I stink at productivity this week

Sep 26, 2018 14:59

The news continues to be awful ( Read more... )

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too_dle_oo September 27 2018, 01:48:59 UTC
Friends continue to share their personal stories of awfulness in support of those who are telling the truth to the powers that be.

Yep. I thought I'd heard all the horror stories from my close friends, but this week's events brought out another that I'd never heard before. She was fifteen at the time. It's really sad when you think, "Gosh, I'm so lucky only to have been groped by multiple strangers in public places."

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mundungus42 September 27 2018, 16:55:28 UTC
I hear you. My own assault by a guy I dated when I was 17 messed me up for a number of years. But compared to others, I still got off easy. I read Roxanne Gay's essay about her gang rape and felt completely gutted.

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too_dle_oo September 27 2018, 18:57:46 UTC
Yep. Gay's story... so many stories... are just beyond what I ever thought humanly possible ( ... )

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mundungus42 September 27 2018, 19:26:15 UTC
JFC. I don't really pray apart from being grateful a lot, but I'm sending up one for your friend and her sister that they may find peace and happiness.

With you on the visceral anger. I'm trying to distill it into something productive this week, but it's really, really hard.

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too_dle_oo September 27 2018, 19:37:06 UTC
That was the day I learned how ugly the world could be ( ... )

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mundungus42 September 27 2018, 19:40:51 UTC
She is a goddamned hero. *hugs you* Thank you for hearing her and believing her. As we are seeing now, plenty of folks prefer to keep their heads in the sand.

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