Karla Brada Mendez thought that she was getting a second chance on life when she started going to AA meetings. But instead she met Eric Allen Earle, an AA old-timer …
Violence Against Women
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✊🏾 Since When Did a Man Saying He’s Changed Become a Gospel Truth?
She called me because I was serving as her victim advocate: His family is mad at me and now I’m so confused. “He is trying to change but sometimes he …
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“Why Are Women Still Told to Have Faith in Men Who ‘Rebrand’ Themselves?”
“If his change requires your suffering to prove it, it isn’t change — it’s another performance.” — WeSurviveAbuse.com Somehow, we allowed ourselves to believe that when a man says he’s …
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“Why Do We Treat Male ‘Change’ Like a Sacred Revelation Instead of a Responsibility?”
A man “changes”. Why do we women receive this as our “marching orders”? Do men do this? NO. They treat our changes and transformations as our personal issues. They barely …
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Why Are Women Still Expected to Risk Our Safety Just to Exercise?
Like so many Survivors of childhood sexual violence — and other forms of abuse — I live with chronic pain. Some days, it’s excruciating. But nearly every medical professional I …
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How Many Warnings Does It Take Before We Protect Women Like Sonya Massey?
You know what? We can’t afford to look at these cases as “isolated incidents.” We’ve got to look at patterns. Because what happened to Sonya Massey wasn’t random. Sean Grayson …
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My Partner Suddenly Changed His Beliefs or Lifestyle and Now Demands That I Change Too. Is That Normal?”
Here’s the thing. “Real transformation invites partnership, not submission. True faith doesn’t need a cage—it needs room to breathe.” This is a pattern called ideological coercive control—when someone uses belief …
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Red Flags: Why Do Some People Refuse to Challenge Systems of Harm — and What Does that Reveal About Them?
Women’s safety movements grew from necessity — from the silences of law, the blind spots of culture, and the cruelty of normalized harm. Every woman learns early to read people …
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Who Protects the Women Whose Stories Don’t Trend
The work of women’s safety, women’s rights, women’s liberation and women’s healing is not a music and entertainment battle. When our movements turn inward and begin to devour one another, …
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Stephan Smerk Pleads Guilty in 1994 Slaying of Virginia Mother Robin Lawrence
*48Hours had a female FBI expert who shared valuable insight. In her opinion the murder was likely pre-planned. If you get an opportunity to watch or listen to that …