🧵 My early comics BarCon experiences involved either being "Zub's wife" (a protected adjunct to a creator, but not one myself) or trying to exist as my own person, only to have to bring up the wife identity as a protective shield when conversations crossed the line.
maura quint@mauraquint.bsky.socialYes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.