You tell me to be quiet so the new girl doesnt hear us talking about it.
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Updated 7 years ago,November 22, 2017
Me too.
If youve ever had your dream ripped from your hands by a man, kindly stand up.
Jens Johnsson
Its sickening to think about how many people have been silenced.
For being victims of something they did not ask for.
My blonde hair didnt ask for it.
Jens Johnsson
My make-up didnt ask for it.
Your physical appearance is never asking for it.
The only thing youre asking for is to be left alone.
Take the train in peace.
Walk to work in peace.
Work your job in peace.
Wake up and repeat in motherfucking peace.
I was only 20 years old and living in a new city for an internship at my dream job.
Thats not just the way things are.
Yes, you knew you were making uncomfortable.
And no, you cannot and did not ever give me a ride home.
I cant even imagine how that ride would have ended.
You waited until the day I worked alone to corner me.
To come and find me in my workplace, to take my phone to stash your number in it.
Why did you have to ruin my last few days there?
You shouldnt have thought to look for me at the hotel I was staying at.
You didnt need to come downstairs to talk to me
Or about me to my coworkers.
(How could you say those things when you knew I could hear you?)
I was only twenty, and luckily it only went this far.
Id never felt more humiliated than when my supervisors pulled me into their office and confronted me about everything.
How could I work with these people?
How could I face them the last few days I had left after
This.
You tell them Im lying.
You tell me Im sorry, and you didnt know you know were making me uncomfortable.
Id hate to ruin your reputation.
There will be other interns, so I guess I did them a favor.
But what about me?
And about the others before and even now, because I know it didnt end with me.
After all, this is just how things are,
Remember?
One little dysfunctional workplace family.
I dont think I could ever go back.
And I still cringe when I hear your name.
