i wish men understood that when women are talking about feminism and rape culture and shit, it’s not just a political conversation. it’s not about being a “social justice warrior” or whatever. it’s about our actual lives being shaped by misogyny since childhood, and the daily reality of living in fear of violence. this isn’t a fucking game or philosophical debate. this is our fucking lives.
this post is picking up like 100 notes per minute its outta control
“You were a soft, melodic dream
who believed in the goodness
of every soul in this world, until you came across someone
who saw your innocence, wanted it for themselves,
and so they taught you the most grotesque pain,
wrecked your sky castles and made them ruined rain, crushed your dreams and your girlhood,
took your gentle, full little heart, curb stomped it until it was nothing
but shattered pieces falling apart. They tossed it in a cold grave, without a eulogy,nor ceremony, nor even a truthful little song.
Walked away from all of this violence
as if they did nothing wrong.
But what they underestimated
what they did not see
was that your heart and you were not the kinds that would die so easily, or that you would return so strong a creature made of such survival a dragon girl now vengeance born.”
— Nikita Gill, How To Turn A Soft Girl Into A Dragon
