Jasmine Coleman

I couldn’t think of any way to sugarcoat this, there’s just something not right about witnessing @instagram users pleading in their bios for creepy individuals not to harass them in their DM’s.

Whether you are a woman, gender-nonconforming, a man who stands up against other men, have a disability, have a belly, or body hair, or deviate in away way from the prescribed norm, we pay the price for it—we “deal with it.”

My poll—which majority women answered—tells me that they know exactly what I’m talking about. As women, we are socialized for our “safety” to prevent encouraging “the whims” of men. Furthermore, we are taught to say please and thank you and “deal with it, lest we want to be called out of names—or worst yet, physically harmed once stepping out of the cyberspace of the socials. Especially if we are “asking for it” with our clothes and our Instagram posts?

I appreciate the spreading of love and and open celebration, but please, respect me. Respect us. And know, that this “please” is a courtesy. Respect is absolutely essential.

I don’t know about you, but “this body doesn’t feel like mine.” —jm

(I’m a walking quote box)
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