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[Acervo Sabrina Carpenter @sabrinacervo]

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[Sophy Ridge @SophyRidgeSky]

For me there’s only one contender for Person of the Year.
Gisele Pelicot.
The woman who has recalibrated how we think about rape by refusing to feel shame.
“It’s time we change the way we look at rape”, she said outside the court today.
And…more than anyone I can think of… she’s done that.
“Shame must change sides”, she said, and perhaps – perhaps – that is a little more true today than it’s ever been.
But there’s something else that I want to talk about. Something that’s much more difficult to confront than the inspiration and dignity of Gisele Pelicot.
51 men.
51 men who are not all men… but who are also quite a lot of men. 51 of them in fact.
And if you read about them… their backgrounds… their jobs… their families or lack of family… they’re all quite different.
A firefighter…a nurse… an unemployed alcoholic.
Some were abused as children. Some had comfortable upbringings with kids of their own.
Six had domestic violence convictions. 45 didn’t.
One was 27. Another was 74.
There’s no pattern here. Nothing we can point to. Other than the fact there is no profile of a rapist. Which is perhaps the most frightening thing of all.

[TheMerryWidow @jenipur82]

Forget Trump, Person if the Year has to be Gisele Pelicot. Whenever you question why women wait years to report assault etc then remember this woman. Over 20,000 images, and still, she had to defend her name in court. Bravery. #giselepelicot

[g3li @PBandGelii]

That Uber Eats discourse is frustrating me so much, I feel like I’m going insane. Doesn’t matter if you’re white, black, brown, elphaba green, avatar blue - having a false identity on an app where you know someone’s address is obviously going to be alarming to women.

[Ava-Santina @AvaSantina]

Lib Dems Ed Davey has taken a stronger line than the PM:

[alex @aloomf]

the only thing america hates more than a rapist is a woman

[bö·se scha·den·freu·de  @BlisterPearl]

Too perfect.

[Shafeeq @Y2SHAF]

this cannot be the same brain that earned a bachelor’s degree

[AARON @lidolmix]

a thread of my favorite looks from this year’s met gala

1. tyla in balmain

[blessed ess ☻ @esssdabest]

2/2/22 & 2/22/22 MANIFEST THAT SHIT!!

[Police Scotland Edinburgh @PSOSEdinburgh]

Searches are continuing today to trace Alice Byrne, last seen in the Portobello area on Saturday morning. Again, we urge anyone who has seen Alice since Saturday morning, or anyone with information on her whereabouts to contact us on 101 (0647 of 2/2)

https://t.co/yQayl7LB6P

[Laura @OohLookWine]

#SabinaNessa

Share this, like you shared the Sarah Everard appeal. She was also just walking home. RIP.

[KWAJO- Social Issues Campaigner @Kwajotweneboa]

A D E L E ?!?

[AshleeB. @ashfineness]

You can B friends with ppl for yrs & it could take yrs to realize they were never your friend! That’s deep 🤔

[em @emmaafoster_]

@sim_suzie 😭😭 only u ahahah

[Lewis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @lewisa95]

Can we spread this right now

[em @emmaafoster_]

Passing second yr with an A is still not settled in my head 🤯 how did I pull this off ahahah