Issa M. Mas
Issa M. Mas is an author and essayist. You can find her book, Grief Thoughts: Brief Anecdotes On Profound Loss, at most major booksellers.
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There Is No Protection In Being Good (opens the original)
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I’ve said this before and it remains true: had I not given birth to a male child I would be a Valerie Solanas acolyte by now. The Universe is infinite in its wisdom.Every man in this country should spend every waking moment today grateful that their woman didn’t slit their throats open last night while they slept.Does that sound threatening? Violent? Ahh, so do I have your attention now? Good.Men, we’re sick of your shit. We’re tired. And we don’t really need you. That’s right. You read that cor
Why I Didn’t Report It (opens the original)
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I refuse to tell you why I didn’t report it. I’m not clawing into my flesh and ripping myself open to show you where I was almost mauled to death just so that you can humanize survivors enough to believe us. I’m not doing that for you.I didn’t report because of assholes like you. If you question why a person who was sexually assaulted didn’t report it at the time, whether you realize it or not, you are a card-carrying member of Rape Culture International, and nothing a survivor could ever say wo
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