That video is a master class in how ordinary people outmaneuver harmful power without becoming what they’re fighting. Here’s what groups can learn and apply immediately. 1. Harmful power often …
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Dear Survivors: When the Truth Is Released Slowly, It Can Be Conditioning — Here’s How We Resist
“I’m so tired of waiting, aren’t you, for the world to become good and beautiful and kind?” — Langston Hughes Many of you are sensing something familiar as disturbing …
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Beyond the Theory: Why We Still Need Audre Lorde, Our Warrior Poet
There are moments that reveal to you exactly who you are and why you better be clear about it all. There is a specific kind of exhaustion that comes with …
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When Survival Is Mistaken for Consent: Black Women, Weaponized Ignorance, and the Right to Refuse
It is not normal for people to know little to nothing about you—and still demand your allegiance. Your loyalty. Your sacrifice. Your fighting spirit. That is not solidarity. That is …
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When History Is Weaponized: Seeing the Manipulation Clearly, Even on the Hard Days
A reminder that “slavery is white history, how we survived it is Black history.” ~ Malcolm Jamal Warner There are moments when the world feels loud with distortion. Today …
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Why Survivors of Abuse Can’t Afford to Choose Political Candidates Like Party Entertainment (And the 15 Things That Actually Matter)
Most women, even if they are in a soft season now, do not have the luxury of choosing leaders like a child chooses entertainment for a birthday party. People living …
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When a Name Is a Doorway Back to Harm: Why women’s personal choices are not public property
Some decisions look so simple. From the outside. A last name. A form. A signature. A box checked or left blank. But for some women, a name is not a …
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People Don’t Fear Your Inner World. They Fear Being Controlled by It.
When I was in college earning my degree in Organizational Management and Development, we were asked to give a presentation about early milestones in our lives that helped shape how …
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When Another Storm Comes Towards Her
Just in case you want to catch up on a bit of news, read some affirmations, as you are snowed in. Stay safe, stay …
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Did You Know About This?: Women’s Vulva Health Video
We have come a long way since The Vagina Monologues. People are making pictures, models, images, dressing up and saying the parts out loud….including vulvas and more. Excellent! Our anatomy …