These are only two of countless other stories of women being abused in public, while bystanders look on. In too many places, it is unsafe to be a woman (or a trans or non-binary person). Doing nothing — standing by — is its own violence.
Author: Hollis Wong-Wear
Hollis Wong-Wear is a poet, performer, songwriter and community advocate. She is the lead vocalist of the Seattle-based electronic R&B trio The Flavr Blue, serves on the Seattle Center Advisory Commission and Seattle Music Commission and sits on the Board of Directors at 4Culture, King County’s public arts agency.