Finally, angry women are the solution and not a problem – but we still have far to go | Emilie Pine

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With movements like and #WhyIDidn’tReport, it seems the world has woken up – but the stories we tell still punish women who speak out

I’m aware of the consequences for women who go off-script. When I published a book earlier this year – six personal essays about all the things we’re not meant to say – I was fearful of the public response, afraid of being labelled disruptive. And I have been – but mostly in a good way. Every day I get emails from readers thanking me for talking about alcoholism, infertility and sexual violence.

One of the few negative reactions came from a radio journalist, who questioned how –not why – I’d chosen to write about having been raped when I was 15. Why hadn’t I put the description of the rape at the beginning of the book, he asked, to “hit people between the eyes”? I was taken aback by his question, and after the interview I found I couldn’t let it go. Why had he asked me that? And why had he asked me live on air? His question suggested that the only reason I could possibly have to describe being raped was so I could use it as a weapon. All the emotions I had – fury, sadness, regret and fear – were reduced to one: anger. It’s as if there’s a new script: the angry woman script. And I’m not sure that I like this one, either.

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Hungarian PM thanks UK Tory MEPs who voted against sanctions

Tory MEP’s who stood with him stood against Britain and for Fascism!

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Viktor Orbán expresses gratitude for ‘solidarity’ of MEPs who voted against action

The Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has thanked Conservative MEPs for their “solidarity” in voting against European Union action to protect the rule of law in his country.

Related: Hungarian PM vows to continue battle with EU over migration

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Theresa May calls for immigration based on skills and wealth

As poor as you can be!

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Key post-Brexit policy to include no preferential access to UK labour market for EU citizens

Theresa May’s cabinet has agreed a post-Brexit immigration system that will offer visas to immigrants in a tiered system based on skills and wealth, a flagship policy that is expected to be one of her key announcements to the Conservative party conference next week.

Downing Street hopes the migration policy will appeal to party members concerned about May’s leadership and the Brexit negotiations, which last week appeared to have reached an impasse at Salzburg when EU leaders declared her Chequers proposals would not work.

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Monday Open Thread | They Are Treating Dr. Christine Blasey Ford Worse Than They Treated Anita Hill

Yeah, I know it’s hard to think that’s possible, but it’s true.

Anita Hill got an FBI investigation.

Anita Hill got witnesses called in her case.

Dr. Blasey Ford is not getting any of this.

Unlike, the Hill/Thomas case, this isn’t a case of ‘he said/she said’.

Because, there was a third party involved – Mark Judge – who Dr. Ford wants subpoenaed , but the Republicans are refusing.

WHY don’t they want the FBI to investigate?

WHY don’t they want to subpoena Mark Judge?

WHY don’t they want to allow for other witnesses to be called?

Could it be that they know that lying to the FBI isn’t something that will be forgiven. After all, it’s pretty clear that Kavanaugh perjured himself when he has testified at previous confirmation hearings, and the GOP has poo-pooed that. But, they know that the FBI won’t excuse Kavanaugh or Judge lying to them. They don’t want to put Judge under oath, because lying to them would be perjury too, that could be taken up at a different time if the Democrats take back the Senate.

They don’t want for other witnesses to be called because they don’t want to give out the context of Dr. Blasey Ford’s accusations, and her reluctance to come forward.

There were a whole Twitter hashtag that developed after Dolt45 tweeted offensively that if it had been ‘ so bad’, then Dr. Ford would have reported it then..back when she was FIFTEEN YEARS OLD.

#Why I Didn’t Report

Go through that hashtag and prepare to cry at the pain that you will read about. The isolation. The terror. The fear that they would not be believed. Each story I read was heartbreaking and unique, yet common threads ran through them.

Why do I believe her?

Because, I do. Because, I have heard the story too many times. Because, I went to school in that kind of environment, and the story is not unfamiliar. Because, she’s told too many people of her reactions to things, and how she has to have certain things in her life as a result of this incident. The story about remodeling her house to make sure that there were two exits everywhere is too deep for words, and proves the lifelong impact that an incident like this can have on someone’s life.

Because, nobody would voluntarily put their children through this:

Dr. Ford’s husband says he struggled to explain the situation to his children. “I said that Mommy had a story about a Supreme Court nominee, and now it’s broken into the news, and we can’t stay in the house anymore,” he recalled. https://t.co/YhpJmFEExm

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 23, 2018

And….Kavanaugh has his nerve…so upset about getting ‘private questions’?

Really?

Seriously?

