So, I used to, until today, be a big fan of this particular comic artist and a particular strip of hers. But today, after being exhausted from exams and ready to just relax and enjoy myself, I went to her website to see if it updated, and got a nasty surprise: Essentially, a comic defending Wikileaks founder Julian Assange by having characters in ( Read more... )

 Trigger warning for rape, victim blaming, and sexual assault

This morning in my town, a woman was raped while walking from her home with her dog to another house.
This story just hit the news, and already my facebook feed is filling up with people posting the above article, accompanied with an announcement along the lines of "Be safe, ladies!" or " ( Read more... )