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Candice Alaska @candicealaska.bsky.social · Jul 3

CW abuse.

Many people do, in fact, believe survivors. They just don't care. It's a traumatic reality that many survivors confront when coming forward to share their stories.

Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · Jul 2

Not guilty verdicts like the ones in the Diddy case aren’t just a statement of disbelieving women. They are a statement that even if you are believed, that does not mean men should be held accountable for abuse of power.

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samus aran enjoyer @riotlinguist.bsky.social · Jun 7

these are closely related logically consistent positions--both CSAM (/apologism) and persecution of trans children stem from a sense of entitlement over children's bodies & a drive to shape & mold children according to adult desires & power

Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · Jun 6

Kind of wild that the New York Times has more sympathy for an influencer who posted child porn than it does for trans children who want to be left alone.

Stuart A. Thompson @stuartathompson.bsky.social · Jun 6

I've spent years following a right-wing influencer who's made a career out of outrage. I wanted to understand why he does it. What does his career look like, his income? Here's what I found. GIFT LINK www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/t...

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Duck (aka Syd) @theexiledduck.bsky.social · May 8

“woke pope from chicago” and its a old white dude who covered up multiple abuse allegations. be so fr

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samus aran enjoyer @riotlinguist.bsky.social · Apr 30

fandom culture is one of the worst things to ever happen to media literacy

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Jude "Pre-Order DILF" Doyle @judedoyle.bsky.social · Apr 26

Francis compared trans people to nuclear weapons, said "gender ideology" was "the ugliest danger of our age," and, not coincidentally, dealt with rape accusations against Catholic priests by calling feminism "machismo in a skirt." I know whoever's coming next will be worse, but this is dishonest.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Apr 26

The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach.

Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM

“That they should be the ones to welcome Pope Francis’s coffin in the basilica is because these people are those who represented the focus of his mission,” said Father Giulio Albanese, head of missionary cooperation and communications for the Vicariate of Rome. “They are those who live on the peripheries, geographical and existential peripheries.”

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · Apr 25

In Vietnam, the war is called "the American War."

The Verge's package commemorating the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon is now fully live: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...

American War

A special series from The Verge that confronts the legacy and mythmaking of the Vietnam War, 50 years after the fall of Saigon.

www.theverge.com

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samus aran enjoyer @riotlinguist.bsky.social · Apr 24

it's epistemicide all the way down. the obsession with trans children in particular is not about "protecting" kids, it's about denying children's epistemic authority, their self-knowledge and ability to act as reliable witnesses to their own lives. sexual abuse is a technology of the gendered order

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samus aran enjoyer @riotlinguist.bsky.social · Apr 24

i really think that people talking about this book should read some of the old "false memory syndrome"/CSA apologist pseudoscience papers (if you can stomach it) because you will be SHOCKED at how similar the language and talking points are--"victimhood ideology is suppressing scientific inquiry"etc

Katy Montgomerie 🦗 @katymontgomerie.com · Apr 24

Incredible. It is so unbelievably common that the men accusing trans women of being sex predators are themselves sex predators that just the accusation alone should be seen as a red flag at this point

youtu.be/M1FNkGgutgc?...

Sex Predators

YouTube video by Rebecca Watson (Skepchick)

youtu.be

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Scary Corpse @damselindystopia.bsky.social · Apr 24

Fucking yes, exactly.

When the majority of rape and sexual assault victims know their attacker and must now wait, on average, 800 days to be heard in court, is women's safety from a trans person in a public bathroom really the issue? Or is it just a convenient smokescreen to help society avoid facing up to deeper and more entrenched problems?

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Duck (aka Syd) @theexiledduck.bsky.social · Apr 24

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · Apr 18

Abusers might behave badly in the public eye just so that their victim looks worse by association. Abusers know they are not going to be held accountable as long as their victim is viewed as imperfect, which they are. Everyone is. This is a big part of why abuse is so pervasive and rarely stopped.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · Apr 18

Abusers will happily contradict themselves as long as it achieves their goal of making their victim look imperfect. Because they know that as long as observers find fault with the victim, even if they also find fault with the perpetrator, then it will obstruct justice for their victim.

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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · Apr 17

i need people to understand "death of the author" means the author can't dictate what you take away from the text, not that you're not complicit in what they do with the profit they make from you buying it in the first place

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𓆩♡𓆪 𝖔𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖓 𓆩♡𓆪 @faetthorn.bsky.social · Apr 17

x.com/Admiral_xPoo...
Very comprehensive article about Dybowski’s abuse of Renata and Yuriy up until now with a focus on the court hearings. Sharing is essential
#pathologic

Georgy Yadvidchuk on X: "В декабре 2024-го многие игровые СМИ побоялись написать про историю Ренаты Курляндцевой и Николая Дыбовского. С того момента девушка получила два новых иска и две повестки в полицию, а заодно поучаствовала в двух заседаниях. Об этом и пойдет история: https://t.co/UgEAQFI6FY" / X

В декабре 2024-го многие игровые СМИ побоялись написать про историю Ренаты Курляндцевой и Николая Дыбовского. С того момента девушка получила два новых иска и две повестки в полицию, а заодно поучаствовала в двух заседаниях. Об этом и пойдет история: https://t.co/UgEAQFI6FY

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Skree Ghoulsen 🔜 LBX 105✨ @breebird33.bsky.social · Apr 16

a reminder that "death of the author" is not a balm to assuage your guilt for engaging w/ media made by hateful people

it's a media theory that ignores author intent, preferring reader interpretation

so sure "miku" wrote it, but you still gave a bigot your money and they're using it to harm folks

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · Apr 16

For years people have silenced abuse victims by harassing them with the lie that coming forward publicly infringes on due process. Most of those people are silent as the federal government actually explicitly denies the right to due process

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · Apr 14

This basically translates to “Democrats can abuse whoever they want as long as they don’t call themselves Republicans.” And you wonder why people accept Trump’s abuses? You’re priming them to!

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · Apr 14

Absolutely incredible that we’re already doing the “you should feel guilty for not supporting Democrats who are abusers” charade before the Democrat in question even wins his primary. Yes, there’s a reason people are fed up with the party loyalists, and it’s in the mirror.

JLK Greystone @jlk-greystone.bsky.social · Apr 14

You have a better candidate? Or if one better than Cuomo doesn't emerge, will you choose not to vote out of principle? Keep in mind, you're competing against people even less honorable than Cuomo. It seems 36% didn't realize that—and that's how Trump got elected.

Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · Apr 14

If New York Dems pick Cuomo it does not bode well for staging a meaningful resistance on the left. Electing someone other than a serial abuser is the bare minimum

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Myriam Gurba (Serrano through my mom) @lesbrains.bsky.social · Apr 9

Classic abuser move: create a crisis and then position yourself as its solution. After the abuser “solves” the crisis, he will expect gratitude and adoration.

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