It really depends on how I feel that day. Sometimes it's so exhausting to jump into everything and explain to them why their comments aren't ok, especially the hair shit because that happens at least once a week. Sometimes I'll call them out, other times I'll just remove myself from the situation. When it happens in class I usually just ignored it because we often had a lot of group projects and I knew I just had to get through the semester and then never have to deal with them again, hopefully. But if anyone tries to take liberties with my body and touch my hair/my butt and make comments I let those bitches have it. But for the most part I deal with microaggressions with lots of snark and sarcasm. And often my friends will jump in too because they see it happening when they hang out with me. John and Willie are constantly telling people to stay out of my hair.
Thank you for sharing with me. I know I've experienced some microaggressions (mostly from family) over being disabled and a woman, it's different, but I'm sure we can relate to the discomfort or anger and frustration it causes. It also helps me understand a different perspective, one that honestly, I haven't been exposed to enough. I saw that website Adam posted and I checked it out so I can expose myself more.
