Violence Against Women

Ann Rule is one of my faves. I liked her long before I started hearing about her connection to Ted Bundy. Her insight into the tragic stories she told was …

Interesting fact: Before his murders were discovered, Bundy did volunteer at a suicide crisis hotline in Seattle called the Seattle Crisis Clinic in 1971. The work involved speaking with people experiencing emotional distress, including …

Fine. I will do it myself. -Black women’s proverb Black women despise the necessity of having to fight, but …elite fighters we have been and elite fighters we will be. …

Before history knew her as a symbol, Mary Lumpkin was a woman. She was a mother. A Survivor. A person whose life carried both unimaginable hardship and extraordinary strength. Mary Lumpkin …

The people carrying the pain and the burdens are often the people least heard Those with the most protection do not get to dictate the survival choices of those who …

The year is 2026. So-called leaders, writers, the academic class, news media, medical groups, and organizations are calling women’s rights groups, shelters, and activists “anti-rights” for asserting women’s rights? For …

Because access is not respect. And entitlement is not love. Even when men have the access they want, saying no can still be dangerous. History has shown us a painful …

Affirmation: My body belongs to me. My voice matters. My boundaries are worthy of respect. I do not have to surrender my comfort, safety, or dignity to make someone else …

For generations, women have been told they were imagining “it.” You can fill in the blank for millions of untold “it” things. “If you speak up, you’re difficult.” “If you …

We have got to stop treating the violent crossing of human boundaries as a ‘lapse in judgment.’ You don’t accidentally break into a woman’s peace; some choose to dominate it. …