Category: Women's Rights
How People Lose Themselves: One Compromise at a Time
We don't do any of ourselves any favors when we believe that coercion, [...]
Pam Taught Us Some Things: Why Tichina Arnold Always Deserves Our Love
I grew up in a generation that was outside. Young people watching Stra [...]
🌿Healing Without Being Pulled Into Someone Else’s Agenda
Survivors are not projects to be shaped.They are people who deserve sa [...]
Why Did Our Grandmothers Have So Many Children — and Why It Wasn’t About Sex or Desire
Alright — let’s tell the truth with love and with fire.
When people [...]
Women Are Not Required to Be Available
No one could have predicted how this year would end.
It bent sh [...]
12 Things About the Female Body Many Men Do Not Understand
Pain is routinely normalized for womenMen are often treated qu [...]
Before Social Media, Women Told Stories—Did We Forget How to Listen?
Before critique culture.Before hot takes.
Before performance li [...]
Why Listening to Women’s Pain Feels Hard—And Why It Matters More Than We Admit
I was confused by my own exhaustion.
I had spent years doing what som [...]
When White Women Say “Misogyny Is Older,” What’s Really Happening
That move is often about re-centering.
When Black [...]
What Knowledge Are Black Women Assumed Not to Have?
Black women are often assumed not to know:
Our own history
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What Do People Mean When They Say “Misogyny Comes First”?
This phrase comes up a lot in feminist discussions.
It usually mean [...]
Why Is Black Women’s Truth Treated as Disloyalty?
There is a name for what happens when Black women are pressured to aba [...]
A Woman-Centered Truth About FGM We Cannot Abandon (w/list of resource organizations)
FGM victims’ fury as academics compare practice to cosmetic su [...]
What Happens When the People Stop Listening to Women
These stories are unsettling. I do hope that male podcasters, influenc [...]
Jingle Bells Too: When People Pretend the Story Ended at “Slavery Ended”
This isn't about a song but like most art, it offers life lessons.
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She Spoke Truthfully -And Nothing Has Been the Same Since (Update on Nurse Jennifer Melle)
When did we all agree to make professional female carers and providers [...]
The Performance of Ignorance: How Men Pretend Sexual Violence Is News.
There is a peculiar kind of amnesia that grips men whenever the subjec [...]
🚨 25 Items & Systems That Risk Women’s Lives Because They Don’t Accommodate Women
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Women and girls are frequently sent the message that de [...]
Prevent it-Trauma is Traumatizing.
This poster could not be more correct. You do not do this work without [...]
The Myth of Neutrality: Why Identity Blindness Fails Survivors Every Time
There’s a phrase people love to say when conversations get uncomfortab [...]