Reports that Kavanaugh is getting frustrated at being interrogated about his private life. Take a look at the questions he wanted asked of Bill Clinton.https://t.co/DUZyOyiToC pic.twitter.com/J1j074hm8V

— Mark Elliott (@markmobility) September 22, 2018

And, previous Right-wingers are warning Dr. Ford about what is upcoming (but, I think she knows that.)

Study Joe McCarthy’s techniques. Study Roy Cohn’s techniques. Study Roger Stone’s techniques. They will all be brought to bear. They wrote the GOP textbook on undermining, insidiously weakening and destroying damaging witnesses. Fox and Drudge will echo them everywhere.

— Bruce Bartlett (@BruceBartlett) September 23, 2018

Uplift Dr. Blasey Ford in your prayers. They don’t want the truth, and are mad that this woman is speaking her truth, and coming forward. They are livid. Let them stay mad. This woman is an example of what Kavanaugh thinks of women and there’s nothing in his judicial decisions that says he’s ‘evolved’ from his high school years. Don’t think that he’s a threat to women? As the undocumented teen who became pregnant via rape that he tried to force to give birth, and who had to sue to be able to get an abortion. This didn’t happen 5 years ago. This was THIS YEAR.



UPDATE:

I hadn’t planned on this being the Monday post. But, while I was writing this post, and doing laundry on Sunday, all hell broke loose.

Well well well…there are others….you don’t say….

This is the tweet that made me go WHUT?!?!?! And, what did I miss in my hours offline?

NEWS: Feinstein writes to Grassley asking for “an immediate postponement of any further proceedings related to the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh” and calls on him to support an FBI investigation jnto the sexual misconduct allegations by Deborah Ramirez and Christine Blasey Ford. pic.twitter.com/DKadLRJ3Kn

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) September 24, 2018

WHO is Ramirez?

Senate Democrats are investigating a new allegation of sexual misconduct against Brett Kavanaugh, dating back to his college years, when he was a freshman at Yale University: https://t.co/MfwuGAW8ij pic.twitter.com/5CJ7hos5kH

— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) September 23, 2018

Also got another answer as to why the GOP doesn’t want to put Mark Judge under oath:

There is a gang rape allegation against Mark Judge in the story about the second misconduct allegation against Kavanaugh pic.twitter.com/4jGhy0OATk

— Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) September 24, 2018

Remember…the GOP knew about Dr. Blasey Ford, and brought out that bullshyt letter signed supposedly by 65 women. They brought that up quite quick.

So, when they find out about Ramirez? What is their instinct to do?

Just in case this wasn’t clear the first time: When Republicans learned of Deborah Ramirez’s allegations against Brett Kavanaugh, they tried to speed up the process of confirming him.

The GOP is a sexual predator protection racket.

— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) September 24, 2018

And THEN, I find out that it’s NOT JUST RAMIREZ.

My client is not Deborah Ramirez.

— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) September 23, 2018

Avenatti has to know that if he doesn’t bring the goods, he’s done. He better bring the real thing. This isn’t time for nonsense.

And, the entitled nominee?

Have you ever seen a better example of White Male Entitlement than Kavanaugh?

So to recap:
–It never happened.
–My blackout-drunk bestie can confirm it never happened.
–It was horseplay.
–She is confusing me with my non-biological identical twin.
–I do not have it in the datebook I kept for 36 years.
–Please stop interfering with my destiny.

— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) September 23, 2018

Never forget the seed was planted by Senator Hirono:

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FLASHBACK: Hirono asks Kavanaugh if he has ever committed sexual assault, harassment, he says no

“I used to walk 12 kilometers to school.  And every day along…

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“I used to walk 12 kilometers to school.  And every day along the side of the road, there’d be an old woman who was so sick that she couldn’t move.  The sun would beat her.  The rain would beat her.  And nobody would help.  I was only seven years old.  I couldn’t stand it.  But my parents wouldn’t agree to bring a total stranger into our house.  How are we OK with people dying like chickens on the side of the road?  Millions of people in this country haven’t even taken a single meal today.  I can’t stand it.  I’m thirty now and I’m struggling.  But I’m still trying to help even though I don’t have money.  I taught myself to treat diabetes with herbs.  I’ve treated ten people so far who can’t afford the hospital.   But I want to do more.  I’ve given myself a timeframe.  I’ve been working at this conservation center for three years now, and I’ve learned a lot.  In a few years I’m going to open my own center.  I can use the profits to build houses for people who have no place to stay.  Each person can stay for a year.  Maybe if they can just rest their head for a month, they’ll find a way to feed themselves.  And if they eat for a week, they’ll start to reason like a human being.  At the very least they’ll see that it’s possible to be loved by someone.  And maybe they’ll realize that God loves them too.”
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