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Yesterday I was taking a stroll down the street and I found myself unconsciously being extremely vigilant of my surroundings. The walk was supposed to help me relax– to give me time away from work and an excuse to get fresh air. However, my brain was continuously scanning my surroundings, sussing out potential threats.
I’ve always admired AOC. I feel like representation is very important, and she is very inspiring to me as a young Latina person who would like to work in politics someday. Watching her speak about being a survivor made me feel so understood and proud. It takes so much courage to be vulnerable about being a survivor. I couldn’t imagine doing it at the scale that she did.
A Thank You to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from the President of Survivors to Superheroes
This week, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez publicly stated that she is a survivor of sexual violence while recounting her experience during the capitol riots in early January. As a survivor of color, seeing other powerful women publicly sharing their survivor status, and denying the societal shame that is placed on survivors is deeply empowering. Although being met with the reality that so many of us have been violated and assaulted is horrific, every time a person shares about what they faced, our network grows bigger.
It was just a regular Wednesday morning, I had gotten up from bed to take my class as usual. As part of my regular routine, I scrolled through my social media as I was getting something to eat. Something unusual was happening. There was a dark tone in everyone’s words across Facebook, Twitter and even Instagram. The hashtag #MotorwayIncident was trending all over social media (highways are usually called motorways in Pakistan). I was super confused as I had no idea what was going on. I decided to look further into it, only to realize there was yet another incident of sexual assault reported in Pakistan.
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