Audubon Ballroon (he/him)@absolutelyy_her, Black Royalty, wrote:
Being a [woman] is a lifelong journey of being gaslighted, bullied, harassed, stalked, and targeted.
@blk_nova, Black Royalty, replied:
When you open up about it, people try to paint you like you're
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arrogant or “tripping” until they see it in real time😓
@another_silent_civilian replied:
Or ignored completely to the point that you assume that everyone hates you
@xsisgfox replied:
so bad I became introvert
@msjoyenjoy, Black Royalty, replied:
You forgot to add. .
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Esp if you're dark and supposed to be the last of the preferences
@aka___ty, Black Royalty, replied:
And disliked, and mistreated for no reason
@trillyoneress replied:
These things even happen to people who are not pretty. It’s the life of a woman unfortunately
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jrm4@audubonballroon As a black man, it took me a while to sort of realize
hey, wait a minute, a *lot* of these "to be a woman" takes really really strongly apply to black men as well
CassandraVertWe all have our stories. It happened that at one job, the boss had me diary accomplishments and ideas. So when I told him that I suggested ideas that were later adopted when suggested by a man, I had all the receipts. I had about 25 suggestions in 30 months. Boss was blown away. He never clocked it.