Mariah has an over-the-top vision of herself

Also, although off scene rape can still be a lazy plot device, at least it doesn’t exist to titilate the audience. I am convinced that most rape scenes are shown because they are male fantasy.

Where does the KISS Army fit into all of this?

Yeah. My people were here before there was America. I know what they say about that.

“Hipster” Neo-Nazis deserve everything that is the opposite of love. Things like scorn, hatred, and guilt-free fantasies of awful things happening to every single one of them

Jessica Jones!

People like this think it’s “funny” and “cute” and “edgy” to do the Nazi salute. They need to crack open a history book... and then take that book and shove it up their fucking ass because no amount of education will make them see the light. These people don’t deserve my love, sorry.

Say what you like about the Democrats, but they’ve got a 500 mb folder of reaction gifs that would be just perfect for this.

One of my friends put me in the Pantsuit Nation FB group. The day after the election, I left it.

Yeah any rape has been off-screen and has only been a thing with bad guys -- like it’s implied Negan does it and Randall’s group in season 2 did, but it doesn’t drive our “good” guys’ backstory at all.

I had an abortion at six weeks and pretty much every clinic employee I encountered during the process (I went in at 5 1/2 weeks for an official confirmation, I took a pee test when my period was 7 days late) said something along the lines of “holy crap you’re one of the earliest abortions I’ve seen, most people are…

Giving it to Sansa rather than Jeyne was at least an improvement regardless of whether it should have been cut.

Jesus Christ, I didn’t even know I was pregnant until 6 weeks. The first four you aren’t even actually pregnant!! It’s just your normal cycle at that point. So that’s a 2 weeks window to find out your pregnant, make a decision, and get yourself to a clinic. Aggghhhhh. Fuck everything.

It’s almost like if you write genuinely complex female characters, you don’t need to shorthand their trauma.

And in GOT it was a huge improvement over the source material. In the books it happens to a minor character no one is invested in. And is all about Reek/Theon’s growth. And finding himself.

Just a reminder to male show runners: both Burn Notice and Person of Interest managed to write complicated female characters with past trauma who got into various risky situations without once threatening them with sexual violence. It can be done.

Its an interesting question, and I think the key is nuance. Its one thing to just toss rape in as a plot device, its another to treat sexual assault with the kind of respect it deserves. Jessica Jones is a great example of this.

No, because that isn’t the ONLY trauma that a woman can experience. Women are people, and just like men, we are affected by many different things. In addition, the rape of a woman is too often used as a motivator for a male character—we get to explore his guilt, his quest for revenge, etc.

“America as a country has a very fucked-up attitude regarding sex and sexuality...”

“I was told if we elected Donald Trump he would transform his personality into being presidential. He isn’t,” Suprun told the Times. “I’m a credulous dumbass, now that I think of it.” he continued.