Category: Violence Against Women
The Mothers of Modern Gynecology: Anarcha, Lucy, and Betsey
The True Story Behind the Surgical Legacy Built on Black Women's Pain [...]
“The Forgive and Overlook Habit”: Why the Crisis of Child Predators Isn’t Going Anywhere
The crisis of child predators isn’t going anywhere. Unless the adults [...]
The Parable of Silencing, Denial, and the Truth That Returned
🕯 The Parable of the Crooked Weaver
Once, in a small village wrapped [...]
12 Ways Communities & Families Normalize Predators — and Destroy Survivors in the Process
The truth is not quiet. The truth is not polite. The truth is not neut [...]

Domestic Violence Is Rising While Survivor Services Are Disappearing: What the Latest Data Reveals
I don’t know if you saw this, but while overall violent crime is r [...]
When Communities Celebrate Predators: The Cost of Uplifting R. Kelly in Black Spaces
Stop making abuse a softer crime just because the beat is familiar.
L [...]
Black Women’s Safety Is Not Optional: It’s a Justice Issue
1. We Are Often the First to Speak Up—and the Last to Be Protected
Bl [...]
Survivors, Ask the Questions. And Keep Asking. It’s Sacred Work.
If you’re a Survivor, you’ve probably heard it all before:"You’r [...]
Alley Greening: A Safety Solution Rooted in Justice
Because forgotten spaces shouldn’t become hunting grounds.
There’s a [...]

🔥 “You Look Like a Man”? That’s Not an Observation. That’s an Attack. 🔥
Still, I Rise BY MAYA ANGELOU
You may write me down in history wit [...]
Divide, Distract, and Conquer: The Hidden Cost of DEI Myths
You know, in Black American wisdom, there’s a deep understanding that [...]

Maybe They Never Hit You… But Maybe They Do This.
Some of us were taught to only watch for bruises.
But there are peo [...]

Mahogany: Beyond Fashion, a Lesson in Power and Abuse 💔
Mahogany is often celebrated for its style—but the film also quietly s [...]
Cissy Saint Made a Call No Leader or Mother Wants to Make. Would You Have?
*Disclaimer: This is a fictional world analysis for the sake of saving [...]

Della Reese Opens Up About Surviving Abuse: A Powerful Testimony of Strength
We all know Della Reese for her unmistakable strength, radiant beauty, [...]
Why Black Women Must Define Our Own Misogyny: Because Being a Black Woman Is Different
Let’s imagine this.
All the girls in the world are sitting around a b [...]
They Mock You, Then Expect You to Serve—The Trap Ends Now
May you never again fall into the trap of using your labor for an indi [...]
5 Ways Women Are the Shock Absorbers of Patriarchy
Women are expected to absorb disrespect quietly, so systems ca [...]
25 Ways Society Sends Harmful Messages to Black Women About Our Safety and Worth
We carry so much. Too much.And still, society dares to question our [...]
The Unseen Cage: How Systems Use Coercive Control
When the hands that claim to help you are the ones tightening the gr [...]