Reposted by Talonor Starshard Kögs'yat
Just a reminder that people don’t always realize they were raped in the immediate aftermath. It can take hours, days, months, and even years to realize you were raped, and it doesn’t make it any less true. There are many kinds of responses, including fawning and trying to appease your rapist
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[a photo of colorful handprints on a cave wall]
#put your hand on the wall
#nobody is going to the handprints going "look at the technical proficiency of this hand stencil technique"
#the awe isnt in some prowess but that it is there. there amongst the others.
#thousands of years and the message is clear: i am here i was here
#you just have to be here
#and maybe people will look and go wow they were there
#and just maybe someone will put their hand on the wall through time and space and know that they are not alone
#you dont have to have the prettiest hands
#or the brightest colors
#you just have to put your hand on the wall
#god im tearing up looking at this actually](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:heywqe33owbmlmdzhgs5qmnc/bafkreifqrcgxiguqah33esrmlgp4p6syh2ycbfqe5ahvjgav2bwzyjr2di)
