The Overlooked Truth: Asexuality, Boundaries, and Survivor Safety
Conversations about safety, consent, and boundaries are vital, yet there is a community that often gets overlooked: asexual individuals [...]
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 access to anyone who asks.....How often [...]
Medical Sexism and Misogyny: The Harm in “Assigned Female at Birth”
Often used in medical and social contexts, this phrase can inadvertently reinforce harmful stereotypes, limit individu [...]
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Survivor Affirmations: I Live an Authentic Life, Lessons from Big Mama Thornton (podcast episode)
In this compelling episode of the We Survive Abuse podcast, we dive into the powerful life and legacy of blues legend Big Mama Thornton. Jo [...]
19 James Baldwin Truths and Affirmations That Still Strengthen the Human Spirit (on audio)
Latest episode of WESurviveAbusePodcast.com
19 James Baldwin Truths and Affirmations That Still Strengthen the Human Spirit [...]
đŻWeaponized Hypotheticals Are Not Harmless â Theyâre Punishment for a Womanâs Freedom
updated from June 9 2025
Weaponized HypotheticalsDefinition: When peopleâoften menâcreate imagined stories about a womanâs love life (âShe probably [...]
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Invest in Yourself: Overcome Financial Hurdles to Afford College
AUDIO: https://empowerminty.gumroad.com/l/idayfFor many women, healing includes leaving the confinements of their current "comfort zone".In this [...]
Ways Survivors Are Taught to Ignore Danger (And How to Relearn Safety)
The Truth: Many of Us Were Taught to Ignore What We Knew Deep Down
If you've ever said:âI shouldâve known.ââI felt something was off.ââI saw the red [...]
20 Affirmations and A Note for Those Who Feel Troubled by What Theyâre Seeing.
Until we choose to have honest, difficult conversations about sexual violators and those who cause harm, they will continue to multiply.
Silence prot [...]
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 [...]
The Real Locker Room Talk: Men Donât Need CheerleadersâThey Need Witnesses
Letâs stop dancing around what everybody can feel but few want to say: Men are not suffering because women wonât let them cry.They are sufferin [...]
There Is No Bad Day to Tell the Truth
To every Survivor who has ever hesitated, second-guessed, or swallowed the truth to protect someone else's com [...]
Aesthetic Gatekeeping: You Are Not Here for Their Approval Ratings
Letâs talk about one of the oldest games in the patriarchy playbookâand baby, itâs still being played in 4K, H [...]
Consent Never Came, But the Agreement Was Made
from WESurviveAbuse.com
No one asked her.No one asked the girl with trembling hands and a racing heart.No one [...]
When Disability and Blackness Meet: Over 25 Times When Grace Was Denied To Disabled Black People
There is a quiet cruelty that rarely gets named plainly. It lives in the space where Blackness and disability [...]
âWhy Do We Treat Male âChangeâ Like a Sacred Revelation Instead of a Responsibility?â
A man "changes". Why do we women receive this as our "marching orders"? Do men do this? NO. They treat o [...]
Black women in London facing âcrisisâ as higher femicide rates revealed
The figures have been obtained by the PA news agency from the Metropolitan Polic [...]
African Women Will Not Be Silenced: How the Continent is Rising Against Gender-Based Violence
"If the lion does not tell her story, the hunter will." â African Proverb Across Africa, wo [...]
Costumes of Control: How Some Male Murderers Used Disguise to Harm Women
Throughout history, some of the most dangerous predators have worn masksânot just metaphorical ones, but lit [...]
âShe Was No Angelâ â But What If She Was Hurting?
People say it like a verdict.
âShe was no angel.â
But Iâve sat across from women others were quick to thro [...]
Leadership Failure: How Leaders Are Failing Women Who Ask for Safety
When Women Say, âI Donât Feel Safeâ
Thatâs not a threat.Itâs an invitation to build something better.
But [...]
What's In a Name: A Survivor of Child Sexual Abuse names Her Rapist
Did I tell yâall about that time that they printed a speech I delivered in public in the paper? W [...]
Domestic Violence Is Rising While Survivor Services Are Disappearing: What the Latest Data Reveals
I donât know if you saw this, but while overall violent crime is reportedly on the decline, domestic viole [...]
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đż 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 [...]
Male Violence Against Women: Youth Is Not a Shield
Young people must not fall for the lie that only older women protect abusers.
The truth is, younger womenâespecially young Black womenâare [...]
10 Clear Signs He Doesnât Respect You (And How Survivors Can Break Free From the Programming That Keeps Us Silent)
Respect isnât what he says in public. Itâs how he moves when no one is watching, and how he treats your truth, your boundaries, and your dig [...]
The Magic Trick: How Grooming Feels in the Beginning
They welcome you in with warmth, with open arms. They set the table with love, dignity, and safetyâjust long enough for you to believe [...]
How to Stop Pouring Into What Doesnât Grow
Water does nothing for fake flowers. So why are women still told to pour?
Women are always told to give.To support, love, uplift, and protectâespecia [...]
Recognizing Truth is a Basic Life Skill (mini-post)
Parenting is one of the most rewarding and challenging journeys in life.And then, one day you have to let their hand go. Before you do that [...]
Don’t Look Away: How Polite Fiction Becomes a Predatorâs Shield
There is language that has been troubling my soul. As a Womanist historian, I know that misinformation is not just an error; it is a weapon use [...]
Selective Advocacy Syndrome: When They Show Up for Ego, Not Justice
They say they care about equality.They say they believe in fairness.They say theyâre here for liberation.
But watch when they speak upâand who they [...]
When Survivors See Through Lies, We Refuse to Pretend (audio/podcast)
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 In her career, Tonya GJ Prince has had the honor of encountering thousands of bold and courageous Survivors. With discretion, she shares one [...]
Affirmations for Strength and Boundaries Around Black Women’s Humanity: Rooted in Baldwinâs Wisdom
"We can disagree and still love each other, unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression
and denial of my humanity and right to exist."
-Jame [...]
If Any of Your Relationships Run on Silence and Lies, Itâs Time to Reclaim Your Voice
I need to speak to you plain today.
There comes a time in healing when you must take a long, hard look around you and ask:Who benefits from my sile [...]
Black Male Survivors of Rape Deserve to Be Seen, Heard, and Healed
Black male rape victims of other males are real.They exist. Theyâve always existed.But for too long, theyâve been shamed into silence.Dismissed. Moc [...]
đ„ âYou Look Like a Manâ? Thatâs Not an Observation. Thatâs an Attack. đ„
Still, I Rise BYÂ MAYA ANGELOU
You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lies.........
A moment of truth.
When someone says, âYo [...]
