Enough with "Alleged" and Other Weasel Words
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Sam W
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Enough with "Alleged" and Other Weasel Words
New from the blog, about how casting doubt on rape victims/survivors is so normalized that weasel words are built into how the media talks about their cases: http://www.scarleteen.com/blog/se_smith ... asel_words
And you to whom adversity has dealt the final blow/with smiling bastards lying to you everywhere you go/turn to and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain/and like the Mary Ellen Carter rise again.