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They Loved the Style, Not the Black Woman: Esther Jones and the Betty Boop Lesson

Art, Black Women

They Loved the Style, Not the Black Woman: Esther Jones and the Betty Boop Lesson

TGJP May 22, 2026

updated from 11/1/23 Exploitation is a handthat smile [...]

Maleness Is Portable Power: 20 Reasons Women Are Still Asked to Move Over

Maleness Is Portable Power: 20 Reasons Women Are Still Asked to Move Over

Tonya GJ Prince May 3, 2026

updated from June 22, 2025 Nina Simone's song, “Four Women," is pow [...]

A Mother Daughter Team Teaching Lessons on Teen Dating Violence: Carolyn Mosely and Ortralla Mosely (Resting in Power)

Advocates/Activists, Black femicide

A Mother Daughter Team Teaching Lessons on Teen Dating Violence: Carolyn Mosely and Ortralla Mosely (Resting in Power)

TGJP April 28, 2026

updated from 2/5/25 I exchanged emails with this mother, [...]

Body safety, Boundaries

When Girls’ Boundaries Are Rebranded as “Hate” (featuring Boundary Setting video from Dr. Tracey Marks)

TGJP March 9, 2026

updated from November 5, 2022 "You know good and well that a boundary [...]

Celia: How an Enslaved Girl Continues to Inform Black Women’s Work to End Violence Against Women

Black Women, Civil Rights & Social Justice

Celia: How an Enslaved Girl Continues to Inform Black Women’s Work to End Violence Against Women

TGJP March 8, 2026

Celia updated from September 20 2023 1. (1855) Celia w [...]

Surviving Abuse Daily: Vintage Sexist Ads

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Surviving Abuse Daily: Vintage Sexist Ads

TGJP February 14, 2026

updated from June 24, 2022 A Grounding Perspective Looking back visu [...]

Gaslighting Isn’t Love: Red Flags Black Women Can Choose to Name Out Loud — and Walk Away From

Children, Civil Rights & Social Justice

Gaslighting Isn’t Love: Red Flags Black Women Can Choose to Name Out Loud — and Walk Away From

TGJP January 7, 2026

updated from April 7, 2023 Sometimes they try to make you feel like [...]

Red Flag Alert: Unhinged Game Fans

Abuse, Black Women

Red Flag Alert: Unhinged Game Fans

TGJP December 27, 2025

Man Fatally Shoots Wife And Critically Injures Stepdaugh [...]

Why Women Should Fear Less About Being Called “Outsiders

Abuse of Power, Advocates/Activists

Why Women Should Fear Less About Being Called “Outsiders

Tonya GJ Prince September 27, 2025

The Power of Being Labeled an Outsider History shows us that women [...]

MOOD BOARD: Women’s Choices in Relationships (video)

Black Women, Doing Better

MOOD BOARD: Women’s Choices in Relationships (video)

TGJP July 13, 2025

All Around the World Girls Matter [...]

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Stop the Ahistorical Comparison: Jim Crow Was Violent, Girls’ Sports Does Not Have To Be

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Safety Requires Strategy — Not Just “Being Nice”

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If the Room Has Changed, Listen: A Safety Guide for Women Facing Abuse

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The Old Lies That Still Harms Black Women

One underestimated tool for protection for women and children is knowledge. Ida B. Wells was a woman ahead of her time. She understood something Amer [...]

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