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A reminder that “slavery is white history, how we survived it is Black history.” ~ Malcolm Jamal Warner   There are moments when the world feels loud with distortion. Today …

The thing about ‘female exams’ is that we have to make our bodies available to doctors, but we have no idea what they may be doing to our bodies.    …

When People Say “Woman Is a Feeling,” Something Important Disappears We know that we were not born to give men feelings. We were made for so much more.  Some repeat …

At some point, complacency feels like betrayal. It is exhausting and deeply painful to be a witness to complacency around violence and abuse. Complacency is an enemy to progress and …

Young people say: I don’t believe women and girls should have to be stronger. We ought to be fighting for a world that gives us all less to survive. I’m …

Survivors are not projects to be shaped.They are people who deserve safety, clarity, and freedom. Many Survivors have lived through: coercive partners manipulative leaders cult dynamics spiritual abuse sexual and …

I was confused by my own exhaustion. I had spent years doing what some people think is the hardest part of advocacy. Helping women find shelter Securing funds for rent …

There are men who prey on men. Go ahead and get the gasp out of the way. Because this seems to be a truth everybody sees but is afraid to …

This poster could not be more correct. You do not do this work without encountering people who do not recover. Some are in prison. Some are in bondage in some …

This post is dedicated to James Ransone, who died by suicide two weeks after this was written. James spoke openly about being violated by a tutor in Baltimore at the …