anchor.diff:  
   a short while later, +
   
  -two women came up to me, +
  +two womxn came up to me, +
   basically saying that +
   
   it wasn't right how I was +
  
positive.code: 
  -
  
  
  My name was called. +
  
  The time had come +
  to perform the piece +
  I had
  
  -
  
  
  -
  
  
  
  
  
  
  there was this one +
  brown girl. her energy +
  was a bit strange +
  that evening +
  
  she seemed like +
  she was angry for +
  some reason +
  
  as I soon realised, +
  she expressed her +
  
  when she shouted +
  
  "Women are not your playthings!" +
  
  
negative.code: 
  to this day, +
  I have no clue +
  what she meant +
  
  but that was just +
  the start. +
  
  there was also +
  this white girl +
  
  standing behind a table +
  at the back of the room. +
  
  I don't know who she is +
  
  but she knows who she is. +
  
  she was very +
  offended by +
  
  something +
  I had said. +
  
  she also chose +
  to be vocal. +
  
  -
  
  I don't remember +
  the exact words +
  
  but Amani walked +
  towards me, saying +
  
  they didn't know +
  it was "that +
  kind of piece" +
  
  so she asked me +
  to give back the mic. +
  
  -
  
  in my entire career +
  as a spoken word artist +
  
  that was the first time +
  I had been asked to +
  give back the mic. +
  
  when you don't +
  know why, well, +
  
  I'm sure you can +
  imagine how it feels... +
  
  -
  
  Shagufta said they +
  (as in, the team) +
  were waiting +
  
  to see if the +
  piece would +
  change +
  
  and it didn't. +
  
  I wondered how +
  things had come +
  to this. +
  
  why I decided +
  to perform +
  that piece. +
  
  why I came +
  to this event. +
  
  just why. +
  
  -
  
  right before +
  I was about +
  to give the +
  mic back
  
  I took the +
  opportunity +
  to say that +
  
  I was sorry +
  
  if I hurt +
  anyone's +
  feelings. +
  
  in retrospect, +
  
  I should never +
  have said sorry. +
  
  it's pretty simple. +
  
  when you offend someone, +
  especially liberals, +
  
  your apology +
  is meaningless. +
  
  it's damage control +
  in their eyes. +
  
  they want more +
  that just an +
  apology... +
  
  they want +
  your blood, +
  your career, +
  your social +
  standing, +
  your life. +
  
  they will do +
  whatever they can +
  to destroy you. +
  
  I had read about +
  this countless +
  times, but this +
  
  was the first time +
  I understood it +
  
  and I vowed to learn +
  from that experience +
  
  so it wouldn't +
  happen again. +
  
  -
  
  there is one +
  silver lining +
  to this drama. +
  
  
  
  Cheers Leo. +
  
  
  
  
  
  -
  
  there was one +
  last person on +
  the open mic +
  
  so once he +
  had finished, +
  
  it was decided +
  that there would +
  be a discussion +
  
  of some kind +
  
  about what +
  just happened +
  
  -
  
  now that I had +
  derailed the +
  entire evening +
  
  there was a +
  
  
  
  
  as I said earlier, +
  https://www.instagram.com/salmaelwardany[Salma] was present. +
  
  the voice sounded +
  similar and I think +
  she's the one who, +
  
  when asked for her +
  thoughts, said +
  "I hate men..." +
  
  but that was quite +
  dehumanizing and +
  could have been +
  handled better. +
  
  -
  
  at some point, +
  
  white girl decided +
  she was not satisfied. +
  
  she could not comprehend +
  what I had just done +
  
  so she asked Leo and +
  Amani if she could ask +
  me a question. +
  
  I think she asked me +
  why I wrote the piece +
  