Category: Women

How a Network of Black Women Educators Secretly Organized a Revolution
Who Were the Women of the WPC?
Founded in Montgomery in 1946 by Mary [...]

When History Becomes Pressure: How Black Women Are Asked to Carry More
If learning about the burdens carried by Black women yesterday becomes [...]

Shame Has Never Been a Substitute for Justice
I deeply despise stories that depict women finding their way t [...]

The World Has Studied Women’s Reactions More Than Men’s Actions
The people carrying the pain and the burdens are often the people le [...]

The Language of Women’s Freedom: Feminophobia
For generations, women have been told they were imagining "it. [...]

The Architecture of False Safety: 7 Red Flags
We have got to stop treating the violent crossing of human bou [...]

When a Child’s Daily Life Is the First Warning
It is important to remember that in domestic violenc [...]

How We Villainize Black Women Who Disagree with Males, Violence, & Abuse: C. Delores Tucker
How We Villainize Black Women Who Disagree with Males C [...]

They Are Still Calling Us “Hysterical” and “Stupid” Online on the Sly
Is the conversation still about the concern, or has it [...]

The Blurry Woman: How Society “Forgets” the Definition the Moment We Ask for Rights
When she is a target for control or harm.
Forced Sterilizatio [...]