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Yet another giant sigh.

 He managed to do that with previous court dates, leaving out things like a judge flat out stating that she believed he had physically assaulted me during the last time we had sex,

When? When did this happen? When did any judge anywhere say this?

One of the biggest myths that needs to die is that your first response to being abused should be to go to the police 

This is actually very bad advice and if you are a victim of domestic violence (and if you are able to do so safely) your first response should in fact be to go to the police. If you are not able to do so safely, then your first response should be to get yourself into a situation where you would be able to do so safely.

This cycle was so vicious that I even vacated the order myself once he appealed, hoping to make it end.

Actually her first response to the appeal was to get another order in a different state. Then once that one was denied she started this whole song and dance but I am running out of sighs.

It wasn’t about him fighting a powerful evil woman, or gaining his oh-so-crucial right to sic a mob on me, it’s always been about punishing me. It was about using it as a way to hurt me further, so when I gave him what he ostensibly wanted he actually *showed up to object to my motion to vacate the order and hand him a win*. 

My defense attorney showed up to the hearing because that’s his job and I was with my girlfriend in New York at the time. And my appellate attorney went as well (for free) because he was curious and figured the proceedings might be relevant for the appeal. At no point whatsoever did anyone object to her motion to vacate. Actually, to my knowledge, at no point did anyone object to anything at all.

He gets paid, 

Lol. No I don’t :(. 

(he even brought a date to court once), 

(It is, in fact, possible to just be friends with members of the opposite sex.)

You probably know that judges and juries can be biased and hold backward views and assumptions, given that you’re a human in 2016 reading this blog and have probably seen at least one news story about a cop getting away with murdering an unarmed black citizen without so much as a trial. You may have seen it in any reporting on how unlikely it is for rape survivors to see justice combined with how backward everyone is about talking about it. This is at least partly because the US has a very specific idea of who is worth protecting, doubly so when the person in question is being victimized while marginalized.When you seek charges, you’re on trial as much as the other person, if not more. The “asking for it” defense is alive and well even in 2016, and you have to be a “good victim” in order to give your case the best shot it has. “Good victim”, when it comes to women in domestic or gendered violence cases like mine, tends to mean a lot of loaded, even conflicting things. The courts do not favor a lot of women simply for being who they are - women of color, trans women, sex workers, I could go on. Even beyond that, you have to be well behaved and silent about the proceedings, or risk pissing off the judge and giving the defense attorneys ammo to work with.

That sure is a lot of stuff that doesn’t actually have anything to do with her personally. But, representation is important so, kudos for that.

The defense, so far, had hung a hat on trying to prove I deserved all of this.

No. No one ever did that. Pretty much every lawyer I have ever hired has at multiple points stated something to the effect of “what the plaintiff is going through is unfortunate and unwarranted.” We made very active efforts not to say anything that might even be construed as victim blaming. 

He barely bothered to look at my huge stack of evidence before declaring he had no idea what the internet was about and didn’t want to know.

Yes, if I recall correctly that was right before he agreed to issue her complaints just in case.

I know it’ll kick some shit up, everything does, but I also know he’s going to try to twist this stuff like he always has.

There is a very good reason I post documentation and citations any time I claim something.

I’m tired of watching people hand out “just go to the police they’ll protect you” while I silently scream and bite my tongue, because I know the advice-giver is giving horrible, ignorant advice. 

I know this doesn’t have much to do with my situation personally but again, seriously, if you are a victim of actual abuse go to the police if you can do so safely! They are very very trained in domestic abuse, and in pretty much every state in the US the court is very very set up with your protection in mind.

The least I can do to make that right is to be honest and open with the world 

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to be honest and open with the world 

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to be honest and open

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I DONT KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE ANYMORE

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My Doxxing Story, One Year Later

