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When we treat symptoms as causes, harm finds new ways to grow. When we face the root, we begin to change what is possible.   When We Make Porn the …

 “A river that forgets its source will soon run dry.”— African proverb There is a scene in The Women of Brewster Place where the women get fed up with being …

updated from July 11, 2025 — Especially When We’re Still Doing Most of the Work for Less Pay This piece honors the fact that women perform approximately 76.2% of total …

Celia   updated from September 20 2023 1. (1855) Celia was a slave girl who was tried and executed for killing her enslaver after enduring years of rape.   2. …

  updated from November 9 2024 Never forgetting the pioneering mothers of environmental justice and those who identified its roots in racism. She Said: “If we want a safe environment …

Forget the people telling you: “There was racial harmony before we had a Black president.” “Before Obama all was great.” They are telling lies and there is NO truth residing …

So we have reached the place where the n-word is actually Black American people’s fault. And that is part of the cycle of harm. Evading accountability.  The concept of “the …

Latest episode of WESurviveAbusePodcast.com 19 James Baldwin Truths and Affirmations That Still Strengthen the Human Spirit  

“Equality and kindness” do not require or justify the abolition of women as a sex class or the abrogation/appropriation of women’s rights to private spaces, sports teams, etc. On the …

updated from June 24, 2022 A Grounding Perspective Looking back visually can feel startling because images bypass intellectual defenses. They speak directly to memory. What once blended into the background …