I've wanted to talk about this for a long time, but I kept putting it off, and now I just can't hold it in anymore. The thing is, I live in a country where almost every day they come up with laws that are so stupid and sometimes even horrifying — like, for example, laws against abortion even after, fucking, . Prices keep going up for everything, but wages don't. Freedom of speech, which is supposedly guaranteed by the constitution, doesn't actually exist — and neither does privacy for correspondence, or anything like that. Here, they're willing to give someone a harsher sentence for who they love (in terms of sexual orientation), but for someone who committed or brutal assault, they're ready to ask for or give a lighter sentence. It makes me deeply sad that I won't be able to leave this nightmare for at least the next 2–3 years, because I haven't finished my education yet and I still don't know the necessary languages well enough. In my country, there is no freedom for anyone except those in power. I'm scared to live here, first and foremost as a woman, because if something happens to me and I try to file a police report, they'll most likely just tell me to get lost (this is really true, I'm not exaggerating). I just want to live a better life, without fear for my safety or my integrity, without being afraid to look the way I want, without being afraid to simply love...

Maybe in these 2-3 years the situation in the country will change, but I don't even know in which direction. Everything points to things getting worse. But maybe, one fine day, my people will stop tolerating it and everything will change for the better — but even if that happens, I won't stay here...