The last Friday in July marked my last day at @TechCabal. I wrote about my time there, but also the time before my time there, at Dá, at Zikoko, and all the lessons I collected along the way like infinity stones.
If you’re shocked that 11 thousand men are in a group where they share nudes of women then you haven’t been listening. Men show and tell us EVERYDAY that they don’t care about consent and women’s autonomy. Most importantly, they view women solely as sexual objects.
Anxiety is a weird thing coz I freak out over the smallest things but when I’m in actual life-threatening situations, I’m incredibly calm. I feel like I could be in a plane experiencing mad turbulence and I’d just be like “oh alright, I hope we land safely.”
There’s a TikTok compilation of how men treat women they don’t find attractive and honestly men are not socialized to be good people. There are intersections of colorism and fatphobia. honestly as a woman, what think men shouldn’t even factor in how you see yourself.