We Are All Dora, Still

On the mistrust of girls and women

CW: discussion of harassment, abuse, and gaslighting

We live in a culture that hates when women’s bodies tell the truth. Whether it’s with their faces, their voices, or their feelings, if a woman’s body reveals that something is amiss in the logic of gender and power, she will find herself the target not only of disbelief, but of vitriol and punishment.

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