#it's worth remembering – @a-darling-thing on Tumblr

I always feel like I should be apologizing for myself

Me too, and it is because women have been socialised to apologise for their very existence, for the space they take up, both literally, and figuratively, on this planet, in this society. We have been socialised to see ourselves as things, mere objects for others' pleasure and in others' service. We always feel like we need to apologise for being fully formed human beings, because this patriarchal society needs to keep us brainwashed to ensure it's own survival. You are not a thing. You are a fully formed human being with all the rights and privileges that includes, and you should never apologise for that.

#mostly putting this here to remind myself #but you know...#it's worth remembering #you have just as much right to exist #and flourish and be #as anyone else