July 2, 2013 - As stated above, many of the upcoming comics will deal with storylines regarding rape. I'm going to try my best to make note of any comics specifically in the archive (and I possibly should go back and amend some pages to include trigger warnings), but in the interest of finding a compromise that is both sensitive to survivors of rape and not spoiling future storylines, I've decided to put up a trigger warning at the top of the main page as well as place this paragraph at the top of the blog with considerable lead time before the comics depicting such situations are posted.
Obviously I've editted the above paragraph and the warning of the top of the page in the interest of making it briefer. Despite what I said about George Lucas yesterday, if I've learned anything from him it's that once something is released to an audience it shouldn't be tampered with (cuz screw those special edition travesties) and to that end I'm leaving the previous page as is and leaving a trigger warning on this comic too, even though it's still not the comic I'm talking about.
Obviously this comic features questionable sexual acts between minors as well. This whole week deals with various stories of how characters lost their virginities and in many instances that occurs when people are minors. By the end of the week most of the clinic staff will be featured with exceptions that future storylines will address. Hopefully people find these stories interesting.
On a semi-related note going back to a discussion of how we approach statutory rape in this country. Elmo puppeteer, Kevin Clash, was just dismissed of sexual abuse charges related to statutory rape not because there's necessarily insufficient evidence to move forward but rather because the defendants didn't file charges in a timely enough manner. Maybe Clash is innocent, I don't really care, in my opinion such a technicality really needs to be eliminated from the US legal system when regarding such matters so we don't potentially let offenders get away with such crimes.
Meanwhile India is attempting to solve its own problems with rape by making it illegal to use mannequins to advertise underwear. I'd really like to see whatever study they used to determine this will make a difference because I'm skeptical to say the least. Though it's worth considering that most of the arguments against say these policies will hurt sales as underwear will be less visible in stores. I understand that provocative underwear can be desireable in some circumstances, but shouldn't the primary selling points of underwear not be what it necessarily looks like but rather its functionality and cost?
I should have opened with this article as it's by far the one I find the most interesting, discussing the expenses of pregnancy and delivery. I've said before that a huge motivation for women to seek abortions is that never mind child care, simply being pregnant is ridiculously expensive. Maybe Texas and the rest of the country should be working towards reducing these costs instead of outlawing abortion.
Speaking of Texas, the vote on the highly publicized abortion bill has been continued to July 9th, so I'll probably be talking more about that bill then.
-D
Obviously I've editted the above paragraph and the warning of the top of the page in the interest of making it briefer. Despite what I said about George Lucas yesterday, if I've learned anything from him it's that once something is released to an audience it shouldn't be tampered with (cuz screw those special edition travesties) and to that end I'm leaving the previous page as is and leaving a trigger warning on this comic too, even though it's still not the comic I'm talking about.
Obviously this comic features questionable sexual acts between minors as well. This whole week deals with various stories of how characters lost their virginities and in many instances that occurs when people are minors. By the end of the week most of the clinic staff will be featured with exceptions that future storylines will address. Hopefully people find these stories interesting.
On a semi-related note going back to a discussion of how we approach statutory rape in this country. Elmo puppeteer, Kevin Clash, was just dismissed of sexual abuse charges related to statutory rape not because there's necessarily insufficient evidence to move forward but rather because the defendants didn't file charges in a timely enough manner. Maybe Clash is innocent, I don't really care, in my opinion such a technicality really needs to be eliminated from the US legal system when regarding such matters so we don't potentially let offenders get away with such crimes.
Meanwhile India is attempting to solve its own problems with rape by making it illegal to use mannequins to advertise underwear. I'd really like to see whatever study they used to determine this will make a difference because I'm skeptical to say the least. Though it's worth considering that most of the arguments against say these policies will hurt sales as underwear will be less visible in stores. I understand that provocative underwear can be desireable in some circumstances, but shouldn't the primary selling points of underwear not be what it necessarily looks like but rather its functionality and cost?
I should have opened with this article as it's by far the one I find the most interesting, discussing the expenses of pregnancy and delivery. I've said before that a huge motivation for women to seek abortions is that never mind child care, simply being pregnant is ridiculously expensive. Maybe Texas and the rest of the country should be working towards reducing these costs instead of outlawing abortion.
Speaking of Texas, the vote on the highly publicized abortion bill has been continued to July 9th, so I'll probably be talking more about that bill then.
-D
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