(TW: SA) I SO needed to read this. You probably can't tell from the name/profile pic/handle but I'm the one who moved to Brighton in May 2022 after a day trip two months earlier and before that reading Clementine & Rudy being told by my manager that the look on my face while reading it was that of someone really drawn in. I was enchanted and knew I had to move there.
Within a week of moving to Brighton while handing out CVs, somebody groped me as I was walking down the steps to Brighton Music Hall. I reported it anonymously, then after a week of stewing in rage and pain and anger I reported it by name to Brighton police, following it up after witnessing another friend being groped at a gig and feeling the effects of it happening to me all over again.
In the end, the police found no CCTV evidence to back up my case and so they dropped it, much to my chagrin and pure unadulterated rage and pain. I was feeling so let down by Brighton and the police force and was finding it hard being on my physical transition from mtf and I was having a hard time as well with the fact that I was scared to be in a crowded place and was being forced to move again only three months after being in Brighton.
Memories were coming up. And they needed attention. Over a year and a half later I'm planning on moving back to Reading- my hometown for most of my life - feeling a bit more powerful and resolving to reclaim myself again regardless of what anybody says about me
Oh wow, it's so good to hear from you, but I'm SO sorry you had that experience in Brighton, especially as Clementine and Rudy played a small part in getting you to move here. You must have felt so let down. It can definitely be a tough city. I hope things go really well for you in Reading and here's to 2024 being the year you reclaim yourself and your power. Sending love ❤️
(TW: SA) I SO needed to read this. You probably can't tell from the name/profile pic/handle but I'm the one who moved to Brighton in May 2022 after a day trip two months earlier and before that reading Clementine & Rudy being told by my manager that the look on my face while reading it was that of someone really drawn in. I was enchanted and knew I had to move there.
Within a week of moving to Brighton while handing out CVs, somebody groped me as I was walking down the steps to Brighton Music Hall. I reported it anonymously, then after a week of stewing in rage and pain and anger I reported it by name to Brighton police, following it up after witnessing another friend being groped at a gig and feeling the effects of it happening to me all over again.
In the end, the police found no CCTV evidence to back up my case and so they dropped it, much to my chagrin and pure unadulterated rage and pain. I was feeling so let down by Brighton and the police force and was finding it hard being on my physical transition from mtf and I was having a hard time as well with the fact that I was scared to be in a crowded place and was being forced to move again only three months after being in Brighton.
Memories were coming up. And they needed attention. Over a year and a half later I'm planning on moving back to Reading- my hometown for most of my life - feeling a bit more powerful and resolving to reclaim myself again regardless of what anybody says about me
Oh wow, it's so good to hear from you, but I'm SO sorry you had that experience in Brighton, especially as Clementine and Rudy played a small part in getting you to move here. You must have felt so let down. It can definitely be a tough city. I hope things go really well for you in Reading and here's to 2024 being the year you reclaim yourself and your power. Sending love ❤️
Moving six times and no long term job yet it sure has been but power and self reclaiming it thank you!
Beautiful. Thankyou for this inspiration.
You are so welcome ❤️
Chapter one a true story
Then boyfriend buys me a Lambretta
Chapter 2 Can't stay upright on said Lambretta
Chapter 3 Goodbye Lambretta admit defeat
Chapter 4 Yay! Hallo Ford Anglia. My beloved first 💖 car
Haha! Love it! 😄
Your substacks keen me sane and always refocus me towards a brighter future. Thank you :)
Ah, that's so lovely to hear! Thank you so much and happy new year! ❤️