indian women are in a constant state of vigilance, like a country on terrorist alert. no democracy is a democracy when half its population lives in fear. the paradox is that women have protected men and their families by keeping quiet. this is honourable behaviour, a part of our "honour society. what rape statistics really reflect is a vicious cultural agreement that women have little value. which means in turn that girls must be trained to act as if they do not exist, to minimise their presence to survive, to serve men and not inconvenience them. this is how India treats women. rape culture does not begin with rape. rape is the most extreme form of it. until catcalling, stalking, harassment, groping, spark the same outrage as assault and murder, the problem will persist. it is unbelievable how low men can and have stooped, even after such a gruesome murder
in a medical institute no less they have the audacity to say “men aren't that bad”
"One could never count the moons that shimmer on her roofs,
Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls"
Had to pick it up again this women's day.
To the women in Afghanistan and the women in the USA and the women across the globe.
The struggle never ends. The despair never stops. The rage is ever growing.
Rest in Power Mariam Jo.
free museum trips are wasted on unappreciative middle schoolers. let me go
The only thing that can fix me is attending university at Takshashila in the 6th century BCE. Nothing else will suffice.
my toxic trait is simply not doing things if i don't want to do them
ऐसी वाणी बोलिए,
मन का आपा खोए|
सुनने वला चार दिन
सिसक-सिसक कर रोए||
"Killing must feel good to God too. He does it all the time."
" Traditionally, during this meal we are to shrouds over our heads; hiding out faces from God. I don't hide from God."
Hannibal referencing God is never an act of justification rather just a simple statement about how his actions are mere reflections of God's brutality.
To me this is at once so devotional and blasphemous.