There is a conversation we need to have about loneliness, dating, sex, companionship and rejection. A grown one. Because loneliness is real. Wanting love is real. Wanting somebody to come …
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NO ONE Can Assert a Right to Be in Your Dating Pool
You are allowed to have preferences that produce absolutely no social benefit whatsoever. Your personal life does not have to double as public service. There is not a single soul …
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Humiliation as a Control Tactic: What Mattie Crawford’s Defiance Teaches Us (audio ep)
What happens when somebody else has the institutional power to decide what kind of woman you are—and the power to punish you when you refuse to obey? In 1898, Omaha …
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He Wants It. But Why Does She Owe It?
A man wanting access to a woman does not create a moral question for the woman. She can simply decline. At least we are getting closer to telling the truth …
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Male Access Supremacy: When Entitlement Disguises Itself as Equality
updated from July 31, 2025 The Space Was Never the Argument. The Entitlement Was. Survivor Affirmation Every woman deserves a space that stays hers. Not conditional. Not negotiable. Not something …
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Apparently, Women Can Say No…IF Everybody Approves of the Reason (10 Common Myths)
When Her No Becomes the “Problem” As a woman, this is fascinating. Male privilege is amazing. I was a single mom, and there were men who wouldn’t date me. Men …
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When You Ordered Respect and They Send You This Mess Instead (news roundup)
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Wear What You Want. Be Safe. But That Is Not the Same Question as What a Woman Is.
We can defend someone’s right to wear the dress without pretending the dress is what makes a woman. There is a very simple place where many of us can meet. …
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7 Reasons Black Women Must Know Our Worth
You see these movements getting furious with Black women for not asking “how high” because they snapped their fingers? Knowing your worth is not about believing you are better than …
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A Woman Is Not a Community Resource: Her Freedom Includes the Right to Choose for Herself
Women did not struggle for generations to gain the right to choose only to discover that we are still expected to choose whatever keeps everybody else comfortable. Our piece on …