There are no "random acts of violence". It is safety that is random. I'm just lucky that I didn't get raped, groped, slapped or called a bitch today. It doesn't mean that it can't happen tonight.
At some point, I just had to stop looking over my shoulder, and to re-learn and practice that daily.
At some point, I just had to stop looking over my shoulder, and to re-learn and practice that daily.
You may like the book, Routine Violence by Gyanendra Pandey. It's subaltern scholarship so a bit on the academic side, but a great book nonetheless.
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