Safe Boundaried Spaces

“Because boundaried spaces don’t build themselves—someone has to brave the silence first.”[WeSurviveAbuse.com] Most people will tell you Lucy Diggs Slowe was a tennis champion.That she was the first Dean of …

updated from August 7 2025 Remember now, plenty of wives and children around the world are very nice to men who think nothing of harming them in an instant. As …

updated from March 28, 2025 This is so cruel. There’s a new talking point going around:That not allowing boys to compete against girls in sports is somehow the same as …

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 …

Living in the West is not what makes a woman safe. Privacy is not modesty theater. It is part of bodily safety. It is shield. We do not give that …

You ought to be thankful for the little things. But little things are all you seem to give. Janet Jackson| What Have You Done For Me Lately Gratitude is something …

Have you ever had a feeling about someone and talked yourself out of it? Not because nothing happened. But because you could not explain it cleanly yet. Maybe they were …

Updated from October 25, 2025 “Oppression evolves. It trades the whip for the weary.” — WeSurviveAbuse.com When people stonewall you, they aren’t just ignoring you; they’re blocking movement. That’s deliberate. …

updated from September 20, 2025 Proverbs 12:19 puts it this way….. “Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.” When victims of abuse summon the courage …

There is language that has been troubling my soul. As a Womanist historian, I know that misinformation is not just an error; it is a weapon used to disarm the …