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"I was raped by four men in one evening. I got drunk and tried to say no. What did my predators do?..."

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:47:58 -0500

“I was raped by four men in one evening. I got drunk and tried to say no. What did my predators do? They told me to drink more. They shoved a bottle in my face and told me to keep drinking. Drink till I was drunk enough to fuck them. I blacked out. They urinated on me. They assaulted me. They shoved foreign objects in my body, anally and vaginally. They took videos. I was just 16 years old. The video was sent around my entire school, and I was bullied every single day of my senior year of high school. I lost all of my friends. I was physically and verbally abused by peers and people I once called friends. Someone tried to set me on fire in the hallway during passing period. Nobody sympathized with me. Nobody cared about the fact that because of these events, I was trying to kill myself every single day. I was cutting myself, making myself puke, showering upwards of fifteen times a day because I felt filthy. I was scratching and peeling the skin off of my body because I was dirty. I looked at myself like I deserved what I got. The world saw me as dirty, so I began to see myself that way, too. My rapists were praised by my peers for their deed. I never had a voice. When I first learned about the Steubenville incident going to trial, I was overjoyed. Because Jane Doe’s story was my story, and if anyone deserved justice, it was her. She would get the justice I never got. She would change the tide of the rape culture movement. Despite the horrific events that occurred, I knew that the justice served would help ease her pain. But she didn’t get justice, and now she has to witness this news coverage, favoring and sympathizing with her attackers. Pain is not an accurate word to describe what she is feeling right now. Pain is the simplest term you could use. As a rape victim and an aspiring journalist, I am disgusted with the way this case was reported on. Jane Doe’s rapists deserve their suffering in prison. They deserve more. They do not deserve to be sympathized with. They made their stupid decision, and they deserve whatever consequences come their way. If you don’t want to be labeled as a rapist, don’t fucking rape.”

- Anonymous comment left on the CNN petition demanding they apologize for sympathizing with the Steubenville rapists (via theworldmaybebroken)

feeling-gay: Michigan, the only place where Hell actually...

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:37:01 -0600

feeling-gay:

Michigan, the only place where Hell actually freezes over.

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Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:26:48 -0600

DINA LOHAN, IS THIS YOU?!!?!?

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 14:22:44 -0600

DINA LOHAN, IS THIS YOU?!!?!?

Such a beautiful tribute. Wish it weren’t necessary...

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 22:35:22 -0600

Such a beautiful tribute. Wish it weren’t necessary though. RIP little angels & heroes.

nbcthevoice:

The coaches and artists pay tribute to the Connecticut shooting victims with Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.”

#2Termz

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:36:51 -0600

It doesn’t take a special person to assess the nation’s financial problems and work with a team to create solutions. Anyone with knowledge, the right team surrounding him, & the ambition to do so can accomplish great things.

It DOES take a special person to incite hope and belief in humanity — to unite the disenfranchised, those who feel they have been ignored and forgotten; the ones who haven’t been given a fair shake; whose voices might be too small to be heard.

The Hispanics who are the first to arrive at work, the last to leave, & the lowest paid, that feel like they’ll never be more than dishwashers, cooks, bussers, gardeners, & maids.

The young black man in the saggy jeans and backwards baseball cap headed home from volunteering at an after school outreach program who can’t help but notice any white woman who passes him on the street grabs their purse a little tighter and walks a little faster.

The happily and endlessly in love gay couple who want nothing more than to officially commit their love to one another in a marriage ceremony and adopt a child into their loving home.

The young woman who chooses to take birth control or not, to believe in abortion or not… because it’s her body and she can care for it according to her beliefs & values.

THIS is why I marked Barack’s name yesterday.

You may not agree with my choice for a plethora of other reasons and that’s fine. I respect your right to choose and to have your beliefs and priorities. However, four years from now, we will look back on this day from either a high or low point and reevaluate the decision that was made last night. Regardless of what retrospect will show, I will never apologize for believing in & supporting the love, equality, & acceptance of other human beings. And if you can’t agree with that, then I feel sorry for you.

Entertainment Weekly’s Clueless Reunion

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 01:31:05 -0500

Entertainment Weekly’s Clueless Reunion

When Bears fans talk about the SuperBowl & how great their team is...

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 02:30:45 -0500

cyberbxtch: life

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 16:56:15 -0500

cyberbxtch:

life

Don’t you know you’re beautiful? Just the way you are. This is...

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 18:46:27 -0500

Don’t you know you’re beautiful? Just the way you are.

This is unbelievably inspiring.

What I think I look like when I’m doing the Dougie at the bar/club… What I actually look...

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:49:00 -0500

What I think I look like when I’m doing the Dougie at the bar/club…

What I actually look like…

me. always.

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:16:00 -0500

me. always.

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Mon, 27 Aug 2012 21:21:23 -0500

McKayla is NOT impressed.

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 12:49:13 -0500

McKayla is NOT impressed.

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Sun, 01 Jul 2012 23:46:51 -0500

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Sun, 01 Jul 2012 23:43:04 -0500

“I give you Chicago.” It is not London and Harvard. It is not...

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:12:30 -0500

“I give you Chicago.” It is not London and Harvard. It is not Paris and buttermilk. It is American in every chitling and sparerib. It is alive from snout to tail. — H. L. Mencken

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Thu, 28 Jun 2012 17:13:29 -0500

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Fri, 22 Jun 2012 02:00:12 -0500

when I walk into a bar without air conditioning

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 01:57:50 -0500

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