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Not a GREAT week when it comes to ending sexual violence.
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muccamukkThe whole Diddy thing. It doesn't matter how much proof there is.
Brad Pitt, who is known to have struck his wife and his children then perpetuated lawfare on them for years to the point where several of his kids no longer want contact with him, has the number one movie right now. Best opening weekend of his career. Most of the coverage doesn't even mention the violence.
On the anniversary of Tortoise Media publishing allegations of rape and sexual assault against Neil Gaiman, Netflix is dropping season two of The Sandman. Meanwhile, Gaiman is forcing one of his victims into arbitration. Not because she's libling him, but because she broke an NDA. Everything's gone very quiet, which I assume is what he wanted.
Some thoughts from smarter people:
Rebecca Solnit: Cynicism Is the Enemy of Action.
Tarana Burke: Tarana Burke doesn’t define #MeToo’s success by society’s failure.
Brad Pitt, who is known to have struck his wife and his children then perpetuated lawfare on them for years to the point where several of his kids no longer want contact with him, has the number one movie right now. Best opening weekend of his career. Most of the coverage doesn't even mention the violence.
On the anniversary of Tortoise Media publishing allegations of rape and sexual assault against Neil Gaiman, Netflix is dropping season two of The Sandman. Meanwhile, Gaiman is forcing one of his victims into arbitration. Not because she's libling him, but because she broke an NDA. Everything's gone very quiet, which I assume is what he wanted.
Some thoughts from smarter people:
Rebecca Solnit: Cynicism Is the Enemy of Action.
Tarana Burke: Tarana Burke doesn’t define #MeToo’s success by society’s failure.
Some people want to judge the movement on specific outcomes, so when a case is overturned, Burke said, “people are like, ‘Oh the #MeToo movement has failed.’” Instead, she said, such outcomes are proof of the difficulty of the work.
“It’s not about the failure of the movement; it’s the failure of the systems,” Burke explained. “These systems are not designed to help survivors, they’re not designed to give us justice, they’re not designed to end sexual violence.”
“When we bind ourselves to the outcomes of these cases, we are constantly up and down with our disappointment, our highs and lows,” Burke continued. “What they tell us is just how much work we need to change the laws and the policies but most importantly, to change the culture that creates the people who commit, who perpetrate acts of harm.”
Wednesday Reading Meme July 2 2025
Jul. 2nd, 2025 07:37 pmkitewithfishWhat I’ve Read
The City & the City by China Miéville - Re-read but it's been more than a decade. Really weird and interesting police procedural.
What I’m Reading
Hunting Toward Heartstill by Blackkat -picked this back up, about 59%
The Power Broker by Robert Caro - Audiobook part 3 - picked this back up again - 39%
The Antarctica Conspiracy Derin Edala – on hold.
The Ministry of time - on hold.
Someone you can build a nest in -on hold
What I'll Read Next
Star Trek: Lower Decks: Warp Your Own Way
The Tainted Cup
The Deep Dark
Track Changes
Alien Clay
Service Model
Someone You Can Build a Nest In
Monstress, Vol. 9: The Possessed
Navigational Entanglements
The Butcher of the Forest
The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain
Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right
The Brides of High Hill
The Tusks of Extinction
“Charting the Cliff: An Investigation into the 2023 Hugo Nomination Statistics”
“Signs of Life”
“By Salt, By Sea, By Light of Stars”
“The Brotherhood of Montague St. Video”
“Loneliness Universe”
“The 2023 Hugo Awards: A Report on Censorship and Exclusion”
“The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea”
“Lake of Souls”
The City & the City by China Miéville - Re-read but it's been more than a decade. Really weird and interesting police procedural.
What I’m Reading
Hunting Toward Heartstill by Blackkat -picked this back up, about 59%
The Power Broker by Robert Caro - Audiobook part 3 - picked this back up again - 39%
The Antarctica Conspiracy Derin Edala – on hold.
The Ministry of time - on hold.
Someone you can build a nest in -on hold
What I'll Read Next
Star Trek: Lower Decks: Warp Your Own Way
The Tainted Cup
The Deep Dark
Track Changes
Alien Clay
Service Model
Someone You Can Build a Nest In
Monstress, Vol. 9: The Possessed
Navigational Entanglements
The Butcher of the Forest
The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain
Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right
The Brides of High Hill
The Tusks of Extinction
“Charting the Cliff: An Investigation into the 2023 Hugo Nomination Statistics”
“Signs of Life”
“By Salt, By Sea, By Light of Stars”
“The Brotherhood of Montague St. Video”
“Loneliness Universe”
“The 2023 Hugo Awards: A Report on Censorship and Exclusion”
“The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea”
“Lake of Souls”
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Jul. 2nd, 2025 06:08 pmcase posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
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Stoker: Fanfic: no longer human (the nothing that can’t hurt us)
Jul. 2nd, 2025 04:02 pmbluedreaming posting in fan_flashworksFandom: Stoker
Rating: M/R
Length: 100 words
Content notes: references to past canonical major character death (murder), callous reflections on bodies and decomposition, no sexual content
Author notes: The title is from SCIENCE FICTION by Les Murray and ON LEAVING THE BODY TO SCIENCE by Claudia Emerson.
Summary: In which India thinks about her uncle.
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Rating: M/R
Length: 100 words
Content notes: references to past canonical major character death (murder), callous reflections on bodies and decomposition, no sexual content
Author notes: The title is from SCIENCE FICTION by Les Murray and ON LEAVING THE BODY TO SCIENCE by Claudia Emerson.
Summary: In which India thinks about her uncle.
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