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lgbtfest prompts, yay! :) Can't wait for the fic to start coming in for this... it's still gonna be awhile, though.
On a less cheerful note (and taking into account that I wrote the above bit about 2 hours ago and am only just now coming back to add more to this post)... Evidently Bill "I blame rape victims!" O'Reilly has been chosen to speak at, get this, a fundraising luncheon for a rape survivors advocacy group. Needless to say a lot of us are deeply disgusted by this (he's not only blamed rape victims and called them 'moronic', he's also argued that an 11-year-old rape victim "enjoyed it", not to mention himself being the subject of several sexual harrassment suits). There's a petition which I urge everyone to sign, and yeah, I know, online petitions tend to do fuck-all, but it can't hurt. The group has already defended their decision by basically sweeping his previous statements under the rug "we know about them but, uh... let's not talk about that!" but hopefully the increasing bad press over this (I gather Keith has mentioned it both Monday and Tuesday nights, I just haven't had a chance to fully watch either episodes yet) will convince them that, I don't know, maybe this is a bad idea. I just... can't even comprehend how they could do this and not realize how deeply offensive it is towards rape survivors. *sigh*
So yes. Sign the petition. Because every little bit helps...
(and I think this officially calls for my new Rahm icon... fitting, no?)
lgbtfest prompts, yay! :) Can't wait for the fic to start coming in for this... it's still gonna be awhile, though.On a less cheerful note (and taking into account that I wrote the above bit about 2 hours ago and am only just now coming back to add more to this post)... Evidently Bill "I blame rape victims!" O'Reilly has been chosen to speak at, get this, a fundraising luncheon for a rape survivors advocacy group. Needless to say a lot of us are deeply disgusted by this (he's not only blamed rape victims and called them 'moronic', he's also argued that an 11-year-old rape victim "enjoyed it", not to mention himself being the subject of several sexual harrassment suits). There's a petition which I urge everyone to sign, and yeah, I know, online petitions tend to do fuck-all, but it can't hurt. The group has already defended their decision by basically sweeping his previous statements under the rug "we know about them but, uh... let's not talk about that!" but hopefully the increasing bad press over this (I gather Keith has mentioned it both Monday and Tuesday nights, I just haven't had a chance to fully watch either episodes yet) will convince them that, I don't know, maybe this is a bad idea. I just... can't even comprehend how they could do this and not realize how deeply offensive it is towards rape survivors. *sigh*
So yes. Sign the petition. Because every little bit helps...
(and I think this officially calls for my new Rahm icon... fitting, no?)
