#tw:csa

[outrowingss]

i wish people would realise this isn’t about “shipping” it’s about the way this show is mishandling the abuse of a 15 year old girl

[kaypeace21]

Firstly gotta congratulate u on your work. Your theories are amazing and detail-oriented. You are a genious! I was thinking the ST team already linked Will on next season to Spring awakening the musical which I don't know much of. If you have any post about it let me know please. But the meaning of that word Sping awakening can also be linked to coming of age right? So this conexion makes me very excited for what's to come. What's your thoughts about that?

Aw, thank-you.

Yeah , talked about it forever ago. It was strange how every other play is pretty up-beat. Unlike Will's.

Like Robin's was "prom". About a lesbian highschooler living in indianna and dealing with close minded people. Makes sense...

El had "matilda'- both her and el have telekenesis.

Steve had "MAMA mia"- prob a mom joke.

Nancy had "legally blonde'- rich,hard working, intelligent girl dealing with sexism (in professional settings) because of her appearance.

Will's ...play is considered one of the most controversial plays ever- cause it tackles many tr*ggering taboo subjects , for its time (written in 1891). It has queer boys ,sure . But they could have picked another queer play that has gay male characters that isn't so ... dark. Like you can read the synopsis it has many many dark plot points . Tw: Like one character in it had a se*ually ab*sive father .Which is again... a weird theme in many of the movies said to be inspo for s4. Could be a coincidence, could mean something. But that play is a unusual pick just because it's such a dark play. Ofcourse they could have picked it as simply a spring break ref/lgbt ref /byler ref ? It had a romantic sublplot between 2 lgbt-highschool boys, during spring (byler) . Regardless, it sticks out like a sore thumb compared to the others, simply because it's a much darker play than the others. Like, I'd say any dark subject you can think of is in this play.

[deadbilly]

Seven people were convicted of child sex abuse in Portugal on Friday in a major trial that lasted nearly six years and shocked the country.

This story dates from 2010, though most people outside of Portugal have probably never heard of the Casa Pia abuse scandal.

LISBON, Portugal—Seven people were convicted of child sex abuse in Portugal on Friday in a major trial that lasted nearly six years and shocked the country.

The six men and one woman were found guilty of crimes including sexually abusing minors and adolescents, raping children and running a pedophile ring at a state-run children's home in Lisbon during the 1990s.

The six men were handed jail sentences of between six and 18 years for sexual abuse. The woman, whose house was used by the ring, was not given a custodial sentence because of a 2007 change in the law, the judge said in the televised ruling without elaborating.

The longest sentence was given to a 53-year-old former driver at the home, Carlos Silvino, who confessed to more than 600 crimes and gave evidence against the other defendants.

Others sent to prison were Carlos Cruz, a popular television presenter with a three-decade career in show business, who will serve seven years; and Jorge Ritto, a decorated career diplomat and former UNESCO ambassador, who was given six years, eight months in jail.

Their lawyers said they would consider an appeal.

Chief prosecutor Miguel Matias said the victims were pleased with the outcome.

The victims -- now aged between 16 and 22 -- gave chilling testimony during the trial and identified their alleged abusers by pointing to them across the courtroom.

Bernardo Teixeira, one of the victims, said he felt vindicated. "The court recognized that we were telling the truth," he said. "It's a happy ending for us. The pedophiles are going to jail."

The three judges at the trial read out a summarized version of the court's decisions, but they did not refer to dozens of other alleged crimes they found to be unproven. The full ruling, which reportedly runs to almost 2,000 pages, is due to be released next week.

The trial, believed to be Portugal's longest, included testimony from more than 800 witnesses and experts, including 32 alleged victims.

The abuse centered on Casa Pia, a 230-year-old institution caring for roughly 4,500 needy children, most of them living in dormitories at its premises around the capital.

A whistleblower broke the scandal in 2002, followed by a yearlong police investigation. The case that shook public trust in the country's institutions, and the protracted trial fueled outrage about Portugal's notoriously slow legal system.

