Lorraine Devon Wilke Profile picture
Novelist, essayist, songstress, humanist. Pushing #Resistance #Progress & #Love. Convinced Alfie knows. Fave quote: "Empathy is the antidote for everything."
Sep 22, 2018 16 tweets 8 min read
What patriarchal men—and complicit women—don't comprehend about rape, attempted rape, sexual assault, harassment, molestation, etc., is that the victim NEVER FORGETS. Never. It doesn't matter if they were a child, a teenager, or a grown woman. #WhyIDidntReport 1/16 There is something so elementally vile & shocking about another person—boy or man—violating your personal space, your body; your safety & sense of autonomy, that the minutia of the incident—the sounds, smells, moments, emotions—stick w/ you. They impact you. #WhyIDidntReport 2/16