For the past six years, Mother’s Day has been frought with complex feelings of grief, despair, anger, and solitude. While my reasons may differ from other mothers’, I’m confident I’m not alone in characterizing these as common feelings that women have encountered and (re)-negotiated since the onset of COVID-19. Maybe…

We still have a chance to survive if we do these things — It’s still Election night as I’m writing this post and I’m already feeling a deep sense of disappointment and existential dread. …

…and help transform your organizations, culture, and relationships — There’s a lot being written and said these days about the “Future of Work” — what the world will look like and require from us in order to adapt successfully as organizations, cultures, and people. In most of the scholarship emerging about this area, it is clear that we will…

To do so, we must first care about women — I’ve not been watching the confirmation hearings because I’ve had my share of it back in the 1990s when I was first exposed to the double excoriation of Anita Hill during the Clarence Thomas hearings, where Senate Republicans weaponized both race and gender against her to secure the confirmation of…

How Pence’s demeanor is the archetype of one type of abuser — If you’ve been anxiously doom scrolling and following every twist and turn of events that may impact the results of our upcoming election, you probably convinced yourself you should watch last week’s Vice Presidential debate. …

And why I’ve watched this show so you don’t have to… — *Trigger warning for anyone with suicidal ideation.* Recently, a publicist reached out to me to promote the film, “By Design: Secrets Can Kill,” newly released on Amazon Prime, allegedly exploring the theme of domestic abuse. As a survivor with a weekly podcast using gender as a lens to examine power…

Why We Must Build an Accountability Culture — One hour before Tuesday’s Presidential Debate, my phone started pinging with texts in anticipation. It didn’t take long before these exchanges started making me feel anxious and agitated — the same feeling of dread that I get when I know I will be seeing my abuser — during one of…

Or, how not to freak out about the next 37 days We knew this was coming. Every time our breaking news alerts informed us that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg checked in or out of the hospital for her latest bout with cancer, our hearts stopped ever so slightly considering the…

Help engender a more equitable, just, and sustainable world — Thank you for your interest in contributing to engendered. This publication extends the work we do for survivors, advocates and pro-feminist allies to engage in knowledge-sharing and knowledge building. We hope to use this platform to uplift survivor voices and stories. By cultivating a gendered power lens, we hope to…