404 Ink

“The fact that gendered violence is overwhelmingly enacted by men on women* is not because women* are incapable of fucking up; a lot of it’s because we’re not brought up to feel that we’re entitled to other people’s bodies. Sometimes we barely feel entitled to our own.”
― 404 Ink, Nasty Women

“My personal experiences of openly declaring myself a survivor taught me that if you want to tell someone that their friend or acquaintance raped you, you must be prepared for an intense examination of your every mistake, accidental dishonesty or white lie. If they can find anything (which they will, because we are human) it may well be enough for them to discredit you in their own minds, because that is easier than accepting rapists live among us. They are not scary monsters hiding in the dark, they are part of our society, our colleagues and our friends. If”
― 404 Ink, Nasty Women