Category: Surviving Daily

What Does a Feminism That Includes You Actually Require?
It requires wholeness, not performance.
A feminism that [...]

Why Are Black Women Always Told to “Educate” Others?
Because our knowledge is often treated as public property rather than [...]

What Does It Cost to Constantly Prove You Know Your Own Life?
It costs energy—the kind your body needs to rest and repair.
It costs [...]

What Do People Mean When They Say “Misogyny Comes First”?
All women are not necessarily living the same patriarchal reality.
Th [...]

Why Is Black Women’s Truth Treated as Disloyalty?
There is a name for what happens when Black women are pressured to aba [...]

A Woman-Centered Truth About FGM We Cannot Abandon (w/list of resource organizations)
FGM victims’ fury as academics compare practice to cosmetic su [...]

“Why Do Her Posts Always Seem to Reassure Men, Not Women?”
First of all, before I say anything else, for your own survival, belie [...]

What Happens When the People Stop Listening to Women
These stories are unsettling. I do hope that male podcasters, influenc [...]

When Belonging Breaks: Surviving in Truth When Cultures Defends Abusers
I get when some groups defend some aspects of abusers. I've slipped ( [...]

Jingle Bells Too: When People Pretend the Story Ended at “Slavery Ended”
This isn't about a song but like most art, it offers life lessons.[...]