Category: Self Worth

Lucy Diggs Slowe: She Protected Us in Silence So We Could One Day Speak
“Because boundaried spaces don’t build themselves—someone has [...]

Using Michelle Obama’s Image to Justify White Supremacy Is a Self-Own—And a Betrayal
If you don’t get out there and define yourself, you’ll [...]

Where Coercion Is the Law, Truth Cannot Live
Where coercion is the law, truth cannot live.
When the ru [...]

Because I Don’t Want To: The Power of Women’s Final Answer
updated from April 19, 2025
There is a battle still being fou [...]

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 [...]

Why Female Suffering Deserves Its Own Language, Its Own Care, and Its Own Honor
Why is one person’s discomfort treated as urgent while another person’ [...]

How Abusers and Systems Use “You Have It Good” to Normalize Deprivation
You ought to be thankful for the little things.
But little things are [...]

You Are Not Overreacting: The Truth About Racism and Dismissal (w/Affirmations)
“Being asked to ignore degradation is not an invitation to be strong. [...]

I Wish You No Harm—But This Doesn’t Work for Me: The Truth About Women’s Boundaries
There is this strange, deeply embedded belief that in order for a woma [...]