I just read the new Haaretz article about how Israeli planted pines are suddenly dying en masse and it is absolutely worth dissecting. Here are a summary & my observations as a Palestinian scholar who writes on green colonialism. 1/
Ms Rachel will not be stopped.
“Be so ashamed of your anti-Palestinian racism… We need everyone to say something. It’s never been wrong to say not to starve children and not to bomb children, and not to kill 15,000 children. What’s wrong is to be silent.”
I need to rant bc these horrible takes on Cassie are bothering me so bad; this woman was groomed at a young age by a powerful music mogul who made false promises of helping her music career, only to deliberately trap her in a contract while he romantically pursued her. He love bombed her, introduced her to deviant sex acts she’d never done before, fed her an endless supply of drugs, and coerced her into being sex trafficked and an accomplice to his criminal network. He isolated her from all her relationships, began funding her lifestyle while throttling her attempts of her finding any success of her own (to keep her dependent on him), and introduced torture, abuse and assault into their relationship as it progressed. Every time she would attempt to leave or cut ties, he would savagely beat her or send his handlers to find her. There was no escape, and eventually the lifestyle he indoctrinated her into become normal for her — the same way victims experience Stockholm syndrome. (Keep in mind this relationship spanned over a decade of her life) She even admits it wasn’t until she sought trauma therapy that she began to understand the severity of her situation. Not to mention there is literal video evidence of him savagely beating her during one of the times she tried to leave him.
Anyone who has been in, or understands the complexity of abusive relationships, also isn’t shocked by her admission that she willingly kept going back to him or that she loved him. That doesn’t make her any less of a victim, nor does it make her a willing participant because she became conditioned to the abuse.
The idea that this woman shouldn’t have sought financial compensation for the years of physical and mental torture he put her through in order to be believed is also delusional. Him settling her lawsuit within 24 hours was already evidence of his guilt.
Anyone that doesn’t view her as a victim is devoid of empathy or is a predator themselves. Point blank.
I commend Cassie so much for her bravery. She was the catalyst to finally taking down this serial predator, and the fact she’s even testifying against him while 8 months pregnant and after already collecting her settlement is admirable. I’m thinking of all the victims she saved by finally putting that monster behind bars. God bless.
Si yo dijera esto de una Primera Dama la prensa de Izquierda me estaria esbaratando. Si vemos a una Primera Dama con su marido el Gobernador, ella es Buena porque lo apoya. Pero en un mundo de prensa LGBTTQ+ es digno de mofa un hombre que apoya a su esposa. Tambien es digno de mofa la lactancia.
Nosotros nos fuímos de PR en el 2016 porque dos personas profesionales, capacitadas etc no teniamos padrino que nos bautizara y no encontrabamos trabajos dignos que nos dieran la oportunidad de criar a nuestro hijo en aquel entonces un bebé en PR. En el 2018... (1)
Siempre soy pesimista… pero ahora pienso en que al menos no hay que estar recogiendo firmas pa inscribir al PIP. Un paso futuro que no hay que añadir a la lista de tareas.
El contraste es claro:
Juan como buen líder, pide calma al país, que esperemos hasta que se cuente cada voto. Y pide confianza en el proceso para mantener estabilidad.
El PNP con resultados parciales hizo una conferencia de prensa amenazante, arrogante y con aires vengativos.
Se acaba de formar un sendo titingó. Una voluntaria de La Alianza estaba velando lo que va a entrar ahora. Una empleada de la Comisión acaba de gritarle en voz alta "Aquí la democracia no existe". La policía trató de removernos. Hostil. Estamos en la oficina todos. Nadie se fue.
Cabrones, esperen. Faltan resultados. Todavía no se han transmitidos todos los colegios. Hay gente aún votando, pero las actas que me han enviado reflejan otra realidad que se ve en la CEE. Y viene el tsunami verde.