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TW rape culture
This feels very much like a hunt for control.
Like 'if I behave properly, I'll be safe. If I'm perfect, I'll be safe'
I have a lot of compassion for this, bc the fact that so much of life is down to luck and oppression is arbitrary is really difficult to face https://twitter.com/stubbornsag/status/1291746580232646666
This feels very much like a hunt for control.
Like 'if I behave properly, I'll be safe. If I'm perfect, I'll be safe'
I have a lot of compassion for this, bc the fact that so much of life is down to luck and oppression is arbitrary is really difficult to face https://twitter.com/stubbornsag/status/1291746580232646666
TW rape culture
It feels like we can only control our actions. Which is true, but we also can't fully control our actions.
Our bodies require rest, our brains need to turn off
It feels like we can only control our actions. Which is true, but we also can't fully control our actions.
Our bodies require rest, our brains need to turn off
TW rape culture
Breaking yourself on hypervigilance won't stop violent people from taking advantage of a second of weakness
It won't stop the violence. At most it just transfers it to someone less prepared
All the while it is stealing your peace, and stealing your joy
Breaking yourself on hypervigilance won't stop violent people from taking advantage of a second of weakness
It won't stop the violence. At most it just transfers it to someone less prepared
All the while it is stealing your peace, and stealing your joy
TW rape culture
And all the hypervigilance in the world won't protect you from violent systems.
I feel for Michaela. When I hear her, I hear a lot of fear and a lot of pain and a search for some measure of cosmic justice
And all the hypervigilance in the world won't protect you from violent systems.
I feel for Michaela. When I hear her, I hear a lot of fear and a lot of pain and a search for some measure of cosmic justice
TW rape culture
But fundamentally her words are steeped in rape culture and are deeply irresponsible and she needs to do better by rape victims
We deserve better than hypervigilance
But fundamentally her words are steeped in rape culture and are deeply irresponsible and she needs to do better by rape victims
We deserve better than hypervigilance
TW rape culture
Addendum: i think that trying to reclaim power as a survivor is super important
If i understand Michaela's words correctly, that's what she's shooting for
But it's a very individual/solitary kind of power
Addendum: i think that trying to reclaim power as a survivor is super important
If i understand Michaela's words correctly, that's what she's shooting for
But it's a very individual/solitary kind of power
TW rape culture
I read her words as taking rape/rapists as a fact of life, like the seasons
Watching your drink for roofies is akin to making sure you take an umbrella
Just something you have to do
I read her words as taking rape/rapists as a fact of life, like the seasons
Watching your drink for roofies is akin to making sure you take an umbrella
Just something you have to do
TW rape culture
But i think the power of feminism is in understanding that rape is not some unchangeable reality
That rape happens because rapists exist, are encouraged and empowered to operate without consequence
But i think the power of feminism is in understanding that rape is not some unchangeable reality
That rape happens because rapists exist, are encouraged and empowered to operate without consequence
TW rape culture
Feminism works to remove power from rapists, to disincentivise rape, to make sure the act carries material/emotional/communal consequences for the rapist
It gives victims the power to say "never again because collectively we will stop you"
Feminism works to remove power from rapists, to disincentivise rape, to make sure the act carries material/emotional/communal consequences for the rapist
It gives victims the power to say "never again because collectively we will stop you"
TW rape culture
Personally i find that much more impactful and (as much as I hate the word) empowering
Personally i find that much more impactful and (as much as I hate the word) empowering
