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Take back the nite, feminism rally
it was amazing.
we all cramped up 8 girls into a little car
and blasted michael franti on the way. the girls were mostly seniors so
they know their way around albany. one told me that theres this huge
theater by washignton park that hosts free plays for students every
single night. the other girl told me that theres ppl who play scary
movie reels in abandoned houses. she told me she was saw in this scary
run down church and there were suitecases evvverywhere and she was like
"wtf. if anyone comes outta those im fuckign leaving" shes from the
bronx. cool chick. then another girl was really african but she had a
british accent. hahaha. we were walking around downtown and we saw
Bombers and i guess Victoria loved it before she became a vegetarian
since its famous for its wings and she went, "that place has great
food, but awful service. you have to wait 5 hours for a bloody bowl of
wings" hahaha. i loved it. she kept using her british lingo.
washington
park is getting ready for tulip fest. i think im gonna be going home
that weekend so im gonna miss it. but theres tulips, of all colors,
everywhere. even the roads are filled with tulips. the yellown line
that seperates the opposing traffic was lined with tons of tulips. its
gorgeouuus. every house on the way here was huge and unique and
gorgeous. i wanna move into a house here as soon as i graduate and
never leave.
we finally found the armory and went inside to Take Back the Nite. it
was sad at first. rape victims spoke. the first girl was rapped
repeatedly at a party one night and when she went to tell her friends
about it they said she wanted it and they all spread rumors about her,
calling her a whore. so she just became promescuous since she didn't
care anymore. she finally found a guy that she named her bf and awhile
later she found out he rapped his ex and she felt so upset, betrayed,
and everything. it was awful. the second girl was rapped repeatedly as
a child by her uncle. once in college she heard that he died from
aids... turns out she had it too :[
so many sad stories.
two
hours passed and everyone that we came with left cause they had "other
things to do". i thought that was so disrespectful. so it was just meg,
victoria and i and it was time to rally.
we grabbed signs and sheets with chants on them and waited in line inside the armory.
there
was about 200-250 ppl in the rally. it was raining a little and getting
dark so we all put our hoods up and listened to the police stopping
traffic outside. they gave us the signal and the 4 ppl in front held up
our huge banner and we all marched in line. i held up my fist,
screaming the chants, smiling, feeling liberated eventhough im lucky
enough to have never fallen victim to sexual abuse. one guy looked at
us and said "ohh i like rape" and i screamed louder and shook my fist
at him like a crazy person. i was so pissed hed say that in front of
his shitty barber shop, in front of all the ladies and gentlemen who
ARE victims to rape. FUCK HIM
some
cars honked and screamed YEAHHHHHHHHH ALRIGHT LADIES! YEAHH! at us and
we got appluaded. ppl came out of their apartments and watched us from
their balconies and cheered us on.
we
were so louddd. hahaha. meg was the loudest and her asian friend was
hilarious. he didnt have a chant sheet so he was making up his own and
they were great. hahaha like, "im a man hear me roar, we wont let
ladies fall to victim anymore!" hahaha
 [the local news showed up too... muahahaha]
there were cop cars stopping traffic for us and we were following the two cops on the horses the entire time.
we passed a skate park and all the guys grabbed their boards and locked arms with us and screamed the chants too.
it was amazing.
we
grabbed the last bus and i texted nick to call me when he was done with
dinner. and he immediatly called me to ask abotu the rally and i
couldn't shut up. i talked a mile a minute to him all the way back to
my dorm but vinnie came in and was like,
"CHELSEA! IVE BEEN TEXTING YOU ALL DAMN DAY! I WANTED TO BUY MORE WEED TO SMOKE TONIGHT WITH YOU..."
and
i gave him the "slit throat" sign and he stopped and went, "...nick?
hahaha" and nick was all WHOS THAT AIUFHJ DSIFJDSIUFH SDHFDF and told
me he had to go to bed and got off the phone... it was 8:30...
-_-
jealous boyyyys.
i
made vinnie leave so i could call my mom. then meg left for RPI for the
night to see tim so when he wanted to come back over to smoke me out i
declined. he got all sad puppy and then i went up to vanessa's to share
her the pictures of the rally since she couldn't make it and asked me
to take them. then he calls me and is all "come to the campus center
with me pleeeease" and i told him i was with vanessa. he got so mad. UGH
 [i love this picture, it pretty much reveals his entire personality]
i feel like i have two jealous bfs now. crazy boy. but yeah, i watched lost, uploaded the photos, and im happy again.
told you im bipolar.
 [the line to fountain day... it was over 5,000 ppl i heard before opening]
p.s.!!! i forgot to mention that if i DO go home for mothers day ill be missing a FREE THIRD EYE BLIND CONCERT AT WASHINGTON PARKKKK :[
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i wish we had rallies like that around her.