a doll's house #BoJackHorseman

CW abuse. Many people do, in fact, believe survivors. They just don't care. It's a traumatic reality that many survivors confront when coming forward to share their stories.

these are closely related logically consistent positions--both CSAM (/apologism) and persecution of trans children stem from a sense of entitlement over children's bodies & a drive to shape & mold children according to adult desires & power

“woke pope from chicago” and its a old white dude who covered up multiple abuse allegations. be so fr

fandom culture is one of the worst things to ever happen to media literacy

Francis compared trans people to nuclear weapons, said "gender ideology" was "the ugliest danger of our age," and, not coincidentally, dealt with rape accusations against Catholic priests by calling feminism "machismo in a skirt." I know whoever's coming next will be worse, but this is dishonest.

In Vietnam, the war is called "the American War." The Verge's package commemorating the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon is now fully live: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...

it's epistemicide all the way down. the obsession with trans children in particular is not about "protecting" kids, it's about denying children's epistemic authority, their self-knowledge and ability to act as reliable witnesses to their own lives. sexual abuse is a technology of the gendered order

i really think that people talking about this book should read some of the old "false memory syndrome"/CSA apologist pseudoscience papers (if you can stomach it) because you will be SHOCKED at how similar the language and talking points are--"victimhood ideology is suppressing scientific inquiry"etc

Fucking yes, exactly.

Abusers might behave badly in the public eye just so that their victim looks worse by association. Abusers know they are not going to be held accountable as long as their victim is viewed as imperfect, which they are. Everyone is. This is a big part of why abuse is so pervasive and rarely stopped.

Abusers will happily contradict themselves as long as it achieves their goal of making their victim look imperfect. Because they know that as long as observers find fault with the victim, even if they also find fault with the perpetrator, then it will obstruct justice for their victim.

i need people to understand "death of the author" means the author can't dictate what you take away from the text, not that you're not complicit in what they do with the profit they make from you buying it in the first place

x.com/Admiral_xPoo... Very comprehensive article about Dybowski’s abuse of Renata and Yuriy up until now with a focus on the court hearings. Sharing is essential #pathologic

a reminder that "death of the author" is not a balm to assuage your guilt for engaging w/ media made by hateful people it's a media theory that ignores author intent, preferring reader interpretation so sure "miku" wrote it, but you still gave a bigot your money and they're using it to harm folks

For years people have silenced abuse victims by harassing them with the lie that coming forward publicly infringes on due process. Most of those people are silent as the federal government actually explicitly denies the right to due process

This basically translates to “Democrats can abuse whoever they want as long as they don’t call themselves Republicans.” And you wonder why people accept Trump’s abuses? You’re priming them to!

Absolutely incredible that we’re already doing the “you should feel guilty for not supporting Democrats who are abusers” charade before the Democrat in question even wins his primary. Yes, there’s a reason people are fed up with the party loyalists, and it’s in the mirror.

Classic abuser move: create a crisis and then position yourself as its solution. After the abuser “solves” the crisis, he will expect gratitude and adoration.

After seeing how the “justice” system refuses to penalize rape, charges domestic violence victims as perpetrators, and rewards fathers who abuse their children with more custody, it unfortunately doesn’t surprise me that it is enabling fascism

I’m seeing a lot of posts about how certain immigrants sent to El Salvador are not actually criminals and this is true but I would also like to remind you that people with criminal records shouldn’t be subjected to this, either.

here’s my protest take: stop being snarky about people doing literally anything we need all of it even if it’s not your thing

Honestly, this is what "freedom of speech" has always meant to many people, not even those who proudly identify as conservative. The right to be abusive without repercussions--with social approval, even!--above all else.

The white men fantasizing about the return of American manufacturing don’t actually think they or their kids will be working in the factories. This is their American individual idealism at work: they believe there will always be someone else working hard for their benefit

The Ghibli thing is particularly egregious because the reason you love Miyazaki movies is that they’re unabashedly human. He admits to not even knowing what it all means, he is just putting thoughts and feelings of the human experience on the screen and letting people relate.

🗣️ Trumpian aesthetics of domination are taken from pornography.

Pornofascists

the anti-MeToo backlash has apparently literally erased everyone's memory of literally decades of hard work deconstructing notorious well-known rape myths bc i cannot think of any other reason why anyone (other than pro-rape right wingers) would be repeating this nasty shit in 2025.

"she changed her story over time!!" oh you mean like countless rape victims do as they come to understand and come to terms with what happened over the course of years of internal turmoil?

"Everything for Everyone. No one is illegal. Fuck Trump" Seen in Mexico City

This isn't just about "stereotypes". It creates a situation where protection for cisgender women from violence is restricted only in a narrow heavily segregated space confined to those PERFORMING GENDER ROLES NORMATIVELY. That is: the price of safety for women becomes performance & submission.

You cannot defeat transphobic ideology by logical traps or debate or by proving you fucking love science. It's not a logically consistent view of the world, it's a series of justifications for power.

Friends from Gaza feel unprecedented levels of isolation & desperation. A reminder to the rest of us that Palestine is not your passion project. It's not your political medallion. It's a place with a people who are being killed & tormented by their oppressor, a bully funded by this nation.

seeing the replies and realizing liberals genuinely believe that anti-genocide protests under biden were conspiracy to get trump elected, & accordingly have made up a fantasy alternate reality in which the protests stopped as soon as trump won. literally incapable of imagining caring about genocide.

"sip ☕️" you are fucking despicable.

Liberals are like "these are the consequences of disobedience :)" and then wonder how everyone else is able to correctly identify them as fascists

This is such a satisfying headline and subheading to read www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian...

This final piece of a 3 part series for @spitfirenews.com is a must-read analysis of abuse and manipulation in the digital age. Having known multiple victims of online smear campaigns, I really appreciated the discussion of perfect victims and the misconception that if it’s online it’s “not real.”

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night was released 28 years ago today 🦇

The smear campaign tactics used against actresses Amber Heard and Blake Lively have already been weaponized against everyday women, too. I spoke to a single mom who has been harassed by the manosphere for years over viral TikToks her abusive ex-husband posted. spitfirenews.com/p/there-will...

I see people struggle to wrap their head around the level of gaslighting and institutional betrayal happening at the national level. It’s the same pattern of denial, abuse, and reverse blame that abuse victims face from their abusers, people around them, and justice systems

I want everyone to know what DARVO is. I explain DARVO to people multiple times a week. Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender. Created by scholar Jennifer Freyd to describe the pattern of gaslighting abuse victims face, it applies to so much happening in politics, too