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don’t want to have to compromise
me out’ (without being asked), as if i did
I dont want my words to be taken
without them, or as if the fact that I’m
my morals in order to make a living. out of context. I dont want to
be infantilized because I refuse to be sexualized. I dont want to be molested at shows or on the
a woman makes me incapable of using technol-
ogy. I have never seen this kind of thing happen to any of my male peers.
street by people who perceive me
I’m tired of the weird insistence that i
personal satisfaction. I dont want
producers (and I’m eternally grateful to
as an object that exists for their
to live in a world where im gonna have to start employing body guards because this kind of behavior is
so commonplace and accepted and I’m pissed that when I express
concern over my own safety it’s often ignored until people see
firsthand what happens and then
they apologize for not taking me seriously after the fact… I’m tired of men who
aren’t professional or even accomplished musicians continually offering to ‘help
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this by accident and i’m gonna flounder
grimes
need a band or i need to work with outside the people who don’t do this). I’m tired
of being considered vapid for liking pop
music or caring about fashion as if these
things inherently lack substance or as if the things i enjoy somehow make me a lesser person. I’m tired of being congratulated
for being thin because i can more easily fit into sample sizes from the runway.
I’m tired of people i love betraying me so they can get credit or money. I’m sad that it’s uncool or offensive to talk about environmental or human rights issues.