Given A Choice Between Accepting That Something Awful Has Happened, Or Thinking That Someone Is Mistaken,
Given a choice between accepting that something awful has happened, or thinking that someone is mistaken, exaggerating, or lying, much of the time our brains opt to deny the awful thing happened.
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“Justice," she said. "I've heard that word. It's a cold world. I tried it out," she said, still speaking in that low voice. "I wrote it down. I wrote it down several times and always it looked like a damn cold lie to me. There is no justice.” — Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea
“You don’t have a right to the cards you believe you should have been dealt. You have an obligation to play the hell out of the ones you’re holding.”
Most people think of harassment as a “moment.” But it’s what happens after — the isolation, the doubt, the silence — that changes your life.
You are not imagining it. If something feels off, it probably is. Doubt is part of the pattern. So is denial.
Surviving harassment doesn’t mean it didn’t affect you. Being strong doesn’t make it okay. You shouldn’t have had to be.
most people
who are harassed at work
never file a complaint.
not because they don’t care but
because they’re scared it’ll make
everything worse.
Some songs hit differently after.
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