You Were Expected to Bleed Quietly So They Could Stay Comfortable
They didnât just hurt youâThey expected you to stay silent about it.
Smile through it.Show up anyway.Carry the family name, the relation [...]
You Are Worthy Now and You Were Then: Featuring Brielle Fowler (audio/podcast)
In this empowering episode of Survivor Affirmations, we emphasize the power of uplifting unheard voices and celebrate resilience. Join us as w [...]
Your Discomfort and Confusion is Not More Important than Her Pain (audio/podcast)
When people express pain, shock, and grief; your confusion is not an emergency.And it is not more urgent than a womanâs grief.What we are [...]
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Can White Women Deny Black Women Womanhood? (audio)
Womanhood is about character, lessons, wisdom, & journey but there is a troubling social assertion that white women denying Black women woma [...]
The Bench at Maple and Ninth: When Men Decide Whether Women Get Boundaries (audio)
In this episode of We Survive Abuse, we step into a modern fable about a simple bench, a tired woman, and a town that does not realize it is [...]
When Someone Elseâs Path Becomes a Rulebook for All Women
This audio recording took me back. It took me back to the much larger circle of people I socialized with in my 20's. I'm grateful it was full offor t [...]
When Political Parties âCareâ â But Only in One Corner of Our Lives
Political parties love to remind women and minorities: We care about you.But too often, their care is narrow. Conditional. Safe for their talking poin [...]
You Donât Have to Stay Where Youâre Not Safe
Some of us are trying to bloom in gardens that were never planted for us.
We show up with our hands fullâband [...]
When White Women Say âMisogyny Is Older,â Whatâs Really Happening
That move is often about re-centering.When Black women name race and gender together, th [...]
The Gift of Access to YOU (audio/podcast)
This episode unpacks how those lessons of survival can linger into adulthood, making us feel like we owe [...]
đŤ STOP ASKING US TO GET USED TO BEING HARMED
People donât listen to women and children.
Not when we whisper.Not when we scream.Not even when we show up [...]
Listen to Women: Domestic Violence Survivor Story | Kathy Hiller
More than ever, people from left all the way through to the right, men AND women are attempting to silence the voices of women and girls and bri [...]
After A Doctor Told Her There Was Nothing She Could Do About Her Diagnosis, Lupita Nyong’o Is Desperate To Make A Change For Other Women Who Might “Suffer In Silence”
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After A Doctor Told Her There Was Nothing She Could Do About Her Diagnosis, Lupita Nyong'o Is Desperate To Make A Change For Other Women Wh [...]
10 Ways Violence Against Black People Is Dehumanized, Dismissed, and Minimized
âIt is a peculiar cruelty to demand extraordinary proof from
those who have endured ordinary injustice.â
My pain does not require cross-examination [...]
Myth: âWomen Are Safe as Long as There Are Good Men Aroundâ
Reality: Women Are Only as Safe as the Boundaries and Protections We Demand
One of the most misleading and harmful ideas about womenâs safety is the [...]
How Climate Change is Making the Violence Against Women Epidemic Worse
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Ignite Change: Affirmations to Amplify Women’s Rights Worldwide
When people finally take off the mask they wear to hide misogyny they may say things to women like:
Ugly/Unworthy
"You look like a man."
"No man [...]
The Four Pillars of Oppression: Misogyny, Gynophobia, Sexism, and Patriarchy
Women do not suffer oppression by accident. The systems that harm usâmisogyny, gynophobia, sexism, and patriar [...]
When Women Say No: Why Men Mocking Our Boundaries Is a New Low
We Are Protecting Our Bodies, Not Asking for Permission
Thereâs something deeply broken and dangerous happeni [...]
10 Facts about Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls
10 Facts About MMIWG by Tonya GJ Prince Â
Exploring the Dark [...]
Stop Adding Barriers. Start Listening.
People donât listen to women and children.Not even when we bring a mountain of proof.
So noâDonât add more hoops, more exceptions, more âwhat about [...]
The Overlooked History of Black Disabled Lives: Survival, Misunderstanding, and Strength
As a Black woman who has struggled with a health condition that is limiting, and has worked in the professional serving capacity for people with disab [...]
đ¤ 12 Ways Black Women Are Harmed When Men Weaponize Oppressive Systems
đ¤ 1. Demanding Grace While Denying Ours
Black women are often expected to extend endless empathy, understanding, and forgivenessâespecially to Black [...]
Safety Requires Strategy â Not Just âBeing Niceâ
updated from August 7 2025
Remember now, plenty of wives and children around the world are very nice to men who think nothing of harming th [...]
The Insidious Nature of Racial Stress
Many Black people have endured generations of:
âItâs not that bad.ââYouâre overreacting.ââThey didnât mean it.â
That pattern is its own ha [...]
Inclusion Should Never Cost Girls Their Safety
April is child abuse awareness month.
When politicians twist the language of âinclusionâ to force girls to surrender their safe spaces, t [...]
12 Most Alarming Revelations Ann Rule Shared About Knowing Ted Bundy
Ann Rule is one of my faves. I liked her long before I started hearing about her connection to Ted Bundy. Her [...]
Coercion in Disguise: When Love Asks You to Lie
When someone pressures a woman to lie, to go against her beliefs, her conscience, her values, her faith, or [...]
Why âBeing Loyalâ Shouldnât Cost You Your Safety, Dignity, or Peace
One of my all-time favorite jazz tunes is "My Man."âMy Manâ is, in many ways, a love song about endurance [...]
âWhy Are Women Still Cleaning Up the Violence Men Refuse to Name?â
𩸠Say It Plain.
The crimes that males commit?Theyâve become unsayable on social mediaâbut not unc [...]
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A Sacred Space to Tend to Your Spirit, Breath by Breath
There are moments when the world feels too loud⌠and your nervous [...]
10 Signs You Canât Reason With Someone
Reasonable conversations require honesty, humility, and respect. But sometimes, you run into people who treat reality like an enemy. They donât want t [...]
The Language of Women’s Freedom: Feminophobia
For generations, women have been told they were imagining "it."
You can fill in the blank for millions of untold "it" things."If you sp [...]
“Interrogate Your Choices” Isn’t Advice. It’s a Leash.
It's dating. Cuts WILL be made. But too many people have a problem with women being the ones doing the cutting. People are having a difficult time ad [...]
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