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20 Common Misconceptions About When and Why Survivors “Should Be Over the Pain”
Abuse, Child sexual abuse

20 Common Misconceptions About When and Why Survivors “Should Be Over the Pain”

TGJP April 8, 2025
Our nervous system doesn't comprehend "forgive & forget."  We c [...]
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Rosa Ingram’s Unyielding Courage: How Her Family’s Struggle for Justice Changed History
Black Women, Body safety

Rosa Ingram’s Unyielding Courage: How Her Family’s Struggle for Justice Changed History

TGJP February 17, 2025
  A Mother. A Defense. A Jim Crow Injustice. The story of Ros [...]
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Survivor Affirmation: I Honor My Journey and Reclaim My Energy
affirmation, Affirmations

Survivor Affirmation: I Honor My Journey and Reclaim My Energy

TGJP December 1, 2024
 Anytime you put your time, energy, and heart into something you take [...]
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10 Facts about Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls
child safety, Culture

10 Facts about Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls

TGJP April 17, 2024
  10 Facts About MMIWG by Tonya GJ Prince&nbsp [...]
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The Truth We Carry, the Healing We Deserve
Boundaries, Faith in Storms

The Truth We Carry, the Healing We Deserve

TGJP October 24, 2023
updated for 2025There’s something we don’t always say out loud, bu [...]
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When the Mourning Is Selective: A Reflection on Silence, Justice, and Sacred Courage(audio version included)
Abuse of Power, Audio

When the Mourning Is Selective: A Reflection on Silence, Justice, and Sacred Courage(audio version included)

TGJP May 9, 2022
updated from 2022LISTEN HEREBlack women also experience sign [...]
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Affirmation:  I Am My Own Unique Self-Special, Creative, and Wonderful
affirmation, Affirmations

Affirmation: I Am My Own Unique Self-Special, Creative, and Wonderful

TGJP April 27, 2016
updated for 2025 ✨ Affirmation: I Am My Own Unique Self I am my [...]
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She Lied to Herself First: How Women Protect Harmful Men—And Turn on Other Women
Abuse

She Lied to Herself First: How Women Protect Harmful Men—And Turn on Other Women

 updated from June 7, 2025 There’s a quiet lie that echoes through many women’s lives.A lie whispered in silence. Repeated in prayer. Spoken with e [...]
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“Why Do Her Posts Always Seem to Reassure Men, Not Women?”
Body safety

“Why Do Her Posts Always Seem to Reassure Men, Not Women?”

updated from Dec. 13 2025First of all, before I say anything else, for your own survival, believe her. You are growing awareness of who benefits f [...]
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10 Clear Signs He Doesn’t Respect You (And What Survivors Must Know About the Programming That Keeps Us Silent)
Womanism/Feminism

10 Clear Signs He Doesn’t Respect You (And What Survivors Must Know About the Programming That Keeps Us Silent)

 updated from Sep 28, 2025  Survival is one type of strength. Healing is another. We heal the things we never should have had to survive in the fir [...]
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Risk Doesn’t Rise by Accident—What Happens When Care is Uneven for Black Women
Abuse of Power

Risk Doesn’t Rise by Accident—What Happens When Care is Uneven for Black Women

Risk for harm grows where care is uneven.And for Black women, care has never been evenly given.Healthcare didn’t listen. Domestic violence se [...]
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The Burden of Blindness: How Systems Force Us to Ignore Our Own Reality
Culture

The Burden of Blindness: How Systems Force Us to Ignore Our Own Reality

I have been talking about "institutional betrayal" and women and I wanted to acknowledge Dr. Jennifer Freyd who is credited with coining the p [...]
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A Right You Cannot Define Is a Right You Cannot Defend
Boundaries

A Right You Cannot Define Is a Right You Cannot Defend

 She demonstrated wisdom across a lifetime. She died a wise woman. And still people took advantage of her and her people. She Was Wise. They Broke [...]
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The Dangerous Person Is Always the Most “Interesting” Person in the Room
Abuse of Power

The Dangerous Person Is Always the Most “Interesting” Person in the Room

There were so many morally bankrupt and inhumane comments about Jason Arday on social media. One of them was a person who responded to a comment I ret [...]
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13 Alarming Global Signs Life is Getting More Dangerous for Women and Girls (Audio/Podcast)
Audio

13 Alarming Global Signs Life is Getting More Dangerous for Women and Girls (Audio/Podcast)

For generations, women fought to move the line forward: toward safety, freedom, education, economic independence, bodily autonomy, and the right to mo [...]
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Three Women Crossed Oceans to Become Doctors in 1885
Women's Rights

Three Women Crossed Oceans to Become Doctors in 1885

The photograph is quiet. The courage behind it is not.Sometimes people use:"It never happened to me...""He never did that to me.... [...]
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Wait… If Race Is Socially Constructed, Why Doesn’t Racial Identity Depend on How You Feel?
Civil Rights & Social Justice

Wait… If Race Is Socially Constructed, Why Doesn’t Racial Identity Depend on How You Feel?

They tell me that I have despised being told what to do since I was a baby. I LOVE learning. Those are two different things, and sometimes, depending [...]
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10 Clear Signs He Doesn’t Respect You (And What Survivors Must Know About the Programming That Keeps Us Silent)

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A Right You Cannot Define Is a Right You Cannot Defend

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She Lied to Herself First: How Women Protect Harmful Men—And Turn on Other Women

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RSS Survivor Affirmations

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