Notice how some men only ‘lose their temper’ with their girl but stay calm with their male boss & coworkers? That's exactly how you identify a calculated abuser.
So I just found out why my dad has been banned from every Home Depot in our county since 2004. Apparently he got into an argument with an employee about whether concrete was "a liquid or a solid" and to prove his point, he bought 6 bags of concrete mix, made it in the parking lot, and tried to pour it on the hood of his truck to show that "liquids pour, therefore concrete is a liquid." The employee called the manager, my dad called him a coward who "fears knowledge," and then my dad realized the concrete was hardening on his truck. He panicked and drove through the parking lot with wet concrete flying everywhere, hit a display of grills, and caused $3000 in damages. My mom just sighed and said "yeah that's why we had to drive 40 minutes for a sink." I'm 28 years old and just learning this now because I suggested we go to Home Depot tomorrow.
The last time Beyoncé performed in Brazil, someone tried to steal her from the stage and she's never been back there since. This is also why the distance between her stage and the audience is now a hundred feet apart 😭
When I was about 11 years old, I moved to Rhode Island and started attending a predominantly white school.
Some girls invited me to a “party.”
My mom was strict. She said I had no business going to a party with no adults present, especially with people she didn’t know. They didn’t let it go. They called me over and over that day, begging me to sneak out. One of them even said her mom would lie to cover for me.
Something didn’t feel right, so I stayed home.
"Me violaron a diario durante seis meses.
Mataron a mi madre por ser demasiado mayor para ser esclava sexual.
Mataron a todos mis hermanos por negarse a convertirse al islam.
Nos llamaban adoradores del diablo."
- Nadia Murad, sobreviviente del genocidio yazidí en Irak.