“I am not beautiful, quiet and devastated in my pain like a heroine in a Shakespearean drama; I am no Ophelia quietly lying down in the river with my pain, there is no bravery or greater symbolism to the hardships… — 404 Ink Copy Share Image
“This isn’t because I am under the impression that all women share the same needs, values, beliefs, or experiences, but because the survivor I am wanted to believe that the majority of the population believe sexual assault is reprehensible. It… — 404 Ink Copy Share Image
“Being able to be myself was like being able to exhale for the first time after holding my breath for years. It’s only when… — 404 Ink Copy Share Image
“The fact that gendered violence is overwhelmingly enacted by men on women* is not because women* are incapable of fucking up; a lot of… — 404 Ink Copy Share Image
“But I don’t believe that this endemic problem is solvable by polite conversations and structured lessons because that feeds into the myth that rape… — 404 Ink Copy Share Image
“There are so many rules that come with being a girl that you forget sometimes that these rules are fictitious patriarchal bullshit. You’re so… — 404 Ink Copy Share Image
“I am not beautiful, quiet and devastated in my pain like a heroine in a Shakespearean drama; I am no Ophelia quietly lying down… — 404 Ink Copy Share Image
“My personal experiences of openly declaring myself a survivor taught me that if you want to tell someone that their friend or acquaintance raped… — 404 Ink Copy Share Image
“I have been forced to live with something awful, and I will never be grateful for the personal development I have had to endure… — 404 Ink Copy Share Image
“I was not the perfect survivor, which to them meant I must be the other option – a liar.” — 404 Ink Copy Share Image
“That is why I am proudly and vocally a nasty woman; tired of making excuses, of letting politeness stop me from defending myself. I… — 404 Ink Copy Share Image
“These binaries, these needs to define things as one or the other, leave no space for possibility or change.” — 404 Ink Copy Share Image
“Take a moment and ask yourself who are the real nasty women? Those of us who struggle to empower all women or those of… — 404 Ink Copy Share Image
“I feel so much rage now when I look back at all the ridiculous rules I was meant to respect. It” — 404 Ink Copy Share Image
