just because some of his exes have denied he was abusive to them doesn’t mean he wasn’t abusive before this point in his life. abuse escalates as time goes on. he may have been verbally or emotionally abusive in prior relationships, which a lot of people do not recognize as abuse, and by the time he got to this point…

I couldn’t stop thinking of unREAL while reading this

my understanding is that the lead singer is neither male nor straight. it’s pretty clear in the article that they are nonbinary and prefer they/them pronouns. you’re also inferring the sexuality of the victim, which is never stated and not relevant. assumptions like that erase nonbinary and bi/pansexual relationships…

The phone number you gave is for the National Domestic Violence Hotline, not the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Our number is public domain and is often published by other organizations on their websites and in their promotional materials.

Once again, it would be great if y’all could include links for help when you post about things like domestic violence and sexual assault. I know this is Dirt Bag and we tend to take things lightly around here, but I think it’s important that people know that help is out there whenever this issue is addressed.

“ya’ll” [sic] is a contraction of “you all” and should therefore be written as “y’all”

it’s cute that you’re so dismissive of something that is a legitimate problem. grabbing someone’s wrist, especially when there is a weapon involved, is an assault. plain and simple. while the overwhelming majority of victims of DV are women, men experience it too (at higher levels than most people realize) and social…