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Why I was late today, and will probably always be late as a black woman – Athena Talks – Medium
The Worst Part of the Trump Tapes – Athena Talks – Medium
What Janese Talton-Jackson’s death teaches us about Black women’s lives
Being A Girl: A Brief Personal History of Violence
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I am six. My babysitter’s son, who is five but a whole head taller than me, likes to show me his penis. He does it when his mother isn’t looking. One time when I tell him not to, he holds me down and puts penis on my arm. I bite his shoulder, hard. He starts crying, pulls up his pants and runs upstairs to tell his mother that I bit him. I’m too embarrassed to tell anyone about the penis part, so they all just think I bit him for no reason.
I get in trouble first at the babysitter’s house, then later at home.
The next time the babysitter’s son tries to show me his penis, I don’t fight back because I don’t want to get in trouble.
One day I tell the babysitter what her son does, she tells me that he’s just a little boy, he doesn’t know…
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Two women walked into a bar…not a joke.
Here is a lovely post about women’s experience at bars, written by “Jean Hatchet.” http://jeanhatchet.blogspot.com/2015/09/two-women-walked-into-bar-not-joke.html
