isabel

I want to talk about what happened without mentioning how much it hurt. There has to be a way. To care for the wounds without reopening them. To name the pain without inviting it back into me.

She wears strength and darkness equally well, the girl has always been half goddess, half hell.

#YesAllWomen because I shouldnt have to hold my keys in fear & check over my shoulder every few seconds when i walk at night because the odds of being attacked by a shark is 1 in 3,748,067, while a woman’s odds of being raped are 1 in 6… because when Malala Yousafzai was 14 she was shot in the head for trying to go to school. because we always have to watch our drink when we go to bars and parties. because guys say “buT NOT ALL MEN!!!” but all women are bad drivers and all women are moody and all women are emotional and all women get to be painted w the same brush but dont u dare generalise men thats unfair!!!! NO ONE actually thinks “all men”. just TOO MANY men. just ENOUGH men to be afraid. just ENOUGH men that ALL women have experienced it. just ENOUGH to make it a social problem and not a personal one. BECAUSE if she is “too young” to be wearing “those clothes”, she’s also too young for you to be sexualizing her body for wearing them ??? because we NEED to be the generation who will teach our sons to act respectfully instead of teaching our daughters to beware. Because i care about the problems of men?? you’re allowed to wear pink. you’re allowed to hate sports. you’re allowed to cry. you’re allowed to be small and scrawny. you’re allowed to be confused as hell when your car breaks down. you’re allowed to wear makeup. you’re allowed to express your feelings. you’re allowed to be afraid of spiders. you’re allowed to love romantic comedies. you’re allowed to hate the gym. you’re allowed to play with barbies. you’re allowed to not have abs. Because it is not just about me, bc it is not just about anger, bc it is not just a JOKE, bc it is not just about the fact that gay men are “fags” but lesbians are “hot,” bc it is not just about pics of thin white girls being the only google image results for “beautiful women”, bc it is not just about what she was wearing or how many times she said yes before she changed her answer to no. And because.. jesus chRIST why is equality so hard to grasp!!! like I AM A PERSON YOU ARE A PERSON WE ARE EQUAL FIN.

Always this. Always.