This is Say It With Your Chest.
I’m Jewels. Thank you for being here.
For the next seven days, I’m sharing my essay, “Who Decided?” in spoken form—one section at a time—so it can unfold slowly, in the body, not just on the page.
This part looks at what happens when authority learns to sound like family—
when protection becomes control,
when guidance becomes governance,
and when the father becomes the state.
Listen for where safety began to feel like obedience.
