Black Truth-Telling on Violence Was Never the Problem
“I’ve never seen or heard of anything like this!” Black people have been telling the truth about violence for a long time. Not for attention. Not for spectacle.…
“I’ve never seen or heard of anything like this!” Black people have been telling the truth about violence for a long time. Not for attention. Not for spectacle.…
You can’t force moral concern by disrespecting another group.That contradiction collapses your message. This use of blackface (actually carrying it out by smearing yourself. Not debating, as we all do.…
When we treat symptoms as causes, harm finds new ways to grow. When we face the root, we begin to change what is possible. When We Make Porn the…
With war, comes murder and rape Pornography is often blamed as the reason violence—especially violence against women—has escalated. That sounds clean. It sounds decisive. It feels like an answer. But history…
updated from July 31 2016 Consensual sex and sexual violence are not the same. They are not close.They are not interchangeable.They do not belong in the same sentence without care,…
You saw it too. I was watching clips from Jesse Jackson’s homegoing service. Then all of a sudden, people who openly despised this man and ALL that he stood for…
updated from June 8 2025 We are not just Black.We are not just women….or girlsWe are Black women and Black girlsand we need care, health, and safety. You don’t get…
So we have reached the place where the n-word is actually Black American people’s fault. And that is part of the cycle of harm. Evading accountability. The concept of “the…
There is a quiet cruelty that rarely gets named plainly. It lives in the space where Blackness and disability intersect. It shows up not only in dramatic moments of harm,…
“Equality and kindness” do not require or justify the abolition of women as a sex class or the abrogation/appropriation of women’s rights to private spaces, sports teams, etc. On the…