Catalina Pestana, who was head of Casa Pia during the period when some of the abuse took place, said she would not celebrate the ruling.

"Nobody in their right mind can be happy after a case like this," she said. "These were some of the most horrible stories I've ever heard."

Casa Pia "shared some of the blame" for the crimes because it failed to detect them, the judges said.

Alvaro Carvalho, a psychiatrist who has counseled the victims and was in court with them, said they were nervous as they awaited the verdict.

"They calmed down when the judge ruled that the crimes were proven," Carvalho told reporters. "In a way, it's society making reparation for what happened to them."

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[morbidoptimisim]

Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines - Therese Voerman 

[asura-zoro]

hey. just wanna say we love you and good on you for not taking their shit. fcuk em pieces of shits. like good riddance as you said. people who ddidnt go thru the shit you went thry dont get to tell you what you went is right or wrong. if its bad for its bad. thats all there is to it. their opinions dont matter. theyre hiding behind a screen cuz they dont have the faces to show it. fuck those shittty ass people. youre one of the best people here who tries to do better by most. we love you bro

Thank you! I usually tend to ignore the rude anons (racists, homo/transphobes, p*dos... etc) and just block 'em as they come through. Normally what they say just make me roll my eyes, but some of what these p*dos and p*do apologists said really took it over the edge for me to where I had to let out my frustrations (But still not answer these..."people"). I have never received so many anons telling me and other CSA survivors that we deserved it, it's our fault and that we are lucky to even have gotten "affection" (we never deserved it and it wasn't our faults) . I have never seen so many "people" to tell me to k*ll myself too. Of course I'm going to be upset, and my severe depression makes the already hard blows even harder; but I am strong and resilient. The absolute bullshit these "people" spew makes only proves the true nature of what they really are, predators; it also strengthens my disgust and my morally sound opinions of them.

[hellfresh]

We have been living in a pedophile, rape culture for too long. All of these red flags have all been small instances in a greater plot. It is all by design.

These are the men that run the world.

This is what they want for the future of our children.

It is up to us to wake up and put a stop to it

[puppydeathfarts]

Today we all signed a contract not to self-harm.

[tw: mentions abuse, mom, cutting]

When my mom was a teenager, she married a dude called Harry and they had a kid. A few months later the cops got called to a violent assault at their place, where they found nightmare fuel for life. The kid was taken to hospital then given to CPS, my mom was taken to hospital with multiple broken ribs, smashed in teeth, and so on.

On hearing what the cops saw, the judge released Harry and awarded him full custody, despite the fact he admitted to nearly killing my mom with his bare hands. It was ruled defense of a minor, or whatever they called that shit in the 70′s. She went to jail.

A decade later she got out, married my dad, and they had me. She was still a crazy bitch, but she was smarter meaner crazy bitch. My dad never caught her. The list of sick, sadistic shit she did to me is horrifying. My first memory is of hating her, and her betrayal, and her fucking hands.

I’m closing in on 40 and my hands look a lot like hers, enough to cause me to dissociate and panic. I experienced a series of small blackouts in therapy even trying to explain it.

Turns out, it’s really normal to feel that way. Realizing you look like a parent can bring a whole range of emotions based on your childhood. Unless it reminds you of 20 years of physical, psychological and sexual torture. 

:|

Here’s the deal though. Now? These hands will never, ever hurt me again. Not a single one of us will tolerate it now. We’ve processed some of the memories and know what a huge mountain of trauma damage we have to undo. No more. That pile is too high. We have been hurt enough and can find another way. 

These hands will never, ever hurt me again.

[outrowingss]

As for Elizabeth, she might have blushed when Seymour’s name was mentioned, but blushing can mean many things; it could have been a sign of shame, especially if she’d had to suffer his unwelcome sexual advances. Despite this, she remained polite and pleasant, but this could well have been an act of self-preservation; her way of avoiding potential conflict with a powerful man twenty-five years her senior.

Blood, Fire and Gold: The Story of Elizabeth I and Catherine De Medici, Dr Estelle Paranque, 2022.