There’s a reason children learn the alphabet through songs. There’s a reason faith traditions chant. There’s a reason we remember “I have a dream.” Our brains are built to believe …
Women’s Rights
-
TRUTHBody safetychild safetyChildrenCoercionConsentDECEPTIONManipulationMental healthPowerRED FLAGSSafe Boundaried SpacesSafeguardingSafetySelf WorthSurviving DailyWomen's Rights
-
Women's RightsCoercionCommunityDECEPTIONManipulationPolitical ActionSurviving DailyViolationWomanism/Feminism
💭 Why Do Women Always End Up Doing All the Emotional Work?
You’re not imagining it. Every time peace needs patching, someone turns their eyes toward a woman. Every time rage fills a room, someone expects a woman to whisper it …
-
AbuseAbuse of PowerBody safetyBoundariesChild AbuseCoercionConsentDECEPTIONFaith/SpiritualityFemale Health and Safetyfemale health civil rightsPolitical ActionSelf careSelf LoveSelf WorthSPEAKVictims RightsViolationWomanism/FeminismWomen's Rights
Stop Calling It Respect When It’s Really Silence
When children are trapped in abusive homes, they’re not just harmed by the acts themselves. They’re trained through language. Words become cages. The same phrases that should nurture them are …
-
PowerAbuseAbuse of PowerAdvocates/ActivistsBlack WomenBody safetyBoundariesCoercionConfidenceConsentDECEPTIONDomestic AbuseDomestic ViolenceFaith in StormsFaith/SpiritualityJustice is Authentic LoveManipulationPolitical ActionRED FLAGSSafe Boundaried SpacesSelf careSelf WorthSPEAKSurviving DailyTRUTHViolationViolence Against WomenWomanism/FeminismWomen's Rights
What Happens When Women Fully Stop Performing Labor For the Male Gaze?
Words That Tried to Tame Women For generations, women have been shamed into labor — emotional, physical, spiritual — through language that sounds ordinary but carries violence underneath. These words …
-
Black WomenAbuse of PowerDomestic AbuseDomestic ViolenceFemale HealthHealingRapeSafetySelf careSelf LoveSelf WorthTechnologyViolationViolence Against WomenWomanism/FeminismWomenWomen's Rights
“Can an AI Aunt Teach Humanity the Compassion It Forgot?”
In South Africa, a woman built an AI “Aunt” — a digital guide designed to support women facing violence. It’s a beautiful innovation born from heartbreak. And it tells a …
-
Substance UseAbuseAbuse of PowerBody safetyBoundariesDECEPTIONDomestic AbuseDomestic ViolenceFemale Health and Safetyfemale health civil rightsFemicideHealthPolitical ActionSafe Boundaried SpacesSurviving DailyTRUTHViolationViolence Against WomenWomanism/FeminismWomen's Rights
Twelve Steps to Danger: How Alcoholics Anonymous Can Be a Playground for Violence-Prone Members (from ProPublica)
Karla Brada Mendez thought that she was getting a second chance on life when she started going to AA meetings. But instead she met Eric Allen Earle, an AA old-timer …
-
AbuseAbuse of PowerAdvocates/ActivistsBlack femicideBody safetyBoundarieschild safetyCivil Rights & Social JusticeCoercionDECEPTIONDisability and Chronic IllnessDomestic ViolenceFemale Civil RightsFemale Health and Safetyfemale health civil rightsFemicideGlobal ConflictHealthManipulationRED FLAGSSafe Boundaried SpacesSafetyViolationviolenceViolence Against WomenWomanism/FeminismWomen's Rights
✊🏾 Since When Did a Man Saying He’s Changed Become a Gospel Truth?
She called me because I was serving as her victim advocate: His family is mad at me and now I’m so confused. “He is trying to change but sometimes he …
-
DECEPTIONAbuse of PowerCoercionConsentDomestic AbuseDomestic ViolenceFaith/SpiritualityFemale Health and Safetyfemale health civil rightsManipulationMental Wellness and HealingMental Wellness and HealthRapeRED FLAGSSafe Boundaried SpacesSurviving DailyViolence Against WomenWomanism/FeminismWomen's Rights
“Why Are Women Still Told to Have Faith in Men Who ‘Rebrand’ Themselves?”
“If his change requires your suffering to prove it, it isn’t change — it’s another performance.” — WeSurviveAbuse.com Somehow, we allowed ourselves to believe that when a man says he’s …
-
AbuseAbuse of PowerCivil Rights & Social JusticeCommunityDisability and Chronic IllnessFemale Health and Safetyfemale health civil rightsHealthMental Wellness and HealingMental Wellness and HealthSafe Boundaried SpacesViolationViolence Against WomenWomanism/FeminismWomenWomen's Rights
How Many Warnings Does It Take Before We Protect Women Like Sonya Massey?
You know what? We can’t afford to look at these cases as “isolated incidents.” We’ve got to look at patterns. Because what happened to Sonya Massey wasn’t random. Sean Grayson …
-
CoercionConsentDECEPTIONFemale Health and Safetyfemale health civil rightsLoving SafelyManipulationPowerRED FLAGSRelationshipsSurviving DailyViolationViolence Against WomenWomanism/FeminismWomen's Rights
My Partner Suddenly Changed His Beliefs or Lifestyle and Now Demands That I Change Too. Is That Normal?”
Here’s the thing. “Real transformation invites partnership, not submission. True faith doesn’t need a cage—it needs room to breathe.” This is a pattern called ideological coercive control—when someone uses belief …