WE ARE NOT OBJECTS OR PRIZES. WE ARE QUEENS.
Ari writes that after her and Miller stopped to grab some food, a "young boy" approached them and began telling Miller how he was a fan. This was all "cute and exciting," Ari writes, until he looked at her, called her "sexy as hell," and complimented Miller on "hitting that."
"Hitting that? The fuck??" she writes. "This might not seem like a big deal to some of you but I felt sick and objectified."
She mentioned that this is not a one-off incident and that this particular remark is indicative of the larger problem of women being consistently objectified: "Thing like this happen all the time and are the kinds of moments that contribute to women's sense of fear and inadequacy. I am not a piece of meat that a man gets to utilize for his pleasure."
@xxTirzaJessxx that's the thing. women expressing sexuality is often mistaken for "hi come disrespect me!!!!".. & that's just not the case.
Ari ends the note by calling for women to not say silent about this kind of treatment. "We need to talk about these moments openly because they are harmful and they live on inside of us as shame," she said. "We need to share and be vocal when something makes us feel uncomfortable because if we don't, it will just continue. We are not objects or prizes. We are QUEENS."
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