Patriarchy Wants You Numb

Feel your feelings as an act of resistance, because patriarchy wants you numb.

Feel your anger, despair & grief

Because the toxic masculine that is patriarchy

Wants you NUMB.

Patriarchy wants you numb

Docile & unquestioning

It wants you sad & frustrated

It wants you cynical & uncaring.

Patriarchy wants you numb

Because when you feel the intensity

Of your anger & rage

You will find at their core

A deep & fierce love

Of humanity & of justice.

And when you let your anger & rage burn

It will reveal a deep & fierce love

That gives you the energy & power

To say NO, ENOUGH, NOT IN MY NAME.

Patriarchy wants you numb

So feel your feelings

As an act of RESISTANCE.

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Written 28 February 2022 - the fifth day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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