Violation

There are relationships that look like love on the outside.They may even feel like love—sometimes. But if your ability to tell the truth threatens your safety, your sense of peace, …

✦ by WeSurviveAbuse.com In courtroom after courtroom, from high-profile celebrity trials to quietly buried local cases, a deeply disturbing pattern emerges:Abusers and traffickers often demand to be called certain names. …

….to gain some reciprocity Lauryn Hill/X Factor We see it every time there’s a crisis.Every time someone needs a turnout.Every time a campaign, a cause, a movement needs strength, strategy, …

A call-in to those ready to grow past it. We don’t arrive in this world knowing how to shame Survivors.It is something we are taught.It is something we see modeled.And, …

In the early days of healing, Survivors are doing sacred, difficult work. They are not “just leaving.”They are grieving.They are remembering.They are mourning a version of love that betrayed them. …

  Too often, when men like Sean “Diddy” Combs are accused of violence, public conversation zeroes in on his romantic partners—on their choices, their silence, their timing. But this is …

They got so much things to say right now.About what I should’ve done.Where I should’ve been.How I should’ve healed.How loud.How soft.How fast.How long. But don’t tell me you’re not one …

If you’re not an advocate for giving violent, manipulative, deceptive, abusive males more rights and protections—Then you need to say that.And sound like it.And act like it. Because if your …

You want to know how abusers thrive in families, churches, and communities?It’s not just what he does.It’s what you do for him. Every time you shame the Survivor instead of …

🖤 WeSurviveAbuse.com A young Black woman—famous, talented, in the public eye—is harmed in plain view.She finds the courage to come forward. To say: I am not safe. I am in …