Ashley Needles

What I really need and what every woman really needs in this world isn't cut stems of wilting death, withering away in glass vases, but something like this:   We need tools to keep the people around us accountable for their actions! Phones are useful but sometimes we need protection walking to our cars at night after work when our hands are full. Do you know how scary it is to finally get off work and go to your car at night to discover a stranger waiting for you? I was lucky the guy was waiting to give me a rose but that he spent three nights waiting and watching to discover which car was mine to do this freaked me out. There was also the time I took the garbage out of Burger Supreme in Provo when I was nineteen and had to race back in because some random homeless guy was there who shoved me against the giant dumpster to fondle my breasts. I got him off of me but that was one of hundreds of instances that contributed to my current state of being some what of a...

You say You're a good guy So I'm asking, please, Don't. Don't bore me with lies  About what you see in my eyes.  Don't tell me I'm pretty, gorgeous, or fine.  First I don't care  and second words, like those,  Aren't worth a dime. Instead, Take NO for an answer, THE FIRST TIME! Say I'm strong, witty, or wise. Ask and admire what I've done with my life. Set fire to my brain To ignite the fire in my veins Stimulate me.  Don't educate me. Respect me, Don't protect me! Infantilizing, Minimizing, Sexualizing, Objectifying. Excusing, Instead of apologizing AFTER YOU ASSAULT ME! Weary begging YOU to....... hear.......  me.......  BUT You don't. You don't see ME you see my body. You don't know ME You know the image on your screen. A hollow caricature of your dreams. To you, I'm meek and mild.  Just a t...