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[April is ****** Assault Awareness Month.] ****** Assault Awareness Month” is ******** For 30 days you’ll wear a teal ribbon and hold “We Believe Survivors” signs. But Should I thank you for 30 days of ally-ship? No. Did you believe me on March 31st? No. Will you believe me on May 1st? No. 30 days. You’ll scream ALLY ALLY ALLY Believe survivors ALLY ALLY ALLY Support Survivors ALLY ALLY ALLY Hold rapists accountable. ALLY Bull. **** Go ahead and pretend ****** assault only happens in April. Throw out your teal ribbons on May 1st because it’s not ****** Assault Awareness Month anymore. You don’t have to care anymore. But I do. What my rapists did is something I live with 335 more days than you’ll care about an issue. You don’t realize the ribbons you pin your bags and shirts are smaller than the bruises he left on my thighs But you don’t care what one survivors thinks of you so long as the world knows that for 30 days, you wore a teal ribbon Your message of ally-ship 30 days a year doesn’t erase your hypocrisy the other 335 days.
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Mar 24, 2019
Mar 24, 2019 at 5:32 AM UTC
Teal Ribbons and Bruises
[April is ****** Assault Awareness Month.] ****** Assault Awareness Month” is ******** For 30 days you’ll wear a teal ribbon and hold “We Believe Survivors” signs. But Should I thank you for 30 days of ally-ship? No. Did you believe me on March 31st? No. Will you believe me on May 1st? No. 30 days. You’ll scream ALLY ALLY ALLY Believe survivors ALLY ALLY ALLY Support Survivors ALLY ALLY ALLY Hold rapists accountable. ALLY Bull. **** Go ahead and pretend ****** assault only happens in April. Throw out your teal ribbons on May 1st because it’s not ****** Assault Awareness Month anymore. You don’t have to care anymore. But I do. What my rapists did is something I live with 335 more days than you’ll care about an issue. You don’t realize the ribbons you pin your bags and shirts are smaller than the bruises he left on my thighs But you don’t care what one survivors thinks of you so long as the world knows that for 30 days, you wore a teal ribbon Your message of ally-ship 30 days a year doesn’t erase your hypocrisy the other 335 days.
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Lost in the Magic
Mar 24, 2019
Mar 24, 2019 at 5:32 AM UTC
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