#KavanaughConfirmation and his fascist Theocrat cronies Grassley and Orrin Hatch simply following the crucifixion of Anita Hill model of Trotting out dude after dude who told us that Clarence Thomas “wasn’t” a porn addicted rapist. #longDongSilver
During the Anita Hill hearings a sharp line emerged between women who had been raped and harassed
and those who hadn’t yet reconciled and named their experiences.
Women in denial called Anita a bitch.
The rest of us wore buttons
because her story was our story.
Pre-Anita it wasn’t fashionable to watch Senate confirmation hearings. Because Supreme Court Clarence Thomas’s inappropriate sexual habits were/are so disgusting everyone tuned in. Getting a chance to be one of Thomases “he didn’t rape me” defenders was a hot ticket.
"He spoke about such matters as women having sex with animals and films showing group sex or rape scenes, adding that on several occasions Thomas graphically described "his own sexual prowess" and the details of his anatomy.-Anita Hill
1991
not believed
said in 1991 that "Anita Hill was lying and working in tandem with 'slick lawyers' and interest groups bent on destroying Thomas' chances to join the court.”
Racist Republicans pretended to be “not racist” and on the side of Clarence Thomas because defending rapists and restricting abortion will make a white supremacist set aside race in singular instances.
Racist Republicans were so hep on having “a conservative black person” that they lied abou clear evidence and every obvious sign that Clarence Thomas was unfit for the court and so he remains creepily silent and unfit to this day.
The house negro @gop built.
Just happened to have a list ready in case that rape comes up.
Graphics by @FrancescaRizzo Part of a 4 year digital campaign to raise awareness of the names of the human victims of #Cosby’s 45 year drug and rape crime spree.
No one knows all of these survivors’ names.
They aren’t famous, they didn’t “cash in”
By being raped.
“federal legislation could be on the way. In July 2018, Republican representatives introduced a bill that would protect adoption agencies with state or federal contracts who discriminate on religious or moral grounds nationwide. “
The fight over gay adoption parallels the fight over marriage. Republicans have long fought our right to adopt and have “legitimate “ families. Marriage and adoption to them made us “normal” so they fought it with a passion. #queerpol
And that’s who we hurt when we keep on tolerating abuse of these three power voices.
1,6 and 10.
“My takeaway that day was that he had done this thousands of times.
He knew exactly where to put his hand.
He knew exactly when to drop and squeeze.
He was showing me he had control and power.
He was showing me I meant nothing.” -me
-And that’s why I believe 8 women.
Progressives who keep blaming @SenGillibrand for the ACTIONS of A MAN because he was SO Progressive we can’t live without him are Killing the reps of real active elected progressive women.