“A rape victim... a rape victim who fights...They've been violated, made helpless and afraid. It breaks their confidence in the safety of their little world. It makes them afraid." .... "If you don't fight, it's not quite the same. If they make you help, make you cooperate, then it's not clear to you anymore. Is it rape? You feel dirty, violated, and guilty. Most of all guilty because you should have fought. Especially if you're Mercy and you fight everything.”
― Iron Kissed
― Iron Kissed
“We force her to think hard about what this will mean for his life, even though he never considered what his actions would do to her.”
― Know My Name
― Know My Name
“I was the Goddess,
the hunter of pearls.
The drinker of liquid diamonds.
The flower girl that threw out golden stars.
The prescriber of poems for the soul.
The dreamer who sees butterflies with wings of steel.
Daughters raised by the voices in their heads
Will now blame it on the green sun.”
― They Raped Me: So, Now What?
the hunter of pearls.
The drinker of liquid diamonds.
The flower girl that threw out golden stars.
The prescriber of poems for the soul.
The dreamer who sees butterflies with wings of steel.
Daughters raised by the voices in their heads
Will now blame it on the green sun.”
― They Raped Me: So, Now What?
“If you think I'm going to apologize for being drugged and raped, you have another thing coming.”
― Exit, Pursued by a Bear
― Exit, Pursued by a Bear
“Intimidated, old traumas triggered, and fearing for my safety, I did what I felt I needed to do.”
― Debbie.
― Debbie.
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