Putting Yourself First Isn’t Selfish: What an Airplane Oxygen Mask Taught Me About Caring for Others Have you ever felt guilty for taking care of yourself before taking care of …
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When We Expand Access, Are We Actually Expanding Protection?
There is something we need to pay closer attention to when people announce progress. Sometimes lawmakers and institutions expand the number of people included in a policy, and everybody celebrates. …
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12 Powerful Lessons from “The Hooters Murders Deadly Shift”: What We Must Do Better to Protect Women
There is something deeply troubling about watching a documentary about murdered women and realizing how many of the dangers they faced extend far beyond the places where they worked. Oxygen’s …
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Women Are Sounding the Alarm Because We Have Seen What Happens When Institutions Get Safety Wrong
Most people are perfectly capable of thinking, reasoning, and making thoughtful decisions. We do it every day. We manage families, solve problems at work, care for loved ones, and navigate …
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When a Girl’s Body Becomes a Discussion About What Men Want: Somalia’s FGM Debate
I have spent many years listening to women and girls describe things others expected them to accept. Things that hurt them. Things that frightened them. They were told these were necessary …
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When a Female Student Reports Rape, Why Is She the One Who Loses Her Education? The Title IX Connection
What every young woman should understand about sexual violence, school safety, and the right to an education. Imagine arriving at college with your whole future ahead of you. You have …
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Chief Theresa Kachindamoto Did Not Wait for More Girls to Be Harmed. She Took Action.
It isn’t hard for leaders to protect girls, but they have to act. To whom much is given, much is expected. We gotta start expecting more from leaders when it …
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We Followed Farrah Fawcett. Then The Burning Bed Showed Us a Horror That Was Happening in Real Homes.
updated from April 4 2025 Generation X was not ready for this story, but we needed it! Our Boomer parents were not ready either, but they most definitely needed …
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🚩 Red Flag: When Someone Is Offended by Your Boundaries
updated from June 9, 2025 Please pay attention. If someone—a person, a group, a movement, a “friend,” a partner—gets angry, offended, or manipulative because you’ve set a boundary… That is …
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Stop Teaching Girls to Lose Gracefully: They Deserve Adults Who Will Fight for Them Too
by TGJPby TGJPupdated from December 12, 2023 Black girls have spent generations learning how to endure unfairness. They deserve a generation of adults determined to stop it. I was not surprised when …