AFFIRMATIONS AND SELF LOVE
Women’s Right to Choose: The Fight Isn’t Over
"If it tries to diminish me, my health,
my safety,
my ascendance,
or my rights,
it is unacceptable, to [...]
WE Survive Abuse Podcast Episodes
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 [...]
How to Really Let Go of Past Mistakes and Heal (audio)
How to Really Let Go of Past Mistakes and Heal [...]
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 woman’s grief. What we are [...]
By the Power of Self-Protection (podcast/audio)
In a world that often tells women to shrink, to please, and to ignore their instincts, self-protection is a revolutionary act.Join Tonya GJ Prince in [...]
HEALING

Safe Father Figures: 5 Powerful Ways to Help Protect Children from Sexual Abuse
In a world where too many children face harm in silence, safe father figures—biological, step, chosen, or community-based—can be a powerful sh [...]

Consent Is Not an Afterthought. It Is the First Requirement
from WeSurviveAbuse.com
Let’s make this plain:Consent is not a footnote.It is not a favor.It is not a vibe, a guess, or something you assume after yo [...]

When the Body Wakes Up Fighting: Trauma, Anesthesia & Survival
“My mouth had no words, but my body remembered everything.”
There’s something we don’t talk about enough—not in hospitals, not in public, and certain [...]
CHILDREN DESERVE SAFETY
If We Were Better We Would Be Prioritizing Silenced Children And Not Grown Men
This is how the rest of us end up in therapy for yearssss. Dealing with people who run to console, protect, and shield grown sturdy men and not hurtin [...]
BECAUSE SHE IS SOMEONE
🩸 They’ve Always Watched the Womb: A History of Obsession, Control & Harm w/video featuring Michelle Browder, Mothers of Gynecology
🩸 They’ve Always Watched the Womb: A History of Obsession, Control & Harm
From the plantation to the pres [...]
The Dangerous Myth: Why Unkind Men Are Not Protectors of Women
Hollywood movies and the biased media have taught us well. Too well.
One of the most dangerous myths we carr [...]
Let Abused Women Heal: Males Have No Business in Women’s Shelters
NSFW "In a woman's shelter"It is concerning and disheartening that there is so very little empathy for wo [...]
This Isn’t “Just Drama.” This Is Coercive Sex Trafficking
There is a deep and dangerous misunderstanding about the case involving Sean Combs and what it means to traf [...]
END FEMICIDE
Survivors, Ask the Questions. And Keep Asking. It’s Sacred Work.
If you’re a Survivor, you’ve probably heard it all before: "You’re just being paranoid.""You’re overreact [...]
🕊️ The Sisterhood Gag Order
When protecting him means punishing her.
Some women aren’t silenced by men.They’re silenced by other women.
[...]
They Got So Much Things To Say Right Now (But here’s what Survivors actually need to hear.)
When a domestic violence Survivor speaks out, everyone suddenly has something to say. “She should’ve left [...]
10 Ways Violence Against Black People Is Dehumanized, Dismissed, and Minimized
“It is a peculiar cruelty to demand extraordinary proof from
those who have endured ordinary injustice.”
My [...]
END RAPE
When Safety Isn’t Simple: How Domestic Violence Hits Differently for People with Neurodivergence
Tonya GJ Prince | We Survive Abuse
There’s something the world needs to say out loud more often: Sa [...]
They Teach Us to Watch Our Cups, Not to Question the Pour
🍷headed into the fourth of July, right?.......Freedom?
Because they’d rather keep us on defensethan dare teac [...]
High Five from WESurvive: 3 Crucial Life Lessons from Survivor LaQuisha Hall
Survivors are my favorite people. Hands down, no contest. I love their war stories, their wisdom, their [...]
Why We Teach Girls to Approach Women First
Because safety isn’t about luck — it’s about strategy. In July 2017, a 14-year-old girl was raped twice [...]
THE SHOP
🌿 My Self-Soothe Journal
🌿 My Self-Soothe Journal
A Sacred Space to Tend to Your Spirit, Breath by Breath
There are moments when the world feels too loud… and your nervous [...]
LOVING SAFELY
The Power and Authority of Womanhood: A Call to Honor and Protect Female Voices
In a world that has long defined women through the narrow lenses of tradition, patriarchy, and power, it’s time to reclaim the n [...]
What FGM and “Gender-Critical” Child Medicalization Have in Common
In the work of protecting children, hard truths often sit at the intersection of culture, medicine, and power. And in that intersection, tho [...]
🌬️ Benediction for the Journey: On Letting Go
Letting go is not weakness.Letting go is not failure.Letting go is not giving up.
Letting go is sacred.Letting go is survival.Letting go is [...]
LEGAL/COURTROOM
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Maryland Middle School Students Weigh in on Curriculum
The voices of these children are only unheard if we choose not to listen. -Tonya GJ PrinceThe recent allegations are that these children and the [...]

