Wild Wasteland

[publickoccurances]

Where are you?

Physically? England. Mentally? Living in that film Heavy Metal (1981)

[amelsewhere]

A Day At Clapham Common

Yesterday a vigil was organised for 6pm at Clapham Common to mourn the loss of Sarah Everard, a 33-year old women whose death and disappearance has been linked to a MET police officer.

Hundreds of people passed through during the day to pay their respects and mourn together. This case has caused an uproar over women's safety, police accountability, and male violence. But the mood at Clapham Common was quiet and grief-stricken all day.

Not long after the vigil was announced the organisers were threatened with 30k fines unless they cancelled it, the initial organisers backed down to host an online vigil instead. This didn't stop people turning up tough. The same thing happened to organisers in Brighton with further threats of fines.

As the evening carried on more people arrived in defiance of the threats made by the MET, tens turned to hundreds and turned to thousands by 6pm. Hand sanitizer was given out and many made an effort to socially distance.

Sisters Uncut stood on the bandstand and delivered speeches to the crowd, Sarah was one of many women who walks home after dark, who has to be careful because she doesn't know if she'll be a victim of violence.

As it got dark the crowd lit up candles and lights as a tribute, they stood in silence and collective mourning and to remember each and every victim of male violence and sexual harassment. Once the sun vanished the police began to movie in to try and disperse the crowd.

After a short while the cops started to push and shove attendees, they formed a kettle which funnelled everybody together into tight spaces. Soon after this they began dragging away people sat around the bandstand, making arrests for not dispersing. The crowds mourning turned to anger at the arrests and violence.

The police responded with violence at a peaceful vigil, they claim it is about covid regulations but we see it for what it is. This is about making sure women submit, that they protest quietly without disturbing anything, without holding police directly accountable.

The police have failed to protect women, they have fallen short in their duty of care, because of this people will be returning to the streets again today outside New Scotland Yard. People will not be silent over violence, they will reclaim the streets and the night, with or without permission.

[lotstradamus]

In case no one knows what’s happening in London: on the 3rd of March, a 33-year-old woman disappeared while walking home in Clapham. On Thursday, a police officer was charged with her kidnap and murder. Yesterday, police arrested women standing vigil in mourning. Photo by @viceuk.

[moriemur]

cops assault women holding a vigil for a woman murdered by a cop.

[mwg-drwg]

I really do encourage non-UK followers to read up on and post about Sarah Everard and the events that have unfolded in London today. We cannot be silent about this.

[thismustbetheblog]

[cognacdelights]

we may not have known sarah everard personally, but we have all been sarah everard. all women, no matter their age, geographical location or skin colour, have been sarah everard. all women have felt unsafe on the streets, in general, and even more so at night. and that’s why we take what happened to sarah everard so personally, because it could have been any one of us. literally. any. one. of. us. she was just walking home.

it makes me so angry to know that men and their ignorant fist-first lack of a thought process bullshit ruined what was meant to be a moment of solidarity for women everywhere at sarah’s vigil. they came to a peaceful protest against male violence... to be violent.

[strangegiraffesystem]

For anyone who doesn't know what's going on in the UK right now

A young woman named Sarah Everard was abducted and murdered by a cop while walking home

Tonight women planned to hold a peaceful vigil in her memory using the hashtags #reclaimthenight and #reclaimthestreets

Police responded by dragging women away and arresting them using excessive force and destroying flowers and items left as a memorial for Sarah

And oh yeah, on Monday a new bill is set to go throw that gives police more powers to disrupt protests 🙃

[cutpriceguignol-deactivated2022]

A woman is dead.

I am actively and actually fucking sick of this absurd notion that, as women, we need to couch every single protest against our own fucking murders in the egos of men who need to be told that they’re not like the other boys.

[ellielikesporgs]

As a Woman, I Will Not Be Silenced. TW.

In light of recent events unfolding in the UK, I feel it almost dire that I speak my piece. Only two days after International Women’s Day, a young woman has been murdered. Snatched off the street and dumped in a nameless place like she meant nothing- like she was nothing.

Sarah Everard was her name, and it is one I will never forget.

As a young woman growing up in the twenty-first century, I have had to come to terms with the possibility that I will be sexually harassed, assaulted or raped by the time I reach my mid-adulthood. I will become part of that 97% of women who are victims; a number used only to show the statistics of how much fear we face everyday.

Did you know that 47% of transgender women are sexually assaulted at some point in their life time?

Did you know that 92% of the time, women who claim that they have been sexually assaulted or harassed in any which way are telling the truth?

As women, do we not deserve the right to walk down the street? To sit alone on a bus in the middle of the night, to go to the gym whenever we want? We ask for nothing more except equality, yet everyday we are faced with adversary for nothing more than the disgusting, lewd, and horrific desires of those who cannot control them.

I refuse to stay silent, I refuse to succumb to something I was branded with since the moment I was born. Just because I am a woman, does not give anybody- regardless of their gender- the right to my body. The right to comment on my body. The right to touch my body.

Everyday I walk down the street with my key in my hand, with my phone to my ear, talking to myself. And I am sick of it. I am sick of protecting myself when I shouldn’t need to- and you should be too.

