an open letter to my congressman.

Feb 04, 2011 17:31

I heard about the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, and pretty much wanted to throw up. This bill scares me on so many levels--but it also exhausts me. To further limit a woman's right to do what she wants with her own body and to try to redefine rape speaks to a sexist society, a society that places stock not in victims' rights, but in further ( Read more... )

wow, rape culture, people suck, sexistly sexist in every way, ugh

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nocturnes February 5 2011, 04:57:01 UTC
I have no words for the article you linked to at the end (or the bill itself) except what the actual fuck. I feel nauseous just thinking about it. I want to type something coherent but all I can really manage is keyboard smashing or swearing, since what I really want to do is throw my hands up in the air in frustration and rage.

I mean, the bill was bad enough, but that "accuser" status is just sickening. safdkljaasf.

Your letter is fantastic. I could never have been so coherent, haha, but hopefully he gets the message.

My mom was talking to me the other day about possibly moving back to the US after I graduate so that we could live closer to my aunts (who are in Minneapolis and Philedelphia, respectively). Shit like this makes me wish I had my Canadian passport already. Ugh. I don't even. I am so incoherent right now. ;;;

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