The Felt Realm

#PrettyPeriod #GhanaGirl

I do not know one woman, NOT ONE who hasn’t had a part of her body grabbed by a strange man at one time or another or been pressured into doing something sexual she didn’t want to do, or who hasn’t been sexually assaulted. Not one, NOT ONE woman who I have ever been friends with or related to, or close enough to share such things, there’s not one who doesn’t have a story having to do with the above instances.  So don’t you dare come at me with your “not all men are like that” bullshit.  Don’t you dare tell me it is silly for us to have an ingrained mistrust of all men because you are such a nice guy who would never do any of those things to a woman.  Don’t you dare try to trivialize the very real fear we live with every fucking day because your fucking bros don’t know how to keep their god damn hands to themselves. 

me @ all times: okay but where are the black people

damn

My little sister is 11 and she likes to come into my room a lot and hang out with me, but sometimes when she comes in I’m in an introverted or depressed mood and don’t want to talk to anyone. Tonight she came in and said that my room was too quiet, so I told her to go listen to music or something because I didn’t really feel like talking. She sat there quietly for a couple of seconds and then she said, “I’m gonna tell you what happened in gym class today because it was really annoying, but you don’t have to talk back.” And she just started talking about her day to me and I don’t think enough people understand how helpful that is to someone who’s depressed. To be there with them and talk to them without expecting them to engage in conversation. It’s a way to be alone without feeling completely lonely and I think everyone who deals with depression or any other mental illness needs someone like my sister to understand that, and to interact with the people they care about based on their state of mind.

5. Act like the victim when confronted with their abusive behaior.

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Me @ museums: give them ppl their stuff back