Two months ago, I was trying to grab some tampons at a 7/11-type store in Wisconsin. I was zoning out over my choices when I noticed another person in the aisle with me.
She was wearing a hijab, and was probably in her twenties or so.
We were the only people in the store except for the white guy behind the counter.
And then another dude walked in, a beardy, white 40-something.
I was ready to buy my shit and leave but i just stood there, watching that old dude.
The midwest is such a shitshow i swear to god and I just couldnāt leave until that girl left too. I donāt know these men. I wasnāt going to leave the only other woman there, alone at night, with those two white men. Especially not a woman in a hijab.
I loitered and waited til she got her shit and left. I wandered to the front so I could watch her drive away.
I think in the next 4 years or more, if you havenāt already, you better start watching. Donāt leave people alone. Donāt trust anyone. Donāt assume anyone is safe. Donāt believe youāre being paranoid. Itās our duty to watch.
Trust no one.
