Icon by @ThatSpookyAgent. Call me Tir or Julian. 37. He/They. Queer. Twitter: @tirlaeyn. ao3: tirlaeyn. BlueSky: tirlaeyn. 18+ Only. Star Trek. The X-Files. Sandman. IwtV. OMFD. Definitionless in this Strict Atmosphere.
look. i don’t think my stretch marks are beautiful. i don’t think they’re tiger stripes or natural tattooos. i don’t think my acne is beautiful. i don’t think the bags under my eyes are beautiful. i just think they’re human. and i don’t think i have to be beautiful all of the time in order to be accepted and loved and sucessful. i don’t think every small detail of my outer appearence needs to be translated into prettiness.
A Quebec judge will be subject to an official complaint over comments he made during a sexual assault trial suggesting the teenage