“Why Didn’t You just Leave?” Is a Dumb Question Let’s talk about the cultural stigma of domestic violence. Specifically, that glittering, gold-standard question survivors love to hear at cocktail parties, family dinners, or in the comments section: “But why didn’t you just leave?” Oh, I don’t know, Susan. Maybe because navigating a daily obstacle course…
Do you believe in karma? Absolutely not. And if karma does exist, it’s clearly on an extended lunch break, scrolling TikTok, and ignoring every cosmic email in its inbox. And if karma does exist, it’s clearly ghosting all of us. Not even a “new phone, who dis?”—just pure, unbothered silence while the universe burns like…
First of all, congratulations. It takes a truly special kind of talent to take a woman who loved you, held your hand through your family drama, and backed you up completely, and turn her into the villain of your story. I hope you get a trophy for that level of creative writing. I really thought…