24 More Phrases People Use to Try to Silence Survivors of Sexual Violence
Updated on 4/11/22 from 7/14/2016 I now know why my Granny, Grandma Monroe, Aunt, and Mama encouraged me to get quiet when a storm rolled in. When I was a…
Updated on 4/11/22 from 7/14/2016 I now know why my Granny, Grandma Monroe, Aunt, and Mama encouraged me to get quiet when a storm rolled in. When I was a…
updated from 7/1/2015 According to the CDC: In 2013 (the most recent year for which full data are available), 41,149 suicides were reported, making suicide the 10th leading cause…
Memory Lane (2000’s) “No!” “Nobody kisses me! Except my mother, my Grammy, my Aunt Kisha, my LaLa, my Nanny, my Dada, my Gma,” (and the list went on) I knew…
Updated from Oct 2016….. Sexual violence at the hands of children is just as destructive as any violation by an adult. It’s hard being the victim of an older child.…
So every night my mother would come to tuck me in at night. Every night without fail. And every night without fail, this would happen. She would come to my bed, …
In a world where too many children face harm in silence, safe father figures—biological, step, chosen, or community-based—can be a powerful shield. When a child has at least one consistent,…
Yes, it’s summer again. And while many of us are focused on camps, cookouts, rest, and routine changes—some people are focused on your children.I’m talking about predators—those who harm…
According to the CDC: In 2013 (the most recent year for which full data are available), 41,149 suicides were reported, making suicide the 10th leading cause of death for Americans.…