Colleen Powers

katieheaney:

and to some females too, though mostly it’s been men:

when you feel mad at Rihanna for collaborating with Chris Brown,

incredulous that a victim could return to her abuser, just like that,

shocked that she couldn’t be BETTER than that, and STRONGER,

and outraged that one young woman couldn’t be everything you wanted her to be,

I would refer you here, because you have some reading to do.

And, remember also

that when you get mad at Rihanna for going back

and you say so around women

chances are better than you think that at least one of them is hearing:

“You, too, are a coward.”