Agree 100% - I don’t like being approached by strangers. It’s not that I’m unfriendly; it’s that I’ve had negative experiences and prefer to just keep to myself. I’ve had random eavesdroppers help pull me out of conversations where a person wouldn’t take, “I’m going to just read my book/listen to my music/stand here…

My husband and I have had similar conversations. I think because he is respectful of women and treats everyone kindly, he somehow thinks that other people behave the same way that he does. Since we’ve been together, a family member was raped and he’s heard stories about other friends and family being assaulted, and…

Exactly. I have been sad and angry, and I’ve been actually having nightmares about the future Trump administration. I didn’t react this way in 2004 (the first election in which I could vote). I didn’t love McCain or Romney, but wouldn’t have felt panicked by a possible win from either of them. Trump’s hate rhetoric,…