Womanism/Feminism

 How We Villainize Black Women Who Disagree with Males C Delores Tucker updated from March 21 2022  They will never run out of nasty and unkind words for Black women …

When she is a target for control or harm. Forced Sterilization (The Global Eugenics Playbook): From the targeted sterilization of Indigenous women in Peru and Canada to marginalized women in …

They don’t know us like that, they don’t regard us as human beings, but they continue to be regarded as the experts and leaders of us. How bizarre.   Yesterday …

So today we are in the state of Washington because their Department of Corrections has interesting policies that impact women. Language control determines which words institutions permit us to use, …

Tell me who I have to be to gain some reciprocity…. Ms. Lauryn Hill As kids, we used to complain about the guy who pulled our braids. The beads fell …

A long time ago, I dated a guy who facilitated recovery groups because he was a recovering addict. He was a respected professional who developed an addiction. Part of his …

🔥 What Is Gaslighting? – WE Survive Abuse It is a heavy thing to realize that the people with the loudest microphones are completely blind to the ground you walk …

updated from June 2025 This history is not symbolic. It is specific, embodied, and carried forward through language. For many Black American women, forced renaming has never been a side …

Years ago I wrote that sometimes we women in the West move like we have so many rights that we have “spare rights” or something. We do not. It is …

1. Post-separation violenceWomen are worried about what happens after leaving, filing for divorce, requesting protection, or cutting contact. The danger often rises when an abusive person feels control slipping. This …