i was at a grocery store really late one night and some old guy kind of eyed me as i walked out of the store next to this other lady. She and I made eye contact and i knew she was scared too. we loaded up our groceries into our cars as fast as possible and I had way more bags than her so she got done faster than me. I panicked because i was sure she was going to leave so i just hurried faster, shaking a little, and then i noticed she sat in her car, watching me and making sure nobody came near. She waited not until all my groceries were loaded, or until my cart was put away, or until I got into my car. No, she didn’t drive away until I drove away.
And that was the moment that I realized how much women need other women. That we can’t win this war without each other and we have to be looking out for each other, every second.
my last year in new york city, i got off the subway around 9 or 10p.m. i only lived about 5 blocks from the f train, but i hadn’t gotten more than two before a woman’s hand suddenly touched my arm.
“that guy behind us is following you,” she said. “he was watching you leave the train car and followed you up.”
i hadn’t noticed him, or at least not noticed him following me. when we stopped outside a grocery store, he stopped half a block back and loitered. the woman linked her arm with mine and walked me several blocks out of her way to my front door and made sure i got inside safely.
another time, nocigar and i were walking home and at a stoplight a stranger grabbed my arm when i wouldn’t respond to him and tried to physically drag me over to him. she—who is, by the way, not a very physically imposing girl—ripped his hand off my arm and snarled, “don’t fucking touch her.”
protect your friends. protect strangers. there are good men in the world, but don’t wait for them to do something if you can do it yourself.
I was at a club once and my friend left with her boyfriend so I finished my drink and was heading out to the parking lot when three girls came up to me and basically surrounded me.
“Those guys behind us were talking about following you. We can walk with you.”
I have MMA training but have never in my life had been offered the protection and sanction of my own gender. This is so important.
GIRL CODE. FUCKIN’ GIRL CODE. LEAVE NO GIRL BEHIND. EVER.
(Source: girls4thor, via mommy-and-herlittlegirl)
Du är så himla stark och modig som gör som du själv vill och inte låter något eller någon annan bestämma över dig, beundrar verkligen det. by Anonymous
Tack vem du än är. Tack.
seriously please help and donate to me if you can I’m struggling hardcore. Matthew is running low on his seizure meds, were running low on food, and Matthew’s dad HAS to go to his cardiologist on Tuesday and his orthopedic doctor on Thursday for a cortisone shot and pre surgery examination, cos he’s on blood thinners so his doctors have to meet to make sure his medications work together or he could literally bleed to death during surgery. the doctors appointments and meetings cost 250 bucks each. vie gotten four small donations, despite how many times I’ve reblogged the post. I’m sorry to keep reposting I feel so annoying, but i care more about the health of my family and getting the money (I have my new job, I’m going in tomorrow, but I DONT GET PAID for two weeks, I am painting murals on the wall for pay) to feed everyone and make sure we’re all healthy. and that’s me ignoring my own health (my lower abdomen has been aching and I have PCOS and my joints fucking hurt from the dislocations and I don’t even have a psychiatrist for my list of mental illnesses that I don’t have time to pay attention to myself right now). most importantly right now is roger going to the doctor, Matthew getting his seizure medication so he doesn’t have a seizure, food for us and the kitties, getting the shower fixed which isn’t that expensive but super important, and keeping the AC on because this apartment is literally like an oven when the sun is up.
anything helps me. those four small donations added up to food today for everyone. please help us. I’m trying my very best, I’m working, matthew is on sick leave for his seizure problem currently, and roger (who if you’ve been following me you remember he had a stroke a little over a month ago that, thank GOD turned out to be minor) is trying to close a real estate deal over the phone that, if successful, would basically save our lives because we could move!my paypal is lunaslater@gmail.com
thank you and please signal boost this or any of my posts. this is rough but I’m trying my very best, I’ve never tried so hard in my life to stay afloat. I’m 20 with no parents helping me. I spent all the money I had on rent to live with my mother where she didn’t pay rent but I loved her too much to leave her after my grandmother and her mother died from cancer/suicide.
please signal boost and donate anything if you can. even five bucks helps. i don’t get my food stamps until later this week so a couple small donations so i can buy some more groceries would help (i spent the last of my money last night at the mexican grocery store on some cold cuts and shit like that). anything helps, thank you. im having a bit of a hard time since i dislocated my shoulder last week and i have to stand on ladders and stuff at work but im going this week once my boss calls me in. anything helps thank you please help if you can spare anything!
I’m seriously fucking desperate I got one donation I really need to get like forty bucks to get groceries tonight PLEASE help if you can. I’m insanely overwhelmed.
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