Jade > Recent Status Updates

things are messyyyyyy

“sometimes i think, if i hadn’t gone [to the party], then this never would’ve happened. but then i realize, it would’ve happened, just to somebody else”

“the news used phrases like ‘avalanche of accusations; tsunami of stories’…the metaphors were correct, in that they were catastrophic, devastating. but it was wrong to compare them to natural disasters, for they were not natural at all. solely manmade”

“for so long, men could, they really could, get away with it. they got away, but what they did never went away, even if our minds wanted to forget”

“we’ve never seen him behave that way, so you must be lying”

“the average adult can hardly find time to renew their license at the dmv. it’s not reasonable to casually demand that victims put aside their lives to spend more time pursuing something they never asked for in the first place”

“we force her to think hard about what this will mean for his life, even though he never considered what his actions will do to her”

“erasure is a form of oppression. the refusal to see”

“if he’s so worried about punishment, maybe don’t rape anyone”

“i just start kissing them”“i moved on her like a bitch” “i grab them by the pussy” “i did try and fuck her” - president donald j trump. i have heard these before but i’m sick

massive trigger warning:
“he never said it was supposed to be different, just that it was supposed to be private. ‘locker room talk’” referring to a woman as a piece of ass or piece of pussy will never be okay like what. listening to this the day after another batch of epstein files have been released is nauseating.

“she is the deer while we are made aware of the mountain lions lurking in the bushes”

“only 5 months after i read my statement in court, trump was elected” i’m already so devastated this is only gonna get worse 😭

“i was reminded that having extra needs does not make you too difficult, too time consuming, but worthy of compassion and love”

i am FLYING through this

“is an apology valid without change? if he says he’s sorry, but maintains he’s not guilty, doesn’t that resemble manipulation more than reconciliation?”

“take note of his mental health because in my experience, when men were upset, lonely, or neglected, we were killed”

im freaking out (in a good way)

“we were fighting for closure, for justice. it was not for me, but at the expense of me that we’d be able to get there”

“those who saw me cry on the stand may have seen me as fragile, but i saw it as the quiet beginning of my strength”

what the hell is happening

there are so many affairs going on in this book i can’t keep them all straight