This was incredibly moving. Thank you Elizabeth, for sharing your story. I am awed by your bravery and strength. I can’t offer more than platitudes, except for this:

HAHAHA! Those victims of physical violence sure are dumb, right? It’s basically all their fault, because everyone who has ever faced abuse has immediately recognized it and left the situation while notifying the proper authorities with no consequences to their lives going forward.

Agreed, nothing makes you feel less like a hacker like an assault weapon. But lets not forget the driving physics, which oscillated between “bumper cars” and “speed boat on land.”

Damn. I just read the blurb on the Daily Beast, it didn’t say it was a family affair, or that the band had been around that long. It’s hard to publicly distance yourself from your sister, even if the band dissolves. Not to lose sight of what’s really important here, but can you imagine losing a decade of work and your…

She tried to show loyalty to a friend, but she’s 20 and didn’t think the risks to herself and her own career through. I think there are two ways to read what she wrote: a young woman engaging in victim-blaming of a another young woman to reinforce rape culture and white privilege (which, to be fair, is EXACTLY how her…

I agree with you in principle, dismissing an entire demographic out of hand only ends badly for all involved, especially when the reasoning behind the dismissal is based on stereotypes. There are far too many parallels between the rhetoric of Trans-Panic’ers and people who denounce the Patriarchy for my taste, there’s…