“Um, once I got my binder I was so much more comfortable giving hugs, it was such a strange, unexpected switch. It was really, really weird, but I just felt like it wasn't the strange part of my body that would be sexualized in that context anymore.”
"So I got married quite young, 21. And uh… and it was not unusual in those days, but I never had a period to be on my own to navigate my own life. And that would have helped me, I think, to have more self confidence"
"It's a question of... what do you do with that sort of anger? Within the context of the relationship, it led to me lashing out against the abuse, but in ways that I actually ended up feeling guilty for... and that's part of what kept me in the relationship for so long-- because of my guilt, I felt that I didn't deserve any better."
The Cassandra Transcripts 