“I should be used to it. I shouldn’t get so angry when boys – and sometimes grown-ass men – talk to me however they want, think they can grab themselves or rub against me or make all kinds of offers. But I’m never used to it. And it always makes my hands shake. Always makes my throat tight.”

“I should be used to it. I shouldn’t get so angry when boys – and sometimes grown-ass men – talk to me however they want, think they can grab themselves or rub against me or make all kinds of offers. But I’m never used to it. And it always makes my hands shake. Always makes my throat tight.”

— Elizabeth Acevedo