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.
𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐢𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐲𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐲. 𝐒𝐡𝐞’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 105𝐭𝐡 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 2024, 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞𝐧. “𝐌𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐧” 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞’𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝. 𝐓𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
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.
