Category: Womanism/Feminism

What Knowledge Are Black Women Assumed Not to Have?
Black women are often assumed not to know:
Our own history
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Who Gets Believed Without Footnotes?
People closest to power.
Belief, in our world, is not evenly distribu [...]

What Does a Feminism That Includes You Actually Require?
It requires wholeness, not performance.
A feminism that [...]

Black women are not fragments.
We are not pieces to be sorted.Not halves to be prioritized.Not parts [...]

What Do People Mean When They Say âMisogyny Comes Firstâ?
All women are not necessarily living the same patriarchal reality.
Th [...]

Why Is Black Womenâs Truth Treated as Disloyalty?
There is a name for what happens when Black women are pressured to aba [...]

A Woman-Centered Truth About FGM We Cannot Abandon (w/list of resource organizations)
FGM victimsâ fury as academics compare practice to cosmetic su [...]

“Why Do Her Posts Always Seem to Reassure Men, Not Women?â
First of all, before I say anything else, for your own survival, belie [...]

What Happens When the People Stop Listening to Women
These stories are unsettling. I do hope that male podcasters, influenc [...]

When Belonging Breaks: Surviving in Truth When Cultures Defends Abusers
I get when some groups defend some aspects of abusers. I've slipped ( [...]