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The Disposability of the “Wrong” Women: A Call to Conscience (w/Affirmations)
Abuse, Affirmations

The Disposability of the “Wrong” Women: A Call to Conscience (w/Affirmations)

Tonya GJ Prince April 25, 2025
There is a silence that wraps itself around certain women like a shrou [...]
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No More Empty Promises: What It Really Means to Support Prostituted Persons
Abuse, Advocates/Activists

No More Empty Promises: What It Really Means to Support Prostituted Persons

Tonya GJ Prince March 4, 2025
Supporting Prostituted Persons Means More Than Just Words "Shaming [...]
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Why Get Angry About Women and Girls Fighting for Safety and Equality?
Feminism/Womanism, Safe Boundaried Spaces

Why Get Angry About Women and Girls Fighting for Safety and Equality?

TGJP February 3, 2025
The only people who ever get scolded for protecting their right to saf [...]
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Getting Harder for Women Today: Know Your Manipulators
Abuse, Disability and Chronic Illness

Getting Harder for Women Today: Know Your Manipulators

TGJP July 27, 2023
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Domestic Abuse And Suicide Prevention: How To Help A Loved One
Domestic Violence, Healing

Domestic Abuse And Suicide Prevention: How To Help A Loved One

TGJP October 29, 2016
 Heads up! This post comes from Michelle Peterson from Rec [...]
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What’s the Big Deal about Sex Tourism? (Infographic)
Coercion

What’s the Big Deal about Sex Tourism? (Infographic)

updated March 10 2024  The women behind the windows in Amsterdam’s red light districtFACT: Buying sex makes men more prone to v [...]
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When Disability and Blackness Meet: Over 25 Times When Grace Was Denied To Disabled Black People
Disability and Chronic Illness

When Disability and Blackness Meet: Over 25 Times When Grace Was Denied To Disabled Black People

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 drama [...]
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The Insidious Nature of Racial Stress
Civil Rights & Social Justice

The Insidious Nature of Racial Stress

Many Black people have endured generations of: “It’s not that bad.”“You’re overreacting.”“They didn’t mean it.” That pattern is its own harm. “Raci [...]
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You Are Not Overreacting: The Truth About Racism and Dismissal (w/Affirmations)
Civil Rights & Social Justice

You Are Not Overreacting: The Truth About Racism and Dismissal (w/Affirmations)

“Being asked to ignore degradation is not an invitation to be strong. It is an invitation to disappear. And you were never meant to disappear.” For S [...]
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10 Signs You’re Being Asked to Tolerate the Intolerable
Abuse

10 Signs You’re Being Asked to Tolerate the Intolerable

adjusting.being understanding.keeping the peace. repeat. Your cheek muscles hurt from smiling so much to keep others "comfortable". And then.....on [...]
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10 Ways Violence Against Black People Is Dehumanized, Dismissed, and Minimized
Civil Rights & Social Justice

10 Ways Violence Against Black People Is Dehumanized, Dismissed, and Minimized

“It is a peculiar cruelty to demand extraordinary proof from those who have endured ordinary injustice.” My pain does not require cross-examination [...]
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Crossover: When Harm Happens But the Apology Does Not (audio/video)
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Crossover: When Harm Happens But the Apology Does Not (audio/video)

Apologies are part of recognizing that you are a human being and that others are too. We live in a world with other human beings that doesn't recogniz [...]
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Sister Souljah — The 1992 Moment That Shifted Political Language
Abuse of Power

Sister Souljah — The 1992 Moment That Shifted Political Language

Forget the people telling you: "There was racial harmony before we had a Black president.""Before Obama all was great."They are telling lies [...]
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Don’t Ignore the History and Connection of Accountability Evasion in Violence, Abuse, and Racism
Abuse of Power

Don’t Ignore the History and Connection of Accountability Evasion in Violence, Abuse, and Racism

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 [...]
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Why You May Want to Unfollow People Who Willfully Turn a Blind Eye to Power Imbalance
Abuse of Power

Why You May Want to Unfollow People Who Willfully Turn a Blind Eye to Power Imbalance

As Big Brother Legend on X.com says, "I unfollow (Black) people who don't understand this."At this point in my life, I choose to disaffiliate with [...]
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