Jia’s Reviews > Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture > Status Update

“i sometimes feel like maybe some more worthy victims space is being taken up by my 20-year-old troubles, that i should be able to manage this by myself rather than gobbling up much needed and sparse resources because of my inability to move on.” GIRL SAME 😭😭

this essay hurt to read. like i felt genuine emotional pain trying to finish this. it is so hard to be a person trying to survive being around your abuser in a picture-perfect Black Family.

“there are better things to be than good.” that hits right now—i always felt like i had to be good for the people around me in this new normal i’ve found myself in.

okay call me the heck out why don’t you 😭 jeeeeeezzzz

that “it’s not like he raped you” hit way too close to home. 😅