Women of Color

Until this country reckons with how it treats Black people—how its systems treat Black people—how it still treats Black women carrying chronic illness passed down through bloodlines poisoned by mistreatment …

You want to know how abusers thrive in families, churches, and communities?It’s not just what he does.It’s what you do for him. Every time you shame the Survivor instead of …

This is not about whether you think she was right or wrong.This is not about your definition of accountability.This is not about your fantasy version of what a Survivor “should’ve” …

  There is a quiet war being waged on selfhood.A thousand little whispers telling women—and especially Black women, Indigenous women, and other women of color—that our worth lies in how …

from  WESurviveAbuse.com They’ve never met.Different languages.Different countries.Different customs.But somehow—they all agree. There is a global agreement.It’s not written in laws (though some laws reflect it).It’s not taught in schools (though …

There is a lot going on in the world. But crimes against women—especially stalking, coercive control, and violence—don’t take time off. They don’t pause for elections, trends, or shifts in …

There is a silence that wraps itself around certain women like a shroud—thick, suffocating, strategic. It’s the silence reserved for women who are poor, prostituted, racialized, addicted, mentally unwell, undocumented, …

*Note: This is meant to be an elementary explanation. It came out of a conversation. Sometimes you realize you are speaking but your words are not reaching the listener. Not …

I know everyone is short on time. So here’s a post compilation. One of the biggest obstacles to getting judges, attorneys, and political leaders to grasp the gravity of stalking …

They say:“Now is not the time.”“We’re all suffering right now.”“Don’t make it about race.” But racism doesn’t take a break during a crisis.So why are we expected to? Over and …