taggartdagny:

What kind of stuff did you show them?
KW: Like how to use a magazine as a weapon. You can take a magazine, if you’re flipping through it, and roll it up nice and tight and hold it in the center – all of it together is the same as a steal rod. So if you’re on the bus or especially in NY if you’re on the subway and there’s some weird guy across from you who’s sketchy or strange… [She deftly rolls up an issue of Marie Claire and drives it onto the table with a sound that rattles the doorframe] You can go for the head or groin. It’s a way to defend yourself without grabbing a gun or anything like that.