On Telling Strange Men That I Am Married

I married for many reasons, and protection is not one of them

Photo by Sweet Ice Cream Photography on Unsplash

Here’s me: at the bus stop wearing my brown boots — my favorites, looking better now that they’re scuffed up. I’m a woman standing at the bus stop in busted brown boots, which is pretty much the same as being a woman standing anywhere. I’m going to teach/going to print something at the…