Adena M'lynn's Voice

For the men who say they love women.  by Adena M’lynn   You say you love women— like a hunter loves the mounted deer head. Like a landlord loves the rent check. Like a shepherd loves a flock that never wanders too far. You say you respect women— but only when they know their place, when they nod without volume, when they bleed without asking for towels or rights. You say you were raised right— to open doors, to pay for dinner, to lead the prayer while she stays quiet with her eyes lowered like the second coming of shame. But let me ask you this, What is love if it only blooms when you’re in control? What is respect if it evaporates the moment she disagrees? You loved her voice until she used it. You say women are sacred— but your idea of sacred comes with conditions: legs crossed, lips sealed, loyalty to your ego above her soul. And God help her if she has a boundary you didn’t approve in advance. You keep calling women “queens”  but treat them like unpaid maids  in ...

How Rape Is Being Rebranded Under America’s Rising Theocracy “When churches become courthouses, when judges quote scripture more than law, when a girl’s future is determined not by her dreams but by her womb— you are not in a democracy.” These words are not poetic metaphor. They are a warning—and for many, a lived reality. Across the United States, a dangerous convergence is happening: faith is being weaponized by the state, and violations once condemned are now being sanctified. Rape, abuse, coercion, and control—especially when the victims are women or children—are no longer just ignored. They are being renamed. Repackaged. Rebranded. They are being called something else. Disguising of Violence Let’s be clear: rape is the forced violation of one’s body and autonomy. But in America today, it’s being dressed in the language of “godliness,” “redemption,” or “traditional family values.” A 10-year-old girl in Ohio was forced to travel out of state for an abortion after being rap...