The silencing of survivors has never meant the absence of knowledge. It has meant control of the story. For generations, the loudest voices describing child sexual abuse were the voices …
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When Survival Is Mistaken for Consent: Black Women, Weaponized Ignorance, and the Right to Refuse
It is not normal for people to know little to nothing about you—and still demand your allegiance. Your loyalty. Your sacrifice. Your fighting spirit. That is not solidarity. That is …
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He Set Her on Fire: Personal Story of Narcissistic Abuse Survival
TRIGGER WARNING: These stories are …….so hard to wrap your mind around. Evil acts like these are soo hard to come to terms with. Please implement strict self care.
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The Door Is Still Open: Building Ethical Innovation for Survivors Together
Innovation Does Not Have to Mean Erasure We are living in a moment where new technologies are touching medicine, justice, education, safety, art, and how stories are told. Some of …
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Why Survivors of Abuse Can’t Afford to Choose Political Candidates Like Party Entertainment (And the 15 Things That Actually Matter)
Most women, even if they are in a soft season now, do not have the luxury of choosing leaders like a child chooses entertainment for a birthday party. People living …
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When a Name Is a Doorway Back to Harm: Why women’s personal choices are not public property
Some decisions look so simple. From the outside. A last name. A form. A signature. A box checked or left blank. But for some women, a name is not a …
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When Another Storm Comes Towards Her
Just in case you want to catch up on a bit of news, read some affirmations, as you are snowed in. Stay safe, stay …
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Telling the Truth Is Not Blame: Responsibility, Survival, and Complicity in a World That Harms Women
“America has the laws and the material resources it takes to insure justice for all its people. What it lacks is the heart, the humanity.” ~ Shirley Chisholm There is …
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Anger Isn’t Ruining Your Healing. Silence Did. (10 Quick Reclamation Tips)
For a long time, many of us were taught that anger was the danger. That if we were calm enough, soft enough, understanding enough, things would not have gone so …
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Not Everyone Who Speaks the Language of Protection is Protecting the Same People
We love movies like ‘Avengers’ when beings from different walks of life come together to fight together against one common enemy. Transformers. Fantastic Four. Off-screen that isn’t always possible. Not …