How do you describe every nuanced experience about 'Isn't that just an arbitrary description' 'I just said they sounded like a brogrammer' 'We were just slamming what they were doing, you slammed their actual personality wow' There starts the debate you did not want to participate in There goes the thing nobody ever talks about There goes the shattered glass as the topic of gender-based discrimination is finally broached Most men seem to make every little statement about them, have you noticed?īeing so vocal about being queer and Indian but if you makeīecause in such welcoming company you subconsciously thought why not
Trying not to talk about men who made you uncomfortable because oh my godįor the fact that people call women overreacting Trying to not cry in the kitchen because god who Trying to make up for the confidence you never hadĬompared to someone who always had it all You're just so used to internalizing these habitsĭespite the impostor syndrome pulling you down each time slowly, like quicksand
You keep your feelings under the surface (barely)