Raise yr hand if you tried to tell yr abuser’s friends/coworkers/bosses what happened to you & their way of sympathizing was to ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT A PIECE OF SHIT YOUR ABUSER IS...and then do nothing about it.

Here, I’ll start: https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙋🏻‍♀️" title="Happy woman raising one hand (heller Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Happy woman raising one hand (heller Hautton)"> https://twitter.com/jasoncomix/status/1276576457859502084">https://twitter.com/jasoncomi...

Fuckhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👏🏼" title="Applaus-Zeichen (mittelheller Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Applaus-Zeichen (mittelheller Hautton)"> the https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👏🏼" title="Applaus-Zeichen (mittelheller Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Applaus-Zeichen (mittelheller Hautton)">musichttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👏🏼" title="Applaus-Zeichen (mittelheller Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Applaus-Zeichen (mittelheller Hautton)">industry. I will never go back. The punk/diy scene I was a part of for so many years raised this abuser & countless others like him. My friends booked his shows & propped him up & this was only possible bc we gave him all the tools he needed to hide his abuse.

Do you know what it’s like waking up every morning knowing you had a hand in teaching your rapist the language they’ll later use to gaslight you? A real mind fuck! Welcome to the diy punk scene. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👍🏼" title="Thumbs up (mittelheller Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Thumbs up (mittelheller Hautton)">

Accepting you made a shitty friend is tuff stuff. But when u realize yr shitty friend utilized YOUR radical queerness to position himself as an ally in order to assault other radical queer people? Well that’s some next fucking level mindfuckery! Welcome to the diy punk scene. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👍🏼" title="Thumbs up (mittelheller Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Thumbs up (mittelheller Hautton)">

Oh & don’t let me forget, when u think back to the first time u met yr shitty friend, & all the queers & radicals he surrounds himself with, & u realize this is what made him seem safe to you, too? & now u can’t come forward bc he’s protected by yr community? MINDFUCK. Welcome https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👍🏼" title="Thumbs up (mittelheller Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Thumbs up (mittelheller Hautton)">

Ppl always acted like I & others had to stay in the DIY scene to make it better. & to that, I say: FUUUUUUUUUCK OFFFFFFFFFF.

It’s a system just like anything else, & you can & should walk away if you decide it can’t be reformed.

If you are in this scene, I SEE YOU. IT IS SO FUCKED. I am IN AWE of the work you are doing, the time you are putting in, to making it better. Just cuz I wanted the fuck out doesn’t mean I don’t believe in you and all the incredible shit you are accomplishing.

You make it bearable, joyful, inspiring. You give a home to people who have nowhere else to go. You build community for people who might otherwise be alone. You are the reason I am alive today. YOU are the glow that makes it all worth it.