If you have been watching the news at all these past few months, you know the coddled college children have been throwing temper tantrums over their desire to purge their respective university systems from anything that could even tangentially be considered “racist” (or, in the case of Mizzou, if someone with no relation to the matter simply doesn’t adequately do enough to address this alleged “racism.”) If you don’t think the thought police are going to come after you for whatever you do that offends the sensibilities of someone looking for “racism” everywhere, you’re wrong. Exactly a year ago, before the #BlackLivesMatter and #ConcernedStudent1950–or whatever it’s called lately–movement took a foothold on our campuses, I was doxxed. In the name of social justice, hundreds of thousands of people shared my personal information, and my parents’ personal information, all over the internet in an attempt to threaten to me, intimidate me, and encourage others to harm me (as well as my family). The mantra of the doxxers was, “She deserves it because she’s a racist.” Before the collective colon collapse at Mizzou and Yale and etc. etc. etc. etc., the Washington Post’s Susan Svrluga ran a particular article addressing anonymous “racist” comments on the social media app YikYak. Svrluga’s article was titled, “Students take racist comments and spread them all over campus.” Svrluga took a sympathetic view of activism at American University, because students were “so fed up with racist comments they were reading on social media.” Allegedly, according to the students interviewed by Svrluga, racial tensions are getting worse and the American administration is not doing enough to combat racism. Apparently, the safe space bubble of academia that routinely shuts down dissenting views as “racist" is not safe enough because it doesn’t police anonymous online interactions. The solution to the ill of racism proposed by the students at American University is to require everyone to go through a mandatory diversity training class, e.g. a thought police seminar. The Washington Post article–and the university protesters–never portray the other side of having your innocuous comments misconstrued as the epitome of “racism” that reportedly requires a thorough brainwashing to cleanse. The supposedly “racist” poem I posted that drew the ire of hundreds of thousands of activists was mentioned in Svrluga’s article as an example of “racism on campus.” The poem was political satire of the Michael Brown shooting and the aftermath in Ferguson. Nowhere in the poem is there a reference to Brown’s race. Regardless, the social justice lynch mob determined the poem was the definition of racism and acted the only way they know how: by being outraged and demanding someone do something. My personal information was posted. I was bombarded with death threats and rape threats. Individuals messaged my mother saying they were going to rape me (and my family members). My personal, private, unlisted number was spread on the Internet. The incessant text messages and phone calls made it impossible for me to turn on my phone without another accusation of “racism.” The most insidious action that the social justice warriors engaged in, however, was contacting my university in order try to expel me for expressing my opinion that was deemed “racist.“ My university’s Facebook page received dozens of posts providing the school with my full name and calling for me to be expelled for being a theoretical "racist.” Eventually, I received a message from the school’s Interim Title IX Compliance Coordinator of the Office of Compliance, Diversity, and Ethics, instructing me to contact the office about an “urgent matter.“ The social justice warriors were so hell-bent on ruining my life that they trumped up a false Title IX violations to try to subject me and my loved ones to the Orwellian kangaroo court process. If the campus social justice activists across the country get their way, it won’t stop at mandatory diversity classes or ousting college presidents. Despite a formal reeducation process and public flogging filled with apologies for being white/male/etc., there can be no parole, of course, for those who are caught committing the heinous act of a “racist” thought crime. Anyone who dares to say anything that hurts anyone’s feelings will have their lives and their livelihoods threatened. The social justice warriors will not stop until anyone who commits any sort of perceived "racist” slight or a microaggression is purged from society entirely and forced into a cage for daring to commit the heinous and violent act of holding the wrong political or cultural opinions. That is what “racism” is considered in modern times, anyway.

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“An Important Message for Nintendo Fans”

https://imgur.com/gallery/Z46S9

Written by : SirSuperScoops

This post will contain minor spoilers.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard of a little game called Fire Emblem Fates (or IF in Japan) for the 3DS. It’s the newest game in Nintendo’s long running RPG series. I’m a pretty big fan of the series so I imported it as soon as I could and have been having a blast. But unfortunately it’s stirred up quite a lot of controversy over the last few hours.

The Problem

Now, I don’t want people to be turned away from playing this game because of some misguided viewpoints, so I felt like addressing the issue. Recently, a lot of (poorly researched) articles have been springing up on numerous websites such as the one above, and it’s no doubt a lot more are going to pop up in the near future. 

Why should you care: - It’s wrong. This does not actually happen at all.

Link to the article above. (For obvious reasons, the link has been archived because I don’t think their website deserves to earn ad-revenue for spreading their misinformation)

https://archive.is/qh87X

The Victim

Meet Soleil, the cheerful and energetic mercenary who shares her name with the sun.

- She isn’t too shy, but she can often get anxious about her surroundings.

- She loves her father Inigo (from FE: Awakening) and has a strong desire to protect him.

- Her cool, brash personality leads her to become very popular with girls and enjoys hitting on them in return. S

he’s also the worst singer in the army (but you didn’t hear it from me).

