updated from June 22, 2025 Nina Simone’s song, “Four Women,” is powerful because each woman has been made into someone else’s story. Aunt Sarah is expected to carry pain. Saffronia …
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How Abusers and Systems Use “You Have It Good” to Normalize Deprivation
You ought to be thankful for the little things. But little things are all you seem to give. Janet Jackson| What Have You Done For Me Lately Gratitude is something …
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When Grieving Mothers Are Punished: Why Survivors and Pregnant Women Are Afraid to Ask for Help
According to KTRE/KLTV and the Angelina County Sheriff’s Office, Tamisha Cheyniece Drake, 33, of Lufkin, Texas, was arrested after deputies say she dug up the grave of her newborn daughter …
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📢 Hidden Herstory: The Leesburg Stockade Girls
In the heat of July 1963, a group of Black girls in Americus, Georgia—aged just 12 to 15—were arrested for marching peacefully against segregation at a whites-only movie theater. Their …
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Myths and Facts About Fairness in a World Trying to Silence It
Myth 1: “Talking about unfairness is divisive.” Fact: Silence does not create unity. It only hides the wound. When people name unfair treatment, they are not breaking the peace. They are …
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I Hit Him Back. The Survey Called It “Mutual Abuse.” Here’s Why That Logic Destroyed Me.
If you are a Black person, you know what it is like when the “both sides” playbook is used against you. You know what it is like to be pushed …
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You Are Not Overreacting: The Truth About Racism and Dismissal (w/Affirmations)
“Being asked to ignore degradation is not an invitation to be strong. It is an invitation to disappear. And you were never meant to disappear.” For Survivors, language is never …
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The Lynching of Assault Victim Marie Scott: How Slavery’s Logic Still Shapes Our Lives
There is no clean ending to something that was never fully confronted. Ending violence, abuse, and harm requires us to tell the truth without dilution. Generational harm requires intentional repair, …
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It’s Not That They Can’t Hear You. They’ve Chosen Not To
Updated from October 25, 2025 “Oppression evolves. It trades the whip for the weary.” — WeSurviveAbuse.com When people stonewall you, they aren’t just ignoring you; they’re blocking movement. That’s deliberate. …
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Survivors Speak Truth: John Lewis Speaks Truth on Black America’s Fight for Justice
updated from September 20, 2025 Proverbs 12:19 puts it this way….. “Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.” When victims of abuse summon the courage …