Potentially Triggering: Rape Culture and Me

May 12, 2010 02:29

Now I am not usually a ranter. Hell, if you look at my LJ history, I'm not even much of a poster. But sometimes things come up that force you to speak. Even if virtually everyone you know has already spoken about it, and usually infinitely more eloquently than you even could. But the events of Wincon 2008, and the various responses that ( Read more... )

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winterlive May 11 2010, 23:11:18 UTC
hi. i hear you, and i'm proud of you for trying to fix your head. i try to fix mine too, as i go along. sing, sister. :)

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tanndell May 12 2010, 07:12:53 UTC
Thank you. Your post was so wonderful and positive and affirming, that I had to analyze my own responses to stuff. Fixing heads one day at a time, that's the ticket.

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ficwriter1966 May 12 2010, 00:23:49 UTC
Thank you for sharing that. It's been interesting to read the thoughts of various people on my flist - and it makes me more aware that there are a lot of thoughtful, compassionate people hanging around here. :)

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tanndell May 12 2010, 07:15:01 UTC
Thank you. And since that's exactly what the discussions have meant to me, an insight into how understanding and intelligent Fandom is being about this (Well, mostly anyway), it's great to see someone else feel that way

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zorana84 May 13 2010, 17:43:44 UTC
hey love..you know I hear you..one day at a time I guess <3

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tanndell May 13 2010, 19:22:14 UTC
You know that I know that you know. Aargh, the more I think about the more frustrated I get at the sheer FAIL of the world.

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