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How old were you when a relative told you how to escape from a locked car trunk, signal other cars from a car trunk, jump out of a moving car, get loose when you are cuffed, tied or taped etc?
How old do your daughters need to be when they learn these things?

CW: The MMIWG2S talk
Someone asked why Native parents let our daughter& #39;s get tattoos so young & for some Nations it& #39;s a cultural thing but for many of us it& #39;s also something else, something really heartbreaking that you can guess if you think about it

CW: The MMIWG2S talk
There really are grown women who not only don& #39;t understand the way being stabbed &/or strangled stays with you forever but don& #39;t even have any friends or family who understand what it& #39;s like
I don& #39;t wish it on them or anything, I just can& #39;t even imagine it

CW: The MMIWG2S talk
Part of this conversation often gets left out
Little me had no words for the internalized blame & I bet I& #39;m not the only one so I& #39;m ending on this tonight-

It& #39;s not your fault, you don& #39;t deserve this
It& #39;s wrong that we have to do so much to protect ourselves