women's rights Archives - BECCA WILLIAMS

Portugal Bans the Burka: Why Erasing Women Isn’t Culture

October 23, 2025October 23, 2025 by Becca

Portugal’s proposed ban on face coverings has stirred deep emotion. I see this moment as a reckoning with shame and visibility. Being told to hide your face isn’t culture – it’s erasure. My work is about freeing ourselves from the stories that silence us, and this conversation reminds me that being seen, in all our humanity, is where healing begins.

Let’s talk Taylor, deepfake porn, and the queer community

October 7, 2024March 8, 2024 by Becca

Call me backward, but my true introduction to the term “deepfake porn” came in January with the unsettling news of Taylor Swift becoming a victim of it. She emerged as the focus of what’s called, “image-based abuse” in January, where sexually explicit content is created using AI to realistically superimpose people’s faces onto bodies not their own. I was curious about it and with easy browsing, it didn’t take me long to find the repulsive internet images.