Category: Self care
Calling Women “Hateful” for Wanting Safety Is Abuse Dressed in Decorum
Let’s name this for what it is:
When politicians, media figures, or [...]
Power Doesn’t Always Mean Protection—And That’s the Problem
I’ve worked with women in power.Judges. Prosecutors. City council me [...]
The Media Is Teaching Women to Be Silent About Violence. Even Women in Media.
We need to name it.
The media—mainstream and social—isn't just failin [...]
🛡️ Survival Required Specificity
🛡️ Survival Required Specificity
We don’t survive by blending in.We s [...]
🧩 Oppressive Systems Are Built to Erase Specificity
We must say it plainly: Oppressive systems are designed to flatten, ge [...]
Some “Justice Movements” Are Enabling Harm Against Women and Children. We Need to Talk About It.
Not every movement that says it stands for “justice” is safe for wom [...]
Even in Progressive Spaces, Systems Still Fail Survivors
In many justice-minded communities, we say the right things:
🟩 Beli [...]
When Your Strength Makes Them Angry
Some people will try to make you feel like you did something wrong j [...]
🧩 The Price of Silence: Black Women, Coercive Control, and the Hidden Costs of “Unity”
There is a kind of violence that doesn’t leave bruises.A kind that hid [...]
🚨 Listen Closely. Believe Them.
Too many people overlook this. We want to believe that people are be [...]
When It’s Not Pride: 11 Ways Violence Against Black Women Hides Behind “Black Pride”
We lift up Black pride as sacred—a 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 (1861–1907)
✨ 10 Incredible Facts About Victoria Earle Matthews
She Was Bor [...]
The Door Closes When You Choose Their Violence Over My Truth
(Including the violence you want me to stop talking about.)
There’s a [...]
Your Defense of Them Is a Betrayal of Me
Let’s say this out loud—for the ones still doubting themselves.For the [...]
Start Your Own, Even If It’s Small. Because Truth Needs a Home.
Let’s tell the truth that so many are scared to say:
They keep claimi [...]
Preserve the Woman. Protect the Fire.
When you finally realize that someone’s harmful behavior has more to d [...]
We Do Not Have the Privilege of Forgetting. But the World Wants Us To.
Every single day, women are surviving things that many refuse to name. [...]
She Wasn’t Weak. He Was Dishonest.
We need to talk about the way society punishes women for being manipul [...]
What Is Spiritual Violence? And Why We Must Talk About It
“If your faith doesn’t let you cry, rage, rest, or leave the places [...]
