Safeguarding

Where coercion is the law, truth cannot live. When the rules are written to force silence,to demand submission,to prioritize appearances over reality—truth gasps for air. Truth withers.Truth is hunted. Survivors …

Women are not responsible for fixing every wound the world refuses to face.   When people talk about ending rape, sexual violence, and rape culture, one group often gets handed …

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 …

One of the most dangerous myths in the world is the belief that only “ignorant” people fall for propaganda. That is not true. Smart people can be fooled. Educated people …

And do not use Black people’s current struggle as a cloak for taking from women. Black women know both histories too well to be fooled by that. Black women are …

Discouragement is part of the battle. It always has been. But defeatist language can become dangerous when it stops people from seeking help, making plans, or naming what they truly …

We can’t have an honest conversation about why our grandmothers—and their mothers before them—often prescribed silence in the face of pain without acknowledging the brutal truth: women who dared to …

updated from June 22, 2025 Nina Simone’s song, “Four Women,” is powerful because each woman has been made into someone else’s story. Aunt Sarah is expected to carry pain. Saffronia …

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 …