Category: Self care
Even in Progressive Spaces, Systems Still Fail Survivors
In many justice-minded communities, we say the right things:
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When Your Strength Makes Them Angry
Some people will try to make you feel like you did something wrong j [...]
𧩠The Price of Silence: Black Women, Coercive Control, and the Hidden Costs of “Unity”
There is a kind of violence that doesnât leave bruises.A kind that hid [...]
đš Listen Closely. Believe Them.
Too many people overlook this. We want to believe that people are be [...]
When Itâs Not Pride: 11 Ways Violence Against Black Women Hides Behind âBlack Prideâ
We lift up Black pride as sacredâa celebration of survival, brillian [...]
Black Pride Is Not a Mask for Violence
We talk a lot about Black pride.We wear it.We speak it.We teach it t [...]
She Caught the Girls Before They Fell: Victoria Earle Matthews and the War Against Trafficking (1861â1907)
10 Incredible Facts About Victoria Earle Matthews
1. She Was Born Ens [...]
The Door Closes When You Choose Their Violence Over My Truth
(Including the violence you want me to stop talking about.)
Thereâs a [...]
Your Defense of Them Is a Betrayal of Me
Letâs say this out loudâfor the ones still doubting themselves.For the [...]
Start Your Own, Even If Itâs Small. Because Truth Needs a Home.
Letâs tell the truth that so many are scared to say:
They keep claimi [...]