I’m really enjoying that she refuses to call him Judge Kavanaugh. Fuck him, he’s Brett.

Same. Same same same. This is how I get when I talk about what happened to me, and it’s been decades. I feel for her, so much.

I have been going through similar issues for similar reasons this week. I know it doesn’t feel like it, but you are strong, brave, and loved. I am so sorry for what that monster did to you. Is there a way you can get to a rape crisis center near you? They do free counseling sessions, even years out from the rape.  

After my rapist tried to kill me at a school function six months after he raped me, I had him expelled (only by getting a restraining order, as the school wasn’t going to expel him themselves). I saw him once after, a couple years later, when he came into the store where I worked. He saw me and turned right back…

Somehow I feel like he could be Professor Binns (the history of magic professor in Harry Potter whose only function is to put everyone to sleep).

He just interrupted Dianne to mansplain that he was *going* to introduce Dr. Ford but he didn’t get to or something.  She looked like she wanted to stab him.

I figure at least confetti would be fun for the rest of us, and the bucket might hurt.

It’s so disgusting, because he basically said that she brought this on herself, and poor Brett has been dragged into it.

“Under penalty of felony.” Every time he says this I want to throw my laptop out the window.

That’d be a waste of good pie.  Let’s use fruitcake instead.

Although this may be TMI, last night, I had a flashback during sex with my loving, kind, wonderful boyfriend who has never laid a finger on me in anger. He knew exactly what was causing it, and he knows how hard the last two weeks have been on me. He did all the right things and I was finally able to calm down.

By this point I’ve chalked it up to my not communicating what I was trying to say properly.  Then again, I was 14, so my communication skills probably weren’t what they are now.

I have had to relive my trauma in front of the entire world, and have seen my life picked apart by people on television, in the media, and in this body who have never met me or spoken with me.

I remember on The Good Wife many years ago, Michael J. Fox was a recurring character who was basically the most underhanded attorney in the world (think using his character’s tardive dyskinesia to win sympathy points with the judge and jury). He eventually weasled his way into the firm that Julianna Marguiles and…

He should be disbarred because he has told provable lies (see his testimony when being questioned for his current judgeship versus what he says now).

There is no “right” way to be a victim. There is no reason for her to have submitted a photo of herself crying, or looking like she’s in a mugshot.  Most people smile in photos.

Yes, I read the article and watched the coverage, so your sarcasm is not warranted or particularly useful. The whole point is that he still wasn’t untouchable. The victims all said they were pleased with this result. Just because he wasn’t convicted of every offense he committed (and I think SOL laws regarding rape…

No, it’s okay - I understand where you’re coming from.  But we have to take the victories where we can get them, and use them to temper how helpless we feel in other situations.

Point taken, but can’t we just have this moment?

I said this on Twitter but will repeat it here: