He may not have called them bitches, but he sure as hell didn’t respect them. I will never understand the Hefner apologists - it is no coincidence that Cosby and Hefner were best buddies and at least one of the Cosby rapes happened at the Playboy Mansion.

He was a historical figure and had massive cultural influence, but much of his legacy does not have a soft place in my heart. He had a long and privileged life. His idea that putting women on display for male voyeurism was the same as liberating them sexually was always heavily flawed and very misogynistic. Instead…

“1.5 out of 3" wha? Is this a Dutch thing, or

I feel here nor there about this. He lived an exciting life. He exploited women. He died old and well off. Shrug? Bye?

Yeah, I have a friend who lives there and I’ve considered travelling to visit but...I’m gay, very femme, and it’s impossible to hide. I won’t be going there any time soon.

Thank you for kind, thoughtful and understanding words for the trans community, @JujyMonkey.

Lauren, this post has haunted me since you posted it. I’ve not been able to respond, because my grief is almost to much to bear. Even so, I’m thankful you shared this, because it needs to be shared. It needs to be exposed.

Well, it’s not just a Boys Don’t Cry thing: the murder rates against trans people are horrific, especially among trans WOC. (Seriously, google it; it’s pretty mind-boggling.) This stuff happens allll the time, so in a way, Boys Don’t Cry was based on thousands – if not millions – of true stories. Between the murder…

It’s not a coincidence that she came out during the summer as a trans woman and was found dead, stabbed in the genitals, and charred not half a year later. Genital-based violence is common in transphobic hate crimes.

I am so disgusted to be an American. Fuck.

My conservative friend even thought Missouri was racist when she went there to visit relatives.

There’s a reason why the NAACP has issued a travel warning for Missouri so POC people won’t go there and I’m sure they would say this extends to LGBTQ people who are white as well.

They gouged her eyes out. I can’t even imagine the terror she went through. These monsters need to go to jail forever.

The hands that loved her didn’t pick up the phone to call the cops and report the murder either.

Fair point, although the article also said all three of the accused discussed plans to kill her and deal with her body. If her actual actions didn’t prove that she was all for this, that really illustrates it.

If first-degree murder was the same thing as a hate crime, we wouldn’t have separate designations for them, you fucking dipshit.

Nahh, that’s more of a Shelbyville idea.

This plan makes as much sense as building monorails in Brockway, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook.

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