“I wish women didn’t have to rip our pasts open and show you everything and let you ogle our pain for you to believe us.”
— Lindy West as transcribed by Melissa Batchelor Warnke, Survivors of sexual violence don't owe anyone our stories. Here's why I'm telling mine. #MeToo
About This Quote
This was tweeted by Lindy West last year, but she has since deactivated her Twitter account. Therefore I'll cite this article instead.
More from Lindy West
“I'm Mother Teresa, but less of a bitch.”
“I would say, don't overthink it.”
“And women, we're like screaming in huge pink letters that we're powerful just to try to…”
“I'm fat. It's just true, you know?”