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hide our sins, it's different if it's my friend, misconceptions about feminism, rape culture, schedule your rape accusations, sj means never having to say you're sry, social justice, transfail

Heartbreak & Heroines
Kynn created a RPG called Heartbreak & Heroines, and used Kickstarter to get $3000 in funding in 48 hours. Over on LJ, Jack posted his response to his ex's success, in two minds because he's glad someone he knows did something cool, Kynn raped him. A couple days later, alexandraerin posts as well, expressing dismay at Kynn's behavior.

Jack posts Tweets from Kynn and later, emails,. At some point, the Kickstart for the RPG is canceled.

Some responses are laudable. Others, not so much.

ETA: Kynn tried to get a new name on RPG post-ban.

ETA2: Elf has a post about it.

ETA3: Kynn denies the rape happened.

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dere
2011-07-30 04:16 am UTC (link)

Yeah, I don't know what to do with that. There are so many variables about it—I have seen abusers and criminals successfully work as part of an SJ community, working from the position of a self-admitted perpetrator in a sphere where people are comfortable with their past and rehabilitation. They can be loved and valuable members of a community.

But THIS perpetrator in THIS case? The community obviously isn't ready to deal with this in a productive manner and the perpetrator is obviously not willing to take any kind of responsibility so why even even fucking bring it up right now except as a pre-emptive excuse for not kicking Kynn to the curb? It's so juvenile and hand-wavey and irresponsible and offensive, like somehow you're not a good SJ activist if the idea of a rapist identifying as a victim ally and feminist at the time of their offence also blithely expecting to return to the foot-shuffling, prevaricating SJ community doesn't make you uncomfortable.

Manipulative echo-chamber is manipulative even in its sleep.

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ickle_snowflake
2011-07-30 05:55 pm UTC (link)

IA. I've seen it happen, and work, BUT the rapist took responsibility, was penitent, and put their victim's feelings and wellbeing first long before the idea of them returning to the community was ever floated.

That is not what's happening here, not by a long way. People are honestly talking about the option while Kynn is still saying she "looks forward" to court and tries to bargain for posts being taken down and it just doesn't work like that.

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