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Wow - that was some upbringing! I never thought to have paired Baptists and Herbalists in the same grouping. At least they took you to a doctor with the broken bones; that would have been a bitch if they were rubbing mint on a compound fracture, hoping it would get better.

That’s amazing and very illuminating.

For court of public opinion: maybe a court order making them release a big “We knowingly lied about PP” statement that talks about the good PP does for people. With the “we knowingly lied” bit front and center without qualifiers. It’d be their just deserts

Unfortunately I don't think it'll matter in the court of public opinion. At least not to republicans/evangelicals/fundies/morons etc. . We all saw the debate, the people going after PP don't care about the truth, they never did. These people think rights only belong to white Christians & everyone else is dead to

I think they just literally couldn’t think of important women. If you didn’t give birth to them or have sex with them on a regular basis, you’re pretty much not valuable as a human being anyway.

Yeah, that was frustrating mainly because I actually agree with her statement that, since women make up over 50% of our population, we shouldn’t be treating women’s issues as “special interests.” Except she would use that argument to dismiss and delegitimize any issues that affect women instead as a way to bolster

“Jus so you know, I’m having a steak tonight. If I have to actually kill a steer, I’m doing it.”

“most people here seem unflappable simply because, unlike me, they’ve been dealing with this lunacy firsthand for years”

That’s what it seems like. Like some people were only upset when larger media outlets started sharing. Which had nothing to do with her..

“And their consent to being photographed and featured on Instagram enables Murphy to sustain her business.”

I’m so sorry.

yeah, while I think the defendant was clearly up to some shady shit here, if I were on a jury I’d have a hard time convicting because the role-play defense definitely constitutes reasonable doubt on the surface. I guess I can only hope that the details as presented in testimony made things more clear.

Males accused of rape. not male rape victims.

This is why I am so ambivalent about insisting that young women report sexual assault and harassment. Sexual violence is costly no matter what. But the people I’ve known who ended up dropping out of college or graduate school after their assault or being harassed weren’t worn down by the trauma of the event itself.

*Dons a fedora and a penis*

Almost half the fucking states.

Right after I finally broke free of my father (who was sexually, physically, and emotionally abusing me) and was seeing a therapist courtesy of Victim Witness, she started telling me I was a sociopath.

You are totally right about our hyper awareness and I feel like you got in my head with my concern about weird-shaped toes. We stress about so much bullshit and then society is like oops, not enough, here’s more. *cough*thighgap*cough*

I had a (female) therapist once tell me I should take more pride in my appearance when I leave the house. I could start by wearing better shoes and more flattering clothes.