not all men. but every woman learned the list.
the words.
front: every rule we were handed, spiraling in toward the center: what i was taught.
back: what are we teaching men?
text me when you get home. never set your drink down. watch the bartender pour it. go to the bathroom together. don't walk alone at night. hold your keys between your fingers. park under a light. check the backseat. lock the doors as soon as you get in. share your location. no headphones when you run. don't run after dark. don't drink too much. say you have a boyfriend. wear a fake ring. take your own car. screenshot the license plate. pretend you're on the phone. walk like you know where you're going. be polite. don't make him angry. don't leave with someone you just met. never leave a friend behind. carry pepper spray. trust your gut.
most of us could keep going. we learned these before we learned to drive. no one sat us down. we just knew.
ask a room of men what they do every day to keep from being assaulted, and the answer is usually nothing. ask a room of women and the list never ends.
this shirt is that list. and the question on the back is the one we keep forgetting to ask.
where this shirt goes beyond you.
best i can. gives 10% of every sale to me too. International, working toward a world free from sexual violence.
metoomvmt.org
about best i can.
some words don't leave you.
they become part of how you see yourself.
how you move through the world.
then they become something you carry with you.
because there will always be more experiences that deserve words.
everything we create begins by giving language to the experiences that leave people feeling alone.
the format changes.
the mission never does.
we'll be here.
not all men. but every woman learned the list.
the words.
front: every rule we were handed, spiraling in toward the center: what i was taught.
back: what are we teaching men?
text me when you get home. never set your drink down. watch the bartender pour it. go to the bathroom together. don't walk alone at night. hold your keys between your fingers. park under a light. check the backseat. lock the doors as soon as you get in. share your location. no headphones when you run. don't run after dark. don't drink too much. say you have a boyfriend. wear a fake ring. take your own car. screenshot the license plate. pretend you're on the phone. walk like you know where you're going. be polite. don't make him angry. don't leave with someone you just met. never leave a friend behind. carry pepper spray. trust your gut.
most of us could keep going. we learned these before we learned to drive. no one sat us down. we just knew.
ask a room of men what they do every day to keep from being assaulted, and the answer is usually nothing. ask a room of women and the list never ends.
this shirt is that list. and the question on the back is the one we keep forgetting to ask.
where this shirt goes beyond you.
best i can. gives 10% of every sale to me too. International, working toward a world free from sexual violence.
metoomvmt.org
about best i can.
some words don't leave you.
they become part of how you see yourself.
how you move through the world.
then they become something you carry with you.
because there will always be more experiences that deserve words.
everything we create begins by giving language to the experiences that leave people feeling alone.
the format changes.
the mission never does.
we'll be here.
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