the response to amber heard has set survivors back decades. one look at the rhetoric and it’s clear the backlash against amber is for the benefit of MRAs who hate women.
on every single platform -
“why did she record evidence, she’s such a psychopath”
“she’s crying and emoting while recounting her abuse, she’s such an actress”
“she’s not crying enough, she must be lying about being abused”
“if he was so bad why didn’t she leave”
“why doesn’t she have video evidence of the physical abuse”
“she smiled while talking to her team, she’s a liar”
“she looks sad in court, she’s trying so hard to win sympathy”
she can’t win. she can’t smile or laugh or cry or frown without it being picked apart, while he gets to clown in the courtroom and gets lauded for it. our society is collectively harassing and making light of an abused woman. it’s a deranged form of mob mentality and I can’t imagine how unhinged you have to be to make treat a domestic violence court case like fandom wars.
the worst thing is survivors all over the world are seeing this vile rhetoric against someone WITH evidence and witnesses and fucking rulings on her side. it’s so goddamn depressing.
I should have closed my eyes and rattled at Heaven’s Gate some time ago. It was the hope of this meeting that has kept me alive.
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Perhaps the spectators might take pity on me. I was on the dance floor days after a terrible injury to the head. Perhaps I needed someone to steady me. Make sure I was all right. Perhaps you were the first person I found.
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