cw: sexual violence
One day when I was 4yo, a man stopped his car on the street under my family’s balcony, pulled his penis out & beckoned for me to come down.He did the same to my friend who'd been talking to me from her family’s balcony across the street feministgiant.com/p/i-beat-my-as…
One day when I was 4yo, a man stopped his car on the street under my family’s balcony, pulled his penis out & beckoned for me to come down.He did the same to my friend who'd been talking to me from her family’s balcony across the street feministgiant.com/p/i-beat-my-as…
I was enraged at that man. How dare he ruin our reverie.
I waved my slipper at him to frighten him away. I absolutely believed in my rage, convinced that it could frighten away a grown man who had decided to stop his car and wave his penis at 2 little girls.
I waved my slipper at him to frighten him away. I absolutely believed in my rage, convinced that it could frighten away a grown man who had decided to stop his car and wave his penis at 2 little girls.
I honour that angry 4yo girl. I honour her belief that she deserved to be free of molestation & free of interruption. She was born w/ a pilot light of anger,tenacious & sure of its right to flare whenever treated unjustly.I believe all girls are born w/that pilot light of anger
That little girl found me on a dance floor in Montreal three years ago, when I was 50yo, and she told me “Beat that fucker up!” when a man groped me, and I celebrate her. Today, we are waving our slippers together. feministgiant.com/p/i-beat-my-as…
What would the world look like if girls were taught they were volcanoes, whose eruptions were a thing of beauty, a power to behold & a force not to be trifled with? Read Ursula K, Le Guin in this 1998 commencement address serendipstudio.org/sci_cult/legui… 
What if instead of breaking their wildness like a rancher tames a bronco, we taught girls the importance and power of being dangerous? From a v young age girls around the world are told that they are vulnerable and weak. By the age of 10, they believe it. time.com/4948607/gender…
For 8th graders:
"I am writing to you because I want you to know the importance of telling a man to shut the fuck up.
I am writing to you because I want you to know the power of being dangerous when you ask the right questions; questions that challenge,not comfort oppressors"
"I am writing to you because I want you to know the importance of telling a man to shut the fuck up.
I am writing to you because I want you to know the power of being dangerous when you ask the right questions; questions that challenge,not comfort oppressors"
"I am writing to urge you to stop wanting to be liked, and demand instead to be free.
Polite and well-behaved girls do not terrify the patriarchy. We must terrify patriarchy." feministgiant.com/p/letter-dear-…
Polite and well-behaved girls do not terrify the patriarchy. We must terrify patriarchy." feministgiant.com/p/letter-dear-…
I wrote The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls because I wanted to trace all the "sins" that I needed to connect 50yo to the anger of that 4yo girl who believed she could terrify a predator
I’ve lost count of # of times I’ve been sexually assaulted. My reactions have spanned a spectrum- 3yrs ago it was: Are you fucking kidding me? And my body went into autodrive; it knew exactly what to do. I Beat My Assaulter, And It Was Fucking Glorious feministgiant.com/p/i-beat-my-as…
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