feminine rage
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History was kinderto the swordthan it ever wasto the woman bleeding beneath it. That is how the story goes. A man becomes violentand someone searches his childhoodfor the wound that explains him. A woman becomes angryand suddenlythe anger is the crime. So they wrote Medusabackward. Started with the snakes. Started with the stone. Started with…
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Softness was never the same as harmlessness; roses have thorns, pretty things have teeth, and survival taught her how to use both.
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The women they called dangerous were often simply the ones who learned to survive without asking permission.