have to resist the urge to cuss [...]
🥊 Christy Salters: The Fighter Who Refused to Stay Down
I admired her healing journey before the movie.
The number of time [...]
Why Are Women’s Demands for Boundaries and Safe Spaces Being Compared to Segregation?
Too many women—especially monitored, poor, rural, disabled, and older [...]
When Chaos Becomes Normal: Relearning the Language of Calm and Boundaries
Some of us grew up learning to breathe in the middle of storms.
We le [...]
My Partner Suddenly Changed His Beliefs or Lifestyle and Now Demands That I Change Too. Is That Normal?”
Here's the thing. “Real transformation invites partnership, not submis [...]