Safe Boundaried Spaces

She called me because I was serving as her victim advocate: His family is mad at me and now I’m so confused. “He is trying to change but sometimes he …

“If his change requires your suffering to prove it, it isn’t change — it’s another performance.” — WeSurviveAbuse.com Somehow, we allowed ourselves to believe that when a man says he’s …

Like so many Survivors of childhood sexual violence — and other forms of abuse — I live with chronic pain. Some days, it’s excruciating. But nearly every medical professional I …

You know what? We can’t afford to look at these cases as “isolated incidents.” We’ve got to look at patterns. Because what happened to Sonya Massey wasn’t random. Sean Grayson …

When women, girls, and children talk about boundaries, it’s not hate speaking. It’s concern. It’s exhaustion. It’s survival language. Too often, those who have been harmed or frightened are accused …

The work of women’s safety, women’s rights, women’s liberation and women’s healing is not a music and entertainment battle. When our movements turn inward and begin to devour one another, …

Abuse is confusing. It’s not constant — it shifts. Abusive people are not abusive all the time. That’s what makes it so complicated. When they’re not being cruel, you share …

If someone has a problem with you being empowered, you have to ask: why? Why would anyone be against a Black woman reclaiming her voice, her peace, her time, her …

🎭 The Tactic When you call out something harmful—like antisemitism, racism, sexism, or rape apologia—and the person responds with: “So I guess you expect everyone to be perfect…” They’re shifting …