Category: Safety

The Bench at Maple and Ninth: When Men Decide Whether Women Get Boundaries (audio)
In this episode of We Survive Abuse, we step into a modern f [...]

When They Blame You for Asking, Then Blame You for Fixing It Yourself
The Trap in Toxic Relationships and Systems
"Fine. I will do [...]

Safety Requires Strategy — Not Just “Being Nice”
updated from August 7 2025
Remember now, plenty of wives and children [...]

Stop the Ahistorical Comparison: Jim Crow Was Violent, Girls’ Sports Does Not Have To Be
updated from March 28, 2025
This is so cruel.
There’s a new [...]

Smart People Can Be Fooled: Why Propaganda Loves an Educated Mind
One of the most dangerous myths in the world is the belief that only “ [...]

Civil Rights: Focus is How a People Stop Being Managed and Start Being Heard
Civil rights victories were not born from scattered attention. They we [...]

Black Women Do Not Ever Have to Sacrifice Safety to Prove Solidarity
And do not use Black people’s current struggle as a cloak for taking f [...]

The Fable of the Flame that Would Not Bow: The Importance of Help Seeking Language in Troubled Times
Discouragement is part of the battle. It always has been. But defeatis [...]

Truth Shouldn’t Require a Protest: Journalism, Institutions, and the 12 Events That Changed History
Truth telling is not a luxury.
It is not a reward.
It is the baselin [...]

Jim Crow Was About Stripping Boundaries-Not Setting Them
Someone is telling on themselves....... In Jim Crow America, Bl [...]