Category: Women of Color

Why Do Men Kill Women?
“When the truth is too loud to ignore, the world calls it discomfo [...]

✋🏽Men Wanting to Define Womanhood Isn’t New
Throughout history, men who seek to control, abuse, or dominate women [...]

WE Remember and Uplift the Name of Lynn Eusan
First Black Homecoming Queen at a predominantly white southern [...]
They Can’t Always Find the Right Words. But They Still Deserve to Be Heard.
Sometimes Survivors speak in whispers.Sometimes in long pauses, in sha [...]

Unveiling the Dark History of Gynecology | Ill Will
In this eye-opening first episode of "Ill Will," host A.B. Burns-Tucke [...]

🎓💥 Go Anyway. Learn Anyway. Grow Anyway.
This is written in April. Tis the season for those trying to keep othe [...]

🔥 Black Women Didn’t Just Get Here—We Dragged Ourselves Through Fire to Arrive
You may have heard it said:“Black women are the most educated group in [...]

You Mock the Debt but Ignore the STEEP Climb: Respect Black Women’s Education Journey
🖤 Respect Black Women’s Climb. All of It.
People love to say,“Black w [...]

🎬 We’re Not Just Watching the Story—We’re Being Told Who We’re Allowed to Be
At We Survive Abuse, we talk a lot about truth, survival, and the powe [...]
10 Ways Faux Concern About Cheek Swabs in Sports Does Not Protect Black Women—It Exploits Us
There’s been a growing outcry that cheek swabs to confirm male and f [...]
🛑 Tokenism Is Not Liberation: Why Hate Groups Tokenize Black Women
Some groups want our rhythm, our language, our beauty—but not our just [...]

Life-Saving Advice for Black Women from The Positive Birth Coach
@thepositivebirthcoach Replying to @MVP I hope this helps, a guide for [...]

Some Truths We’re Not Supposed to Say Out Loud- But We Will
We see you.Not with malice.Not with envy.But with ancient knowing.
We [...]
“They’ll Be Raped Anyway” Is Not a Strategy—It’s Cowardly a Surrender
You say,“Well, women will be raped anyway…”as if that justifies handin [...]

We Called It Rape Culture for a Reason. And That Reason Still Exists
There was a time when we named things clearly.
We called it rape cult [...]
Women’s Right to Choose: The Fight Isn’t Over
"If it tries to diminish me, my health,
my [...]
9 Dangerous Myths About Violence Against Women and Children
Violence against women and children is a pervasive issue, often perp [...]

Objectification: When You Are Seen, But Not As a Whole Person
We live in a world that often reduces people—especially women—to parts [...]

The Ancient Words of Womanhood: Feminine Power Before ‘Femininity’
Know this: Long before present day calls for women to embrace our po [...]

Unshackled: Black Women, Boundaries, and the Right to Rest
I saw a video short this morning where a young woman sta [...]