updated from July 31, 2025 The Space Was Never the Argument. The Entitlement Was. Survivor Affirmation Every woman deserves a space that stays hers. Not conditional. Not negotiable. Not something …
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A Woman Is Not a Community Resource: Her Freedom Includes the Right to Choose for Herself
Women did not struggle for generations to gain the right to choose only to discover that we are still expected to choose whatever keeps everybody else comfortable. Our piece on …
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If You Love Us, Why Are You Fighting for the Right to Hurt Us?
Harm does not always arrive announcing itself as hatred. Sometimes it comes smiling, agreeing with 80 percent of what you say, and spending the remaining 20 percent figuring out exactly …
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She Burned Her Writing for J.D. Salinger: Claire Douglas and the Cost of Disappearing for Love (podcast ep)
Before Claire Douglas became J.D. Salinger’s twenty-one-year-old wife, she was a Radcliffe student with writing of her own—short stories, plays and essays. Then, at Salinger’s request, she burned them. She …
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We Keep Asking Women to Be Kinder. Who Is Asking Why Men Are Not Kinder?
Someone on X.com said these wise words: One of patriarchy’s hidden rules is that men have a right to feel good about themselves. The golden rule for women is that …
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Taylor Townsend Was No. 1 in the World at 16. They Still Told Her Her Body Was the Problem.
Taylor Townsend was sixteen years old and already the No. 1 junior girl in the world. She had won the Australian Open junior singles title, collected major doubles titles and …
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Please Stop Telling Survivors, “Men Wouldn’t Go That Far.” History Says Otherwise.
updated from March 24 2025 Interesting fact: Before his murders were discovered, serial killer Ted Bundy volunteered at a suicide crisis hotline in Seattle called the Seattle Crisis Clinic in 1971. The …
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Calling Women “Hateful” for Wanting Safety Is Abuse Dressed in Decorum
updated from June 3 2025 Let’s name this for what it is: When politicians, media figures, or public influencers call women “hateful” for expressing concerns about our safety, they are …
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If You Think Women Are Worried About Seven Athletes, You Have Not Been Listening to Women
Women have spent generations being told to sit back and relax while somebody else decided where the road was going. Some of us like to see the map. Of course …
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10 Dangerous Beliefs That Have Harmed Women Around the World
updated from April 8 2025 Some lies don’t look like lies.They wear the clothing of “tradition,” “culture,” “love,” or “femininity.”But if you look closer, you’ll see the bruises they …