A Song to Drown Rivers

by Ann Liang

How many women throughout history were blamed for the weaknesses of men? We made such convenient scapegoats. We were raised to be small, to be silent, to take whatever we were given and no more.

Trust was such a fragile thing; it took decades to consolidate, seconds to shatter, and a lifetime to repair again.

So long as we continue to put mortal men on thrones and hail them as gods, sacrifice our lives to their legacies, history will repeat itself.