She Caught the Girls Before They Fell: Victoria Earle Matthews and the War Against Trafficking (1861–1907)
10 Incredible Facts About Victoria Earle Matthews
1. She Was Born Enslaved and Rose to Lead
Victoria Earle Matthews was born enslaved in Fort Valley [...]

The Real Fallout of Ignoring Women’s Warnings
When women speak, we are not guessing.We are remembering.We are connecting dots.We are drawing from lifetimes of warning signs ignored.
So when the [...]
HERSTORY/HISTORY
They Can’t Always Find the Right Words. But They Still Deserve to Be Heard.
Sometimes Survivors speak in whispers.Sometimes in long pauses, in shaking hands, in misplaced laughter.Sometimes… not at all.
But let me tell you so [...]
A Brief Timeline: Marital Rape Laws in the West
A tremendous amount of work went into giving spouses legal recourse if they are assaulted by their spouse. Prior to this work, you couldn't even bring [...]
MINK! — My Mom Fought For Title IX, but It Almost Didn’t Happen | Op-Docs
Original post: May 4, 2023They never wanted women and girls to have safety and fairness in sports.Equality, sports, and Title IX - Erin Buzuvis and Kr [...]
MANIPULATION
Stop Shaming Women for Protecting Themselves
Too often, when a woman dares to speak up about her own safety needs, she is shamed. Other women tell her she’s “overreacting,” “paranoid,” or “making [...]
What’s the Big Deal about Sex Tourism? (Infographic)
updated March 10 2024 The women behind the windows in Amsterdam’s red light district FACT: Buying sex makes men more prone to v [...]
People Locked the Door: Why the Voting Rights Act Should Still Exist Powerfully w/audio
Congressman John Lewis was beaten while fighting for voting rights.
On March 7, 1965, during the Selma voting rights march across the Edmund Pettus B [...]
ART IS HEALING

Fave Podcast Episodes: Trafficking Documentary Director Alison Jayne Wilson with Neil Getzlow
Episode 79: Unmasking the journey of Alison Jayne Wilson and EXITUnmasked With Neil GetzlowToday, I'm excited to share [...]

Around These Parts We Support Survivor Megan Thee Stallion
Megan Thee Stallion is more than a chart-topping artist—she's a symbol of resilience, strength, and unwavering courage. In [...]

Power UP! Lauryn Hill and Doechi at Jazz in the Gardens
updated from March 9 2025
You didn't ignore the neighborhood strays when you were sitting out on the porch. At firs [...]

🎤💰 Money, Respect & the Woman’s Mic: Black Women’s Songs About Money, Power, and Respect
updated from April 2025
"We're supposed to pretend that if we are "good girls," a "good man" will find us and give us every [...]

UnSilenced: Betty White
In the 1950s, a period marked by segregation and racial discrimination, Betty White made a bold move on her variety show, "T [...]

How Survivors Can Preserve the Lessons from Their Experiences for Storytelling
originally published 11/20/2015 To tell your story, you are going to need the details of your stories. No one can tell [...]

CLOSED FOR RIOTS: How One Black Woman Riots Against Racism
Update: This was published August 30, 2015. Remember that day? I do. Driver Samuel DuBose was shot in the head by a ca [...]

Hip Hop’s Double Standard Around Gun Violence
#Hiphop this week: Earlier this week the community was mourning the death of Takeoff & the gun violence that snatched hi [...]

Gratitude to Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon
updated from February 1, 2025
Music is healing.
Music is power.
Music has the power to change the world.
[...]

The Natural Hair Movement Cicely Tyson Inspired | Oprah’s Master Class | Oprah Winfrey Network
When Cicely Tyson wore her hair natural on national television in the 1960s, it wasn’t just a style—it was a statement of se [...]

Favorite Memoirs and Reads on Abuse, Rape, & Violence: Tonya GJ Prince
Greetings Readers, Books are a critical element to healing and understanding violence,
rape, and abuse. Book recommen [...]
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