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all of the people coming forward with stories of sexual harassment and predatory behavior is both important but also brings up old memories, fear, and pain. online communities NEED to do a better job of AWARENESS and of listening to women/nb
to this day i STILL have fear & anxiety that a person who used his platform & friendship w/ more popular internet personalities back in 2015 is going to blackmail or just straight up leak my nudes that he coerced from me.
i remember the way he made ME feel awful about not sending him nudes, like I was a bad person for not “helping him out”. i remember getting so anxious that he would ruin my reputation in the rooster teeth community that i felt i had to send compromising photos.
i remember the way my hands were shaking when i finally got the nerve to tell him no and that i wanted to stop and how afterwards cried in the shower for an hour.
i want to throw up thinking about how he did this w/ at least 6 others at the same time.
i want to throw up thinking about how he did this w/ at least 6 others at the same time.
i remember all of us starting to talk w/ each other about how our abuser manipulated us, would be LIVE during a stream and text us at the same time about how hard their dick was & how they needed to see some tits.
we were afraid. he had power over us. he had our photos.
we were afraid. he had power over us. he had our photos.
and you know what the kicker is? we all tried to ask for help. we asked a big streamer, who had introduced all of us to this person. their response? “sorry but there’s nothing we can do except block him” that’s it.
and when we all went to rtx and he started stalking us?
and when we all went to rtx and he started stalking us?
rooster teeth only cared enough to have him banned him when they found out one of the victims was a minor, because “well it was kinda consensual”.
we went the whole rest of that 2015 afraid to go out, constantly had a group, and begged our male friends to stay with us
we went the whole rest of that 2015 afraid to go out, constantly had a group, and begged our male friends to stay with us
A big part of why I am no longer a part of the RT community, as well as a certain streamer community, is because they did not care for victims. they did not care that someone from their community used their status & friendship to manipulate young girls/nb to satisfy their desires
the worst part was when friends of both his and ours found out about it, some of them stayed friends because the abuser posted a bullshit no apology and threatened to kill himself. cool. im still angry about that. and it’s been 6 years.
BELIEVE VICTIMS. SUPPORT VICTIMS. CUT OFF ABUSERS.
online communities HAVE to do better. what happened with me was awful. but that abuser did far worse stuff to others, whose story it is not mine to tell, and honestly pretty much got away with it. and it’s not fucking fair.
online communities HAVE to do better. what happened with me was awful. but that abuser did far worse stuff to others, whose story it is not mine to tell, and honestly pretty much got away with it. and it’s not fucking fair.