So why has Soleli caused such a riot? Well, for the sake of the plot her character is bisexual. Yep, you read that right. Bisexual. Interested in both genders a.k.a NOT a lesbian. Or at least that’s what we’re told at the beginning of her story.

As a matter of fact, as we progress further we find out that she was never even a lesbian to begin with.  She just has an infatuation with cute girls. Soleli likes men. She’s 100% straight.

In-game she doesn’t even have a lesbian marriage option either. Without spoiling too much, she pretended this way to get revenge on her father but ended up regretting it when it became a habit

So what’s the issue?

If you’re playing as a male, one of Soleil’s support quests boils down to helping her get over a certain mental obstacle.

As it turn out, Soleil has been getting distracted by all the cute girls in the Fire Emblem universe, so much so that she ends up fainting whenever she sees one.

As you can expect, fainting in the middle of combat isn’t ideal, so she asks the main character to help her. After a short sequence of events, the main character secretly uses magic on Soleil that causes her to perceive all females as males and vice-versa, under the implication that her recovery wouldn’t work if she knew what was happening in advance.

It’s also worth noting that after the support quest, Soleli doesn’t detest the main character from hiding it from her. In fact, she thanks him because it helped her overcome her predicament.

The Confusion

What people are up in arms about is the misinterpretation of the entire ordeal.

People have been spreading that she’s trying to “cure her lesbianism” when this just isn’t the case (keep in mind we still think she’s bi at this point). She’s trying to stop getting distracted by girls because it’s literally preventing her from performing on the battlefield.

At the end of the questline the magic’s effects essentially become nil; she’s still very flirtatious with cute girls, but she’s come to treat men with the same attitude.

To conclude, Soleli can now face cute girls in combat without passing out from their adorableness. MISSION COMPLETE

How did this all come about?

This scene’s dialogue, along with a bunch of others, was translated late last week and posted on 4chan by a person who was accepted by the board as being correct. Over the next couple of days, the translations were shared across social media landing in the hands of Reddit and Tumblr.

Which leads me to…

…how this fiasco started.

Almost every article I’ve seen has referenced this random Tumblr post   one way or another, which honestly really confuses me since after I did a little researching, I discovered that she doesn’t even own the game, nor has translated any of the in-game dialogue herself. It seems that the author intentionally misinterpreted their dialogue to create some negative premonitions against the game, rustling a few jimmies in the process. 

After being spread around a lot, I imagine a lot of journalism sites picked up on the story without doing any fact-checking themselves and decided to run with it.

I admit, her role in this whole affair has been pretty small. But at the end of the day, I think it’s worth discussing what should be considered a “reputable source” in today’s media. It’s quite silly how one girl’s ramblings added more controversy to the future of this game’s English localisation.

The Tumblr post in question: https://archive.is/YHkSM

What’s going to happen next?

Realistically, with all the backlash we’re seeing I wouldn’t be surprised if Nintendo decided to censor this game in response to the complaints they’re receiving.

It’s unfortunate, not because the game or subject matter was “bad”, but because the bad writing/translations made the game seem like it was.

Regardless, is the game any good?

Yes. This game is amazing.

If you’re a fan of epic fantasy tales or role-playing in expansive worlds you’ll find a lot to love in this title. It’s very much like other games in the series, but it also addresses a lot of complaints people had with the previous game “Awakening” such as the smaller scale of the story and the lighter difficulty, which rest assured is now as challenging as it should be.

There’s even an optional new “Phoenix Mode” which allows you to revive fallen units in their next turn, making it more accessible for newcomers to the series.

It’s all very fun, I definitely recommend it.

Thanks for reading everyone! I hope I made this easy to understand.                                

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- Mercedes Carrera, Porn Actress and Founder of The Porn Charity [x]

Mercedes discusses harsh criticism of modern feminism and it’s lack of action towards real victims such as Cytherea, a woman who was gangraped and assaulted in her own home with her children in the home.

If you can, please donate to Cytherea here.You can read the news story on the attack here.

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Ethics? nah we don’t wanna hear about that but TELL US ABOUT THE CHANS AND HACKING PLS

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Let this be the example specifically in the case of #GamerGate, the media will try their darnedest to craft the narrative they want to tell, not necessarily one of objectivity or truth.

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The Dangers of Games by Decade

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