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okay, kids, if Brontë and I can get over our love of Joe Biden virtually overnight, so can the rest of you!!
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so many of you do amazing anti-violence work centered around accountability as a means to healing. and I KNOW it is hard to hold your faves accountable when they disappoint you. but guess what? you still have to do it, even when it's hard!!
so many of you do amazing anti-violence work centered around accountability as a means to healing. and I KNOW it is hard to hold your faves accountable when they disappoint you. but guess what? you still have to do it, even when it's hard!!
"but VAWA!"
oh, right, I forgot about that patriarchal math where 1 VAWA = immunity from accountability for 5-10 (?) instances of making women feel uncomfortable and/or violated.
so, how many VAWAs do you need to draft in order to be forgiven for something more serious? hmmm?
oh, right, I forgot about that patriarchal math where 1 VAWA = immunity from accountability for 5-10 (?) instances of making women feel uncomfortable and/or violated.
so, how many VAWAs do you need to draft in order to be forgiven for something more serious? hmmm?
"but he never made me feel uncomfortable!"
y'all. come on. if you work in anti-violence advocacy, you KNOW that this is pretty much the #1 type of language that folks (even well-meaning folks!) use to defend harmful, abusive, or otherwise problematic people.
y'all. come on. if you work in anti-violence advocacy, you KNOW that this is pretty much the #1 type of language that folks (even well-meaning folks!) use to defend harmful, abusive, or otherwise problematic people.
tbh I don't know where I'm going with this thread! I'm just tired of seeing people I love, whose work I respect, doing such intense mental gymnastics to defend a man who has gone so far out of his way to avoid accountability time and time again. we can do better, y'all. come on.
