Listen for the Lie

by Amy Tintera

Kids have zero fucks to give about your feelings.

Men don’t protect us, not really. They only protect themselves, or each other. The only thing men ever protected me from was happiness.”

People don’t believe women who fight back. When a man lashes out, people say he’s lost control of his temper or made a terrible mistake. When a woman does it, she’s a psychopath.

“I don’t need you to lay out every single secret and detail of your existence for me to judge. I know you.”

You’re right that some people will never believe you, no matter how hard you explain yourself. Trust me, there’s no pleasing people. If they’re determined to think the worst of you, they will.”