Womanism/Feminism

There is no hate here. No hatred of any man, or of how he chooses to live or express himself. Not even who he chooses to love.WeSurviveAbuse was never built …

This is a mighty woman! She survives AND she does the work to heal. A mighty woman indeed. Check out these jewels in the form of lessons that she shares. …

The world doesn’t chase what’s ordinary.It only tries to contain what shines. When you find yourself picked apart, ridiculed, or shut out,remember — people don’t spend energy trying to bury …

For people who work with and serve victims of violence and abuse, violation of spiritual boundaries is common. I have seen women’s entire families go against them to support an …

People may mean well. But to insist that women fighting for justice — especially women working to protect other women — must also abandon faith, spirit, or prayer?That’s not progress.That’s …

They’ll tell you that you can’t be a woman of faith and a feminist. That believing in God somehow means you must stay silent, small, or submissive.That faith and feminism …

Jim Crow and the Erasure of Black Womanhood In the era of Jim Crow, Black women were denied full personhood. Their bodies were brutalized. Their cries were ignored. Laws designed …

When scandals break — like the recent Young Republicans (ages 18-40 including many influential professionals) chat leak — the pattern is familiar. The men are called out. The men are …

Somewhere along the way, the right of men—especially Black men—to say no got tangled up in our cultural discomfort with seeing men as fully human. When Prince said no to …

(Inspired by “How Abusers Place Themselves Above Accountability” — WeSurviveAbuse.com) Racism often hides inside the language of lessons.It calls control care. It calls domination discipline.It justifies cruelty as character-building. Here’s …