Sometimes, things are heavy because they aren’t ou...

Sometimes, things are heavy because they aren’t ours to carry. Give that shit back. Helloo Monday!!

TW: Sexual Violence

Waheyyy! International Women’s Day is coming up. Here’s to us not carrying guilt for things that aren’t/weren’t our fault. And to a world that stops raising young children, girls especially, to think they should. God. I wish I’d learnt the difference.

It is not our responsibility to “help” another human being control their urge to violate our body. For example, you can’t “help” an abuser not hit you by “not saying stupid things”. They need to learn that it is not ok to abuse or violate somebody else. This needs to be taught and deeply ingrained. And I really don’t understand why Matthew 18:9 just isn’t quoted as much?

I have, without a doubt, slut shamed, victim blamed, been sexist, before. Without a shadow of a doubt. I probably still unknowingly do that now. It’s hard to undo all the programming. And i hate that that was what I learnt. Essentially, that if I did “enough”, they would go to the next person. But it has nothing to do with what you do/don’t do, and everything to do with what they believe they have the right to do to somebody else.

“There will always be a girl who is less sober, less secure, with less friends walking in a darker part of town. I want her safe as much as I want me safe.”

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