“My personal experiences of openly declaring myself a survivor taught me that if you want to tell someone that their friend or acquaintance raped you, you must be prepared for an intense examination of your every mistake, accidental dishonesty or… — 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
