Between the 11th and 12th of this month, Giulia Cecchettin, a 22-year-old Italian girl, disappeared alongside her ex boyfriend, Filippo Turetta. Today, 18th November, her body was found in a lake 140km from where I live.
For six days, we were told that they ran away together, despite the fact Giulia was supposed to graduate from university on the 16th. That we shouldn't jump to conclusions, that there wasn't any proof he had killed her, that we were crazy for even thinking it. When a video of him beating Giulia up until she was bleeding came out, newspapers were filled with declarations from his family saying he loved her, he would never do anything to hurt her, he was just a little possessive and jealous.
We all knew. We all fucking knew since we read the words "ex boyfriend".
Giulia is the 103rd woman victim of feminicide in Italy in 2023. 103.
Meanwhile, Giulia's sister Elena, who has had to spend the last week making as much noise as possible because that was her only hope of finding her sister, was asked if the family was ready to forgive him. Newspapers talk about how good of a guy he was, they carefully avoid saying he murdered her, they refer to them as a couple. I've lost track of how many men have taken time to comment "not all men" under posts about Giulia.
Not all men, but all women.
If you live outside of Italy, you probably won't hear of this news. You probably don't know how pervasive victim blaming is in Italian news stations, how bad the statistics of feminicide are. So, please, reblog this post. Demand justice. Say Giulia Cecchettin's name.
Se domani non torno, distruggi tutto.
๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐๐ค๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ. ๐๐ก๐โ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ 105๐ญ๐ก ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ง ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง 2024, ๐ฒ๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง ๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง. โ๐๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐งโ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐โ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐๐จ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
I have to add that currently all news outlets and politicians and voters of the extreme right wing party are now arttacking and insulting Giulia's sister Elena, for calling out the society as a patriarchy and saying that the murderer was the product of this society who treats women and girls as objects, dehumanizes them and tries to slways paint the woman in a bad light while the man is always the good one. They are attacking this young, brave woman, who lost her mother last year, and this year her sister, by saying she is not grieving enough, she wears dark clothes, they are calling her satanist, they are calling out her black eyeliner...this is 2023 Italy. Us girls and young women are tired, feel not safe and want to live peacefully. We want to help Elena in her battle to give justice to Giulia.
