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I know people need to be heard and to tell their stories without being demanded to label and condemn what was done to them, or to conform to the expected emotional response.

And I think the VF writer of the recent Augusta Britt article does show awareness of the crimes against her that Britt herself is uncomfortable with confronting directly. But the finale of his article is a celebration of the creepy old vulture.

And maybe that's why Britt agreed to speak with that writer instead of the others, to keep a distance from dredging up the honest pain of her past, and feeling like she's the bad guy for disrupting the façade of a man she's loved and feels indebted to. I could understand that the VF writer would agree not to use the article to directly condemn McCarthy out of respect for Britt's wishes. But the writer didn't need to give a *tongue-bath* to a predator who groomed a vulnerable teenager and exploited her for decades. Yeah, Britt has come to attention in the first place for her life being mined for material for McCarthy's publications, and it makes sense to cover McCarthy's big impact on her life. But the article showed a woman whose true-life story is compelling in her own right—there were many opportunities to bring her story back to her...

The article entirely focuses on her life yet avoids telling her story.

That's stupefying. An extraordinary life, but the story of it is made to be about the bozo who pilfered it for his books. And the VF writer just decides to end the article casting Britt as a quirky made-up character invented for those books. And the VF editorial published it. Wow!

[archived link which I believe avoids giving click traffic to VF] ⬇️

This article isn't poorly written in form—maybe it's valuable as a case study in how women are marginalized in their own biographies.

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damn girl are you a wild animal being held in captivity 😍 because you are just pacing around rooms nonstop and taking eye contact as a sign of agression

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Contrary to fanon, Tim's solo seems to indicate that his beverage of choice is soda. He's partial to Zesti but sometimes drinks Spite. That is not a typo. Not SpRite (though the resemblance is no doubt intentional). S-P-I-T-E.

(Robin 1993 #108)

That cracks me up a lot more than it should. In this universe, somebody apparently thought it was appropriate to name a soft drink after petty ill will. Malice: The Soda. What a power move.

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i like boys who dress like icecreams and ignore me for video games and get food all over their face so i can wipe it off and spoon feed and baby them esp when they are mean to me it’s garbage i know but i can’t help it

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discourse about batman's no-kill rule is so funny. imagine if a dude was like "i personally will not commit any murders and if any of my kids do i will be unhappy" and everyone booed him

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I like how the connected cape and thick shield make him look like a happy meal toy

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“Oh, Frankenstein… Remember, that I am thy creature; I ought to by thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed.”

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How are you named Tim and older than 30. That's a little lollipop boy name. Be serious.

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idc if u think I show favoritism towards dg... I do. he has the eyes of a thousand tortured orphans

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its always "ohh the son turned out gay because his dad never spent enough time with him" and never that maybe the dad just didnt like hanging out with him because he already had a gay/stupid vibe to begin with?

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sometimes you gotta follow artists that have fetishes you don't care for whatsoever. maybe even make you a little uncomfortable. its good for your mental health

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