RaeAnna + A Nerdy Lifestyle
The Awakening by Kate Chopin came to me the summer I most desperately needed to find a woman who understood. I was in the midst of a crisis: The crisis of being a woman. I was finding out its darkest meaning in the most horrific ways. Finding one person, however fictional, validated the tragedies I lived and the ones I had yet to experience.
I took this picture as a joke, but the more I thought about it the analogy seems appropriate. My body is a tank. I've been through so much, and yet I'm still here.
I hate the word survivor. It feels like a lie. My past of sexual violence and domestic abuse have not been a secret here, at ...on the B.L., but it's not been something I have highlighted either. No more. I use my past to serve, to create change. I am a servivor.
Sarah McBride is more than a trans woman; she is extraordinary. Tomorrow Will Be Different is a memoir about her life and the obstacles she has encountered. She writes with honesty, dignity, and kindness.