Sarah Everard deserved the right to walk from her friend’s flat home, at whatever time she wanted to. Her memory will not be silenced.

[heavenisycurself]

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[publickoccurances]

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[publickoccurances]

Sarah Everard was walking home at 9pm. Along a well lit street. On call to her partner. She did all of the things that are drilled into us by our parents, grandparents, older siblings, teachers, pretty much everyone in our lives. She was murdered by someone who’s job was to protect her. Her story is being drowned out by ‘NotAllMen’.

For me this lesson was drilled into me when I was 12. I was never out late and was never far from home. I always thought it was a bit silly and never paid much notice. But it didn’t take long for me to take it seriously. The local crackhead decided to grab his crotch while leering at me from across the path. Safe to say I was terrified.

This was the first of many experiences I’ve had while trying to walk home. Day time and night time. Whether it’s been men exposing themselves, men following me, catcalling, following in vehicles, it’s just as scary, even if it may seem a joke to the men doing it. A lot worse has happened to a lot more women. Sarah being one of the most tragic perhaps.

One of the most unsettling things about the aftermath of what happened to Sarah is once again women are being told to stay inside at night. This echos the time period Peter Sutcliffe terrorised women in England with his spree of murders and attacks. Women were told to stay inside, curfewd, could only go on nights out if there was a man to accompany them. This is wrong and shouldn’t still be the message in 2021.

Don’t let them keep us inside, don’t let them ruin good times with friends, don’t let them determine whether or not you can take a job because of the working times. Be vigilant, be safe and look after each other.

Though I don’t condone the carrying of guns/blades due to living in an area ravaged by county line drug gangs, I do urge women to look into EDC knife regulations in your area. Look into what protective spray is legal to carry. Buy a rape alarm (trust me they are loud enough that if you’re in an urban area someone should be able to hear). Look into what SOS apps are available. Never scream for help. Always shout fire. Take self defence classes. Always carry a key between your knuckles when walking alone.

We are all responsible for making sure Sarah’s story is never forgotten. Keep her name alive. Drown out the ‘NotAllMen’ tags on social media with her name. Share stories and tips and words of encouragement. Stay positive and hope that one day things will be different and we can go out one day without the constant dark cloud of violence against women following us.

[thefalconrises]

Sarah Everard. A woman who went missing a week a go. A policeman is arrested in connection with her disappearance. The press blame her for "taking the risk" of being out by herself. Human remains have been discovered and "NotAllMen" is trending higher on twitter than her name.

What do we have to do?

[publickoccurances]

If you’re tagging ‘NotAllMen’ you’re dirt and deserve hell xoxo

[littlebabyyodas]

tw: assault, murder, violence against women

A young woman was kidnapped and murdered walking home from a friend's house at 9pm on a Wednesday night. It wasn't late, she was wearing bright recognisable clothes, sensible walking gear, she called her partner, she did all the things we're supposed to when we walk alone, and she was kidnapped and murdered. By a police officer. Whose role required strict background checks. Who apparently has a charge of indecent exposure against him. Somewhere along the line, someone has covered for this man. Someone has ignored warning signs. They have blood on their hands.

The police have the nerve to tell women to stay in at night and say they're increasing patrols in the area, as if that would have changed anything here. As if anyone trusts them or wants them around. This was done by one of their own. No one would have questioned him if they'd seen him that night.

I can't describe the rage and the depth of sadness and fear and anger right now. For anyone in the area, a vigil is being held on Saturday 13th March at 6pm in Clapham Common.

Rest in peace, Sarah Everard

[thenotsodamnede]

[publickoccurances]

I saw this ask on another blog and I wondered what your take would be on it!

Here’s how it went:  How would Father react to meeting his new step-parent (companions+ Dez, Mason, and Glory if possible) and half-sibling?

I’m just gonna pick a few otherwise I’ll never get around to writing it!

Cait: Father would be intrigued by her to say the least. He’d be extremely curious as to how and Irishwoman had found herself in the Commonwealth and would have many questions about her past. Though he would only be able to spend so much time with her before having to take a break. There would always be the question in the back of his mind as to how his mother/father had ended up with someone so... well. Cait.

Danse: The two would immediately butt heads of course. The Institute and the Brotherhood weren’t on the best of terms. So neither would Danse and Father. There would be a lot of distrust. And a lot of Father wondering if Danse was perhaps using his mother/father to get into the Institute some how.

Desdemona: If Father ever met her it would be a short lived meeting. Leader of the Railroad? She would be taken into the Institutes custody right away. Questioned again and again on Railroad movement, desperately trying to break her. It would also cause a massive breakdown in any trust Father may have had with his parent.

Hancock: The meeting would definitely be uncomfortable. Hancock would make a number of inappropriate comments. Father would eventually give up trying and have Hancock escorted away. He would also question his mother/fathers decision to be with such a person.

Piper: There would be a tension in the air for sure. A lot of questions asked by both parties, but both reluctant to answer. Father would also be very wary of the reporter and would make sure she was not left alone, even for a second. He couldn’t trust that she would leave without trying to get away with some Insitute secrets. Though Father would definitely admire his mother/father for being able to put up with somebody so nosy.