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why so keen on the apologies?

  • Writer: Amanda Riddell
    Amanda Riddell
  • Apr 8, 2024
  • 1 min read

Well, because it's an acknowledgment of guilt. I think that the people who spent all those years telling me that I shouldn't wear women's clothes owe me one. Plus I love the irony of people who define themselves by their social conscience being told that they mistreated a minority group.

 
 
 

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