I am drinking my coffee while going through emails this morning, when I come across a contact form for ERSlist. I open it, and begin to read "you're better than this. You're going to get hurt", which pisses me off....and then I see the sender. And it's my uncle, who actually addressed me by my full name. Real name.
I am now livid.
I don't care that people know. I am so tired of the immediate stigmatization and judgment and assumption that I'm a victim. How do people think it's perpetuated?? By "normal" people saying shit like that. The longer "normal" society continues to marginalize and pity people like me, the longer it's going to take to get shitheads who abuse sex workers and women a thing of the past. Why does this reality come across like rocket science to the general population?? I'm "better than that", but it would be totally cool for me to kiss ass to morons in a food services situation for $8/h, 8 hours a day, still not making enough at one job to get by? No thank you. I'll take the judgment by stupid people instead, and keep living my life by my terms.
Ugh. Rant over.
I am now livid.
I don't care that people know. I am so tired of the immediate stigmatization and judgment and assumption that I'm a victim. How do people think it's perpetuated?? By "normal" people saying shit like that. The longer "normal" society continues to marginalize and pity people like me, the longer it's going to take to get shitheads who abuse sex workers and women a thing of the past. Why does this reality come across like rocket science to the general population?? I'm "better than that", but it would be totally cool for me to kiss ass to morons in a food services situation for $8/h, 8 hours a day, still not making enough at one job to get by? No thank you. I'll take the judgment by stupid people instead, and keep living my life by my terms.
Ugh. Rant over.






