Charissa Cotrill's Blog, page 17
April 25, 2014
here have some totally SFW porn
here have some totally SFW porn
the-unpopular-opinions:
Warning: this opinion is about...
Warning: this opinion is about rape
Hello, tumblr. My name is Jack. I’m 17 years old. As you can tell by my name, I’m a guy. And last year, I was raped by my older male neighbor. I’d put my tumblr URL here, but I’ve received some disturbing and frankly borderline triggering messages in regards to my rape, so I’d rather not risk it. I hope you understand.
Introductions aside…
When I first went through my rape, all the supportive posts on tumblr about male rape victims was very comforting. I’m glad people acknowledged that guys could be raped and that they matter.
However…
I eventually had much more bitter feelings towards these posts when I noticed a certain trend with them: almost all of them belittled female rape victims in some way.
Just because someone is talking about girls/women getting raped doesn’t mean you need to derail it with “guys get raped too!”. As long as nobody is denying that fact, it’s unnecessary. Not every conversation about rape has to include all demographics of rape victims. There can be posts about male rape victims only, and there can also be posts about female rape victims only.
It seems like people also act like female rape victims have it soooo easy and should just shut the fuck up, because male rape victims have it harder. A lot of women in my life including my friends and my sister have been raped, and it isn’t any easier for them. They still are told they deserved it, not given the legal attention they deserve, and accused of being liars and bitter sluts. That doesn’t sound easy to me. Male rape victims deal with a unique stigma as well (as in, some people don’t even believe we can get raped, which sucks) but that doesn’t mean it’s much easier for the ladies.
And another thing, why can’t tumblr have one nice photoset or post about male rape victims without some dumbass commenting “Because they’re men, nobody will care” or “This won’t get nearly as many notes as the female version”? Uh, shut the fuck up? You’re ruining the powerful message behind the post. And also, rape isn’t a fucking contest.
This not only pisses me off because I care about women and female rape victims, but it also pisses me off because I get the impression these people don’t actually give a shit about male rape victims at all. They only seem to use us as a prop in arguments to derail discussions of feminism, female victims, etc. by using a vulnerable group who has been through a horrible trauma. How sick is that?
While it’s important to spread awareness of other types of rapes besides male on female, there’s way to do so without derailing or talking over other victims.
So, as a tl;dr to this opinion: if the only time you talk about male rape victims is in some way to downplay or belittle women getting raped, then fuck you. You are a piece of shit, nothing more.
We deserve to be mentioned in our own posts rather than in derailment, and women who have been deserve a chance to talk about their experience without someone derailing saying men can get raped too when nobody was denying that fact. Fuck. You.
April 23, 2014
"Remember, there are only two hard problems in computer science: cache invalidation, naming, and..."
December 23, 2013
those black roses are very badly photoshoped.
kingofbunnies:
girlintheback:
boazpriestly:
predictably-unpred...
The life of a nerd in one picture.
The nerd is strong with this one
EVERYTHING I LOVE IN ONE PERFECT IAMGE
the tardis should be in the background
THE TARDIS IS IN THE BACKGROUND
So is the Impala
I SEE SHERLOCK
Loki is in the Impala, y’all
Every time this comes across my dash I see something else.
Woody and Buzz!
thislyfe:
Taking Back Idiot Nerd Girl
I thought this was a...
Taking Back Idiot Nerd Girl
I thought this was a super interesting take on the meme, seen as how I was at one point a novice too.
December 6, 2013
lokisarmygirl:
yellowcrayon:
consultant-ninja-from-gallifrey:
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consultant-ninja-from-gallifrey:
That tag wins all the awards, in the history of ever.
#Jack totally keeps an eye out on all the Doctor’s companions throughout space and time #Uses Torchwood to keep tabs on everyone #even the ones he didn’t travel with #so he knows exactly when Sarah Jane needs flowers from a secret admirer most #Or where to send an anonymous gift for Donna’s wedding #Gives little Amelia the supplies to make her Raggedy Doctor dolls #He’s practically running a support group for former companions of the Doctor #They just don’t realize it.
headcanon accepted
HEADCANON ACCEPTED.
HEADCANON ACCENPTED
I COULD BLOODY KISS YOU
owlygem:
askfordoodles:
nondesignated:
mrgid:
siminiblocker:
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Please reblog (and win!): Big sale on my Photoshop brushes to celebrate 7000 downloads: $2 off the best-selling Megapack!
(As always, Photoshop CS5 or higher is required.)
I feel like I mention these all the time, but really, they are just that good. Money well spent. I’d spend $13 just for the gouache brushes.
I know I probably post these every time he has a new sale but these brushes are seriously great and I’m not sorry.
I figured I’d give it a try when Kyle put up a brush for free. I figured, since I never draw in Photoshop, I wasn’t going to use it that much anyway.
But guys, it is so good and it’s been super useful. And these look beautiful and I may very well buy them.
I have such a raging art boner for Kyle’s brush-sets…
kyles brushes are fantastic
