Don’t read if triggered by s/a.
I like that I can take my pretty face off when I please.
A pretty face looks good but thanks to our society, a pretty face comes with consequences.
I hate that I can’t just post a photo or walk down the street without some guy aggressively insisting to “hook up” because of how I look with makeup.
Different day, no make up, nice dress - not noticed. I’m totally okay with that and okay without makeup. I love the skin I’m in and embrace every part of me.
There’s today, same dress but makeup and hair done just because I feel like it, and the scummy creeps that come out and feel so much as though it’s their god given right to coerce me into having sex with them?! Like what kind of planet are we on here. Fuck off!
Let me put things into context.
I used to have a blog online called Australian Beautiful Disaster.
In my blog I disclosed 21 years of abuse, most of which was sexual assault.
Since then I healed and got rid of my blog.
4 weeks ago I was raped by a man whose name I don’t even know, 5 days later my fiancé sexually assaults me, one day later she gets violent and 2 days later she ends things after I name her a perpetrator.
It’s been 4 weeks since the last time I was assaulted.
I finally felt good about myself and did my hair and makeup to look nice. For me. Not anyone else. I want to feel good for myself. I upload the picture online and all I get is a barrage of shit from men commenting indecent acts then “sliding” into my DMs and expecting me to talk to them and instantly be their fuck toy. They act so entitled and it makes me so mad.
I’ve been raped as I would look most days and was degraded and humiliated beyond belief for how I looked. Then I’ve also been raped with a full face of makeup on and the attacker makes it quite clear it’s about my looks.
But I just want the freedom to present however I want to look on the day without being harassed.
That’s why I like that I can take my pretty face off.
Because fuck every piece of shit that ever thought they could take away someone’s control and consent.