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Jul 22, 2019 9 tweets 2 min read
They tell you we live in a nation of Laws. They say "innocent until proven guilty." They say "no unreasonable search or seizure." They say "you have the right to an attorney" and they say "you cannot be compelled to incriminate yourself."

But then a woman says you abused her, tells the judge a story full of lies, which EVEN IF IT WERE COMPLETELY TRUE would not constitute any form of abuse. So the judge signs an order of Protection From Abuse. Then the woman tells the police another story (also containing several falsehoods), which even if true,
Jul 17, 2019 17 tweets 4 min read
He took gaming culture's original poster child for Feminism and made her look like a Barbie doll, then said he didn't want to "lose what was so iconic" about her. He's going to the Special Hell for child molesters and people who talk at the theater. kotaku.com/a-slightly-dif… To be clear: what is iconic about Samus is that her armor doesn't have boobs. Until the end of the game when her armor comes off, you don't even know she's a woman. BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MATTER! She's just like any male protagonist in any other shooty platformer!
Jun 2, 2019 10 tweets 3 min read
@Pierce_Brown
Just met you at #dpcc and forgot to tell you how much I loved the ending of Morning Star. I listened to the Audible recording (narrated by the MAGNIFICENT Tim Gerard Reynolds) in my car over the course of several months.

At the end of the book, the words and in her arms" tell me what's about to happen. My eyes begin to get foggy. When the narrator says Mustang's final line, I say it with him, my voice trembling so hard, my eyes so full of tears that I have to pull over to the side of the road.