Sorry for the wait, this one took quite a while to do.
So after the last attack we needed to reequip and then reorganize. By now we should have rattled the nest enough for everyone to be on high alert.
I armed everyone with the best in equipment and we set out to hit what we believed was the holding area of Qu'bert. We were wrong.
Place was just a trap set to spring when we showed up. We had soldiers with heavy equipment and tech from outside of the planet. Nearly lost some members in the initial assault. A woman with the ability to control insects came out with a heavy hitter, while controlling bugs is dangerous, it shouldn’t have been a big problem. Until she started commanding bugs born on other planets, the size of mini vans.
Then we had a set of guys with mech suits, not the big ones, but definitely large enough to outclass us in raw strength. But they weren’t the most organised, nimrods just stood back laying heavy fire on us. The could have just come over and crushed us with pure might.
Fennec did some gravity Stuff and then we took out the rest.
We cleared out the area, nothing. We found nothing, I think they are scrambling the sites.
So … instead of assault, we should go with “Follow” the lead. Now … time to set a trap.
The “don’t rape” series. Rape is never an option. If they don’t ask for consent, then you back off. You are never entitled to sex with another human being.
As a verdict is possibly hours away, a sense of dread has been building in my stomach for what it will mean for Amber’s future, as well as all victims of intimate partner violence (IPV), particularly as women’s basic rights continue to be under attack in the United States. Like many people who are following the case, I have personal experiences with abuse. Much of my research focuses on IPV, specifically, the disparities in resources and services that are available for survivors to leave their abusers, such as economic, social, geographical barriers. It’s a topic which is deeply tied to my own personal experiences and academic career.
I initially was ambivalent to Amber Heard. Before I began to research the case, I was firmly in the “they both suck” camp, having only briefly glanced through articles. I started to pay more attention to the media coverage over the past six weeks and was really staggered by how Heard was being portrayed as a lying, crazy, gold-digging woman through narratives that were not only going unchallenged, but were heavily perpetuated in the public discourse. Even worse, that the abuse she experienced had been capitalized on by “true crime” junkies and mocked in TikTok videos and Youtube compilations. So I began watching the trial live and found that there was far more evidence and far more substantial evidence which shows that JD was the perpetrator of abuse within their relationship.
Is she guilty of fighting back? Absolutely. Shenever liedabout doing so, even dating back to her 2016 deposition. However, fighting back against a man who has beaten you, sexually assaulted you, controlled your career, finances, and who you can associate with does not equate to being an abuser. It’s simply surviving. And yes, I’ve heard those audio tapes, the in which she’s expresses her incredulity at him for stating their fights were fair when she feared he would kill her.
His case has relied upon deeply misogynistic narratives to discredit both her claims and her character. She was after his money all along, even though she refused the 30 million dollar fortune she was legally entitled to, as there was no prenup. She painted on bruises, even though a makeup artist testified to covering up her swollen lip and two black eyes. She cut off his finger, even though multiple texts and even an audio recording showcase him admitting to doing it in the midst of a bender. She didn’t donate her money, even though she and the organization created a 10 year plan for her to make yearly payments (in my personal opinion, what she does with her money either way is nobody’s fucking business). Also worth noting, an ACLU representative testified to her being ahead of schedule until Depp began suing her. She made up a hoax, because she documented her abuse - as we advise all people who are in abusive situations to do. She’s a liar, because women are inherently deceitful liars.
I don’t know whether Amber Heard will win her case. We’re witnessing a radical right-wing political swing to control and criminalize women’s bodies with Roe v. Wade under attack right now. To be blunt, I have very little faith in the justice system and that a jury - in Virginia of all places - will rule in favour of an abused woman over her charismatic, powerful ex-husband. However, I think it’s important to remember that Amber did everything right, that is, everything we tell women to do. She documented her abuse, left her abusive partner, and was granted a restraining order - and she’s continuing to be punished for doing so. If Amber, a privileged white woman with access to economic resources, is still struggling to escape her abuser, how can we expect women without those privileges to?
Lopez wants to sign an abortion ban into law but couldn’t respond to a reporter asking him if he was pro-life when he beat and kicked his pregnant wife. He’s running against fellow Republican domestic abuser Danielle Neuschwanger in the Republican primary.
Now this has been a comic a looonnnggg time in the making, I think my first sketch was in 2017, but as my views have changed so has the text and imagery.
Let me first start off by saying- this is what I know of this case from my own experience. As a queer white afab person I did not encounter the full fear of the years that McArthur preyed on Toronto’s gay village. However, we were all very afraid for our community, and I still have a burning passion for justice even after all these years.
Also this comic just touches the tip of the iceberg on the tension between the Toronto Police and the LGBTQIA+ Community. There is a lot of nuance that I feel was missed by media coverage, and certainly it cannot all be covered in a three page comic. All I can say is– believe the victims first, cross reference your information, and be compassionate.
Now this has been a comic a looonnnggg time in the making, I think my first sketch was in 2017, but as my views have changed so has the text and imagery.
Let me first start off by saying- this is what I know of this case from my own experience. As a queer white afab person I did not encounter the full fear of the years that McArthur preyed on Toronto’s gay village. However, we were all very afraid for our community, and I still have a burning passion for justice even after all these years.
Also this comic just touches the tip of the iceberg on the tension between the Toronto Police and the LGBTQIA+ Community. There is a lot of nuance that I feel was missed by media coverage, and certainly it cannot all be covered in a three page comic. All I can say is– believe the victims first, cross reference your information, and be compassionate.
This kind of outreach is important because, as Time reports, hate crimes have been on the rise since election day. Of course, Donald Trump told supporters to “stop it” when he appeared on Sunday night’s 60 Minutes.
hey man, a tiktoker was recently assaulted and is trying to escape his current living situation because his roommate attacked him, and threatened to have the police kill him on the basis of being black, he needs $7,500 to get out of his situation, and has not met his goal yet
Argentina: Lesbian Higui acquitted after brutal attack and attempted corrective rape
Argentina: Lesbian Higui acquitted after brutal attack and attempted corrective rape
Higui speaks after being acquitted of manslaughter, having defended herself during a brutal and traumatic attack and attempted corrective rape.
On October 16, 2016, Argentinian woman Eva Analía De Jesús, better known as Higui, was walking through the Buenos Aires town of Bella Vista when a group of men attacked her because of her sexual orientation. Higui — who was given that nickname because…
“It’s just boys being boys.” “He was just a young boy then!” “He was drunk!” “It was a different time then!”
If you ever wonder why it takes women 5, 10, 25, 35 years to come forward it is because they have heard comments like these come from their grandparents, parents, teachers and trusted adults for their entire lives. They went from learning “good touch bad touch” to “he’s just a young boy with a bright future, you wouldn’t want to damage that!!”
What about her damage? What about the trembling of her fingers as the flash backs come? What about the round, palpable pit in her stomach and her throat that never really seems to go away, and grows like cancer during times like these? What about her anxiety? What about her fear? What about her future? What about her?
You defend grab em by the pussy, you defend “locker room talk”. yet you sit by the door with your shotgun when a young man rings the door to take your daughter on a date? You say it’s boys being boys or that you don’t believe her when she says a man invaded her body but you would kill a man who invaded your house?
It doesn’t hit home when it’s Dr. Christine Blasey Ford. You don’t believe her when it’s Sunni Welles. You don’t believe her when it’s Aly Raisman. You don’t believe her when it’s Jade Capua. or Arianna Guerrero. or Rachael Denhollander. or Lysette Anthony. or Juls Bindi. You don’t believe her…
Would you believe your own daughter? Would you believe your mother? Your granddaughter?
Would they even feel comfortable enough to tell you???
If you’ve been around here for a bit, you probably know I’m a survivor of sexual assault, rape/coersion and all that jazz.
I feel like I’ve done a LOT of work in building up trust, trying to like, be in charge of my sexual experiences, learning to trust my body again and feel safe in it, etc. etc.
So. the best way I know how to say this is that I was recently assaulted by my fiancee. We both have a history of sexual trauma, for me that mostly looks like having issues with receiving sexual things/problems with boundaries and saying no, embarrassment and worry about sex and my body. For him that looks like shame and embarrassment about sexual feelings, not initiating, having trouble being assertive and communicating. Also, he knows that I have problems with dissociation, which I’ve worked on in therapy, and he also knows that I used to dissociate during sex. Like, it was a regular thing with the partner right before him.
We’ve spent years building up trust, and communicating with each other and have done kink stuff and have always checked in with each other– if something wasn’t clear, or one of us got quiet, we’d stop and check in, and then usually have the go to continue, or take a break, or stop if we needed to.
In this instance, this did not happen. I started dissociating hardcore bc my body went into ‘freeze’ mode because it got signals that I was not safe, and AFTERWARDS he said it was weird, and he didn’t like that I wasn’t responsive– but I was Not Okay. And he did not stop or check in or ask or anything, which is VERY UNUSUAL. Also, he was apparently nervous and having issues with staying hard – that’s normal! It is fine! nonconcordance is a thing and there are other options available! – so his answer to that was to just be super rough in an attempt to like, help him? Feel things better?
From what it sounds like, he could have been dissociating a little, too? His mental state was definitely not good. But he didn’t stop or say, hey can we do something different, NOTHING. There were visual and auditory clues BEFORE I dissociated completely– during oral I almost threw up (that happens occasionally because I have a little bit of a gag reflex, and we always pause), I was obviously not enjoying it, AND I was trying to pull away to make it less intense, which he would not let me do, and afterward, I said “Hey, that was a bit too much, like too rough”
Which he apparently did not hear or notice. Apparently he was also unaware of me pulling away or having any issue. So, after that, it does travel into rape territory.
I was super upset about not stopping it or doing more to stop it, and was blaming myself. Then when I explained it to my best friend, he asked if I was dissociating during, because it sounded that way, and, lo and behold, I was. (He’s only recently learned about dissociation and a lot of my trauma stuff, so he asks about it fairly often to check in with me/understand it better).
I only told two people about it after it happened (this happened on the 16th, like 2 and a half weeks ago). I suppressed it for a while because I had a lot of stuff to do for the end of September, but this last week I’ve actually had time to start processing things, and it is not great. The one friend asked about pressing charges, or if I needed to see a doctor, but I didn’t have to go to the hospital or anything and I wasn’t bleeding as far as I could tell, and I didn’t really want to (I figured it would be more harm than it was worth, esp ‘proving’ the assault), and I wanted to like, move past it.
Which was difficult because I was sore for over a week. My voice was messed up and my skin was like raw.
A lot of past stuff has come up, and I don’t know. I don’t trust him any more. I feel sick and scared when he hugs me.
We’ve only talked about it once. In which I said. “If I can’t trust you to not assault me because you’re having an issue and you’re stuck in your own head, I can’t trust you.”
We had sex once somewhere near the end of September, the 25th or something, and it was okay. I was trying to like, have things go back to normal. After that I think things started to sink in and I’ve withdrawn a lot. I sleep in a different bed and I don’t like changing in front of him (which is something I would do in front of friends).
I’m super upset and really want like, safe physical contact, but I don’t even know where I could get that from that it would feel safe and not be read as some kind of romantic thing. My best friend would, but he’s a guy and I think that would freak me out right now.
If anyone has any advice, at all, on how to talk to my fiancee about this, or things I could do to feel safer, or you’ve been through something similar, or ANYTHING, please help. I am at a loss, and I think this might be the end of the relationship.
Also, feel free to PM me or reply to this or reblog with a reply. Whatever.
You hold me hostage, Muffling my words, Your hands choke me, I can’t breathe.
You force yourself on me, The weight of you crushing my frail body, Tears flood my eyes, No matter how hard I cry and beg you to stop you never do.
You inflict pain on me till I black out, I lose my vision, All I can do is obey your orders, My body weak, My screams muted.
Your hands bruise my body, After I have satisfy your needs, You get up and leave, Left alone I sit a sobbing mess, Never to forget.
I scrub my skin raw, Trying to remove anything you touched, My skin is no longer mine, I hate myself for letting you near me.
What if I had of done something different? Dressed differently? Never gone near you? Would things be different?
You sleep in peace all night, I will never have a solid sleep, The day is on repeat, I scream each night away, The dreams constantly reminding me of the pain you brought.
I will never forget it, You took away my childhood innocence, You took away all I was, You left me with no desire to live.
I think it’s fair to say that the most common themes in music, throughout every decade of music existing as a pop culture commodity, have been lust and heartbreak. These are two of the most raw and relatable human emotions, leading to their frequent expression through artistic mediums. Often in music, these emotions are taken to their extremes when expressed, and become expressions of dark…
