Like: I’m unattractive objectively. Fat, ungodly tall, and voice so deep due to PCOS during puberty that I am often incorrectly clocked as a trans woman. I have never been an object of desire or asked out by anyone, including men. Regardless of this: when I have late nights on campus, I walk home with one hand in my pocket, holding a box cutter until I’m unlocking my front door.

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“Men are afraid women will laugh at them. Women are afraid men will kill them”

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