Suddenly, the government has drones, facial scanning, high-tech surveillance and an extremely heavy police presence to suppress protesters But where is all this when it comes to women's safety??
i think the purest form of love is just wanting someone to notice life with you. “taste this. look at that. hear this song.” again and again. until you can't imagine noticing life without them.
We choose the bear because if it drugged and assaulted us for 7 hours, authorities would shoot it not ask it to write an essay and then help it find a job at a wealth management firm. Be so for real, Cornell.
Just watched a video where a woman writer shared how her mum came over to help. Her mum did all the housework, laundry, cooking, cleaning, and childcare so she could focus. During her mum’s stay, writer TRIPLED her daily word count.
Then she said something that hit hard.
Most men have this kind of support their entire lives. Next time you call a man productive, consider that.
Damn. Still letting it sink in.
This is how men in India silence women.
They abuse and insult women when they talk about the harassment they’ve experienced because of the same men.
Every woman in India has a story of getting touched inappropriately at some point in their life. Yes. EVERY.
Men make it so difficult for women to use their voice that they choose silence instead of talking about it.
And then other men go on to say “such incidents are stray, they are uncommon”
Instead of silencing the oppressors, they silence the oppressed because it benefits them. Absolutely shameful.
“ When a Clown moves into the Palace, he doesn’t become a King, The Palace becomes a Circus” is a Turkish proverb which is worth heeding in the coming days.
my therapist just wished me an early happy birthday and when i thanked her she said “you’re most welcome, you’re an easy person to care about” which is, without a shadow of a doubt, the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me