it’s a shame that people won’t respect my personal space until i get violent.
- i punched a white boy in the stomach for touching my hair
- i cursed out this other kid and told him i’d break his face if he touched me again. he’s always “tickling” me like that shit is cute.
if that’s what they…
A co-worker of mine got surrounded and verbally harassed by a group of boys in Allston (a Boston borough) who shouted homophobic and misogynistic slurs at her, and she turned around and socked the ring-leader in the face.
When she told me this story, she expressed anxiety over giving into violence. I told her that nonviolence was a great idea but there was a big, big, big difference between systematic and state violence, and a rational response to oppressive and endangering behavior. A scared animal bites. Not doing so might sublimate the fear inward and turn into an anxiety attack or general self loathing later.
mynameisapoem, you’re a petite, teenaged girl of color. A lot of people will feel entitled to your body because this world is creepy in so many ways. This may be an unpopular opinion, and it’s not like I go looking for fist fights, but if people are touching your hair/face/body without your permission, and they don’t take no for an answer, you are well within your right to hand it back to them.
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A co-worker of mine got surrounded and verbally harassed by...Allston (a Boston borough)...
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sharvondaphotog said:
Sweetie, we’re gonna work on some better ways to handle those situations so that you’re not going Kung Fu Panda on people. We don’t need you completely blacking and going all Homicidal Rainbow outchea. Ok? ;-)
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