Overturned Convictions, Broken Systems, and An Abuser’s Response to #MeToo

Ain’t No Arrest for the Wicked

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Mujer en el baño by Edgar Degas. Photo by author: Veronica Wren

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. In a move befitting the U.S. justice system, New York decided to celebrate by honoring one of its most prominent sexual assailants.

Instructions unclear, apparently.

For Assault Victims, Justice Don’t Grow on Trees

For anyone who forgot to check the news today, lucky you. Feel free to skip this post if you’d like to continue living in blissful unawareness of our country’s most recent insult to sexual assault survivors.

Still here? I warned you.

The Weinstein Effect

It was announced today that rapist Harvey Weinstein’s conviction was overturned, due to one of the most outrage-inducing reasons I’ve ever heard.

If that name doesn’t send a chill of “ick” down your spine, again, great job of protecting your mental health by avoiding the sickening negativity that is our 24-hour news cycle.

In October 2017, news broke of something that had been an open secret in the entertainment industry: film producer and unfathomable prick Harvey Weinstein had been using his position of power to abuse…

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