Sad considering the episode last night with the therapist where she says people will say exactly that. “She’s a beautiful lawyer. This would never happen!” When in reality this happens to women with and without power, education, or beauty every day.

New Brunswick, Canada

Berkeley 1969. It has always been a media cliche, a money shot.

They are Swedish Neo-Nazis. Her name is Tess Asplund, if you are interested in looking up the story. There’s some video of the incident, too.

Which is exactly the whole fucking point of that storyline, Jesus.

Yeah, it’s a good portrayal of toxic relationships and how even intelligent, accomplished people can become involved in relationships that they know are dangerous but find it hard to leave

Ok but every review I’ve read so far has indeed characterized him as an abusive prick, so I don’t think laughing at a silly-looking fake dick in one scene means “no one” gets that.

Totally agree. I will say though, this show has helped my mom understand why I stayed in an abusive relationship for as long as I did and how my PTSD from being raped affects me. So while the coverage of the show can be gross, the show’s portrayal itself is good.

The show makes a big deal of how awful he is.

Deeply disturbing as well are the conversations I’ve seen on forums like previously.com exposing some SERIOUS misconceptions about abusive relationships. Lots of stuff about “this is totally unrealistic, she’s a smart lawyer! She’s so well educated! That woman would NEVER put up with that kind of abuse IRL!”

One of my favorites.

Being Russian, I cannot tell you how big of a deal the protests are. This is not a country that has a culture of successful protests in recent memory. You people are actively discouraged from questioning the government. No matter what we say about the police state in the US, we are taught to question in the school…

Yes. We have to be graceful and feminine and wear dresses to protests. We can’t be iconic if we are dressed for action, old, fat, loud, or take up too much space.

I love this for so many reasons. Mostly, I love that she had the apparatus to climb up that pole. If the revolution was dependent upon my upper body strength, we’d be doomed.

All of this but I think it also needs to be said that - and you touched on this briefly albeit in a roundabout way - these particular photos are photos of *beautiful young* women, and we are culturally conditioned to respond to images of beautiful women, especially in peril/distress/disarray, especially when their…

The cops in Russia know that they’re Putin’s prisoners too......

I’m liking Bozena Security System’s riot control vehicle. Perfect for subduing urban uprisings.

this makes me infinitely proud and infinitely sad.