Violence Against Women

  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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Sometimes a woman stops explaining because she has learned what happens when she speaks. She raises a concern, and suddenly the conversation is about her attitude. She asks for privacy, …

Some people love a strong woman right up until she tells them no. You may have met that person. They admire how you speak your mind, how you “handle your …

Jim Crow was not born because Black people failed at freedom. It grew from the determination of white supremacists to restrict what Black people could accomplish with freedom. Here’s something …