A twitter rant? Is she gonna do it? Oh dear, I hear those are terrible for branding! RANT:
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This is the first time I've lived in a city where I haven't felt scared several times a day! Because for the *first time* I'm a potential lethal threat to you, too, bro. Do you know how good that feels?
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Finally! There's a social excuse for me to move out of your way and cross the street to avoid you. I no longer have to worry about if you notice I'm doing it! Finally, strangers respecting my personal space by default, what. a. concept.
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Do you get it now, what it feels like for someone to get in your space and touch you, for you to get awkward, freeze, and not do anything about it
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There's the joke that the first time a crisis impacts privileged men, oh, now we should all work together? now this is an issue? I know I shouldn't be punishing this sudden empathy with my aggression, but ohhh boy do you get it now, how unsafe it feels to be small and female
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And then this will end and I'll go back to being scared of the men who get too close and understanding this will be nothing but an unpleasant memory you'll try to forget the unpleasant memory is my existence, goddammit. Don't. forget. it. /rant
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