Old habits die hard. Changing laws is often easier than changing hearts and minds. For generations, many women did not have full freedom to choose their own relationships. Marriage was …
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Reputation Is Not Character: What the BTK Case Teaches Us About Recognizing Real Danger
How to spot the warning signs abusers hide behind — and why “he seemed so normal” is never the whole story Why This Case Still Matters Dennis Rader — known …
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“Prove You’re Really With Us”: When Allyship Is Measured in Access to Your Body
A good, strong boundary might save your life one day. Where is She? She joined the group because she believed in what it stood for. The people were warm, the …
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6 Life-Changing Ways Sports Build Courage in Women and Girls
For a short season, my home state had a WNBA team, and I got to go and see a few games up close with my siblings. I was in my …
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12 Ways That We Rob Women—Then Judge Their Survival
It is a contradiction to restrict women’s opportunities, safety, or autonomy and then criticize the ways women adapt. If we want different outcomes, we must examine the conditions we as …
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10 Lessons “The Hate U Give” Teaches Us About Seeing, Hearing, and Protecting Girls
The most dangerous thing adults can do to a child is not always hurting them directly. Sometimes it is failing to see them clearly. Sometimes it is hearing their …
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What Women Are Still Waiting to Hear (podcast episode)
Why won’t they say our names? In an era when nearly every issue has a spokesperson, why do so many women and girls feel unheard when it comes to their …
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They Are Still Calling Us “Hysterical” and “Stupid” Online on the Sly
Is the conversation still about the concern, or has it become about the person who raised it? There are a lot of accounts online that are mostly female-oriented content. …
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Friendly Fire: Why Are Women Funding Their Own Erasure?
Tell me who I have to be to gain some reciprocity…. Ms. Lauryn Hill As kids, we used to complain about the guy who pulled our braids. The beads fell …
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They Want Us to Give Up “Mother” While Rapists Keep “Father”
“Will a highly neutral parentage framework be sensitive enough to recognize unequal power, violence, coercion, reproductive abuse, and sexual assault?” If institutions are going to look women in the face …