"stoic, rational, objective" are all norms of patriarchal, ableist, and white supremacist systems. not believing or listening to someone until they've "controlled their emotions" is inhumane and contradictory to our collective experience. being alive is emotional
One of the five male jurors from the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial spoke exclusively to GMA about the reasoning for their verdict:
“All of us were very uncomfortable. She would answer one question and she would be crying and two seconds later she would turn ice cold.”
A report on the Southern Baptist Convention’s mishandling of sex abuse allegations is raising the prospect that the denomination, for the first time, will create a publicly accessible database of pastors known to be abusers. https://t.co/yThiZcQ7t5