RED FLAGS

Why doesn’t she leave? Because leaving costs money. She needs first and last month’s rent just to secure a place, plus moving expenses—a truck, de [...]

I wasn't deeply familiar with this young woman prior to watching the Lifetime movie. I'm a bit out of her target age range. But being a teenager and t [...]

They’ve never met. Different backgrounds.Different languages.Different cultures.Different religions.Some in suits, some in uniforms, some behind pulp [...]

In today’s world—especially in progressive spaces—many women are made to feel that if they truly care about human rights, they must stay quiet about t [...]

Some of us have been told since girlhood that our main purpose in this life was to support men.To smile when they win.To clap for their rise.To smooth [...]

In the push for restorative or alternative justice, one painful reality is too often left behind: 👉🏾 Victims have a right to safety. Not imagined [...]

In politics, too many women of privilege in America give violent men a pass. They vote for them. They praise them. They scold other women for not l [...]

Hateful people say, "So you all are just these magical people walking around knowing everything hunh."   Sometimes...... we do not have the w [...]

Let’s name this for what it is: When politicians, media figures, or public influencers call women “hateful” for expressing concerns about our safet [...]

Living in the West is not what makes a woman safe. Privacy is not modesty theater. It is part of bodily safety. It is shield. We do n [...]

They say, “Now’s not the time.”They say, “It’s not that serious.”They say, “Be the bigger person.”They say, “Other people have it worse.” And just li [...]

“People think it’s easy to just leave a toxic relationship. But what they don’t see is how it starts. Just like Claudia said (on another show)—it [...]

The internet will have you believe something very simple and very cruel, and in my view, is rooted in misogyny: If younger people cut you off, it m [...]

There are relationships that look like love on the outside.They may even feel like love—sometimes. But if your ability to tell the truth threatens [...]

The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.-Ida B. Wells     Ida B. Wells spoke repeatedly about truth, evidence [...]

Don’t Call It a Favor The nerve—the absolute gall—to act like you're doing us a favor by ending discrimination. By “allowing” Black people, especial [...]

      Della Reese was not unknown. She was not invisible to the public. She was already famous. Already gifted. Already se [...]

These stories in the news around Black maternal health always hit home for me.  I have publicly shared my pregnancy ordeal and how horrible racism is [...]

“When a woman goes hungry, more than her body suffers — her dignity, her power, her future are all at risk. Food justice is more than feeding; it’s fr [...]

I was astonished that in a season where we had a string of Black femicides and people were asserting "bidirectional violence" on dead women that they [...]

Truth is still in the business of setting people free. People often misunderstand what happens when a woman calls a domestic violence hotline [...]

It whispers to Black people—especially Black women —that we are here to help.To soothe.To teach.To forgive.To make the world softer for others, even w [...]

Some groups want our rhythm, our language, our beauty—but not our justice. They say they care about Black women. They post our photos.Quote our hero [...]

There’s a tactic that shows up in debates, politics, in online videos, and—far too often—in the lives of Survivors. It’s called the Gish Gallop. The [...]

Then, We Fight for Our Story.(And We Are Tired.) She survived.That should be enough.But it never is. Because first, women have to fight for our safe [...]