I think there is something remarkable about the political and social history of Black American women that deserves much more attention. Yes, the 2026 midterms were historic, but that’s the …
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Women’s Sports Have Been Handicapped Long Enough. Stop Asking Girls to Pretend Their Bodies Don’t Matter.
What’s missing here is the understanding that girl’s sports are a handicap category, a venue for protected competition that exists to exclude advantaged people who could otherwise displace them. The …
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It Is Time to Stop Telling Girls to Get Comfortable with Harm and Injustice (audio, video, statistics)
A girl changes her route home to avoid harassment. Another tells a doctor how much her period hurts and leaves feeling dismissed. A Black girl speaks up about how …
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Women Exist Before a Man Comes Up with an Explanation for Us
Back in 1993, a young wife named Lorena Bobbitt severed her husband’s male part. When Lorena went on trial, she had to disclose something she did not want to share. …
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Listening to Women: She Asked a Safety Question. Why Are You Trying to Wear Her Down?
This series is about women asking pointed questions about our health, privacy, and safety, and expecting substantive answers. Who does this decision affect? What protections are in place? Who takes …
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You Cannot Fight Human Trafficking by Asking Us to Forget Enslavement
Wealth can travel through generations. So can the consequences of being denied it. Some people discover a deep concern for present-day human trafficking the moment Black people begin talking about …
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You Can Look at Women All Your Life and Still Not See Us
Some movements show they are not interested in seeing or hearing from all women. We should not ignore that. “New” or rebranded movements, same old male-entitled and defective vision of …
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Safe People Don’t Need Endless Convincing to Respect a Boundary
Why do some people need endless explanations before they’ll respect a reasonable boundary? You explain calmly, reassure them, and answer their questions. Yet somehow, you’re still defending the precaution while …
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Women Have Sundown Spaces, Too. We’ve Just Gotten Used to It.
We have become so accustomed to women arranging their lives around danger that we sometimes mistake their restricted movement for “freedom.” Knowing how to live around a restriction does not …
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They Put Her Mother in an Ad. She’s Still Standing.
Of course, her opponent believes that surviving rape as a child means that she is a flawed candidate…… Picture this. The last time you saw your mother, you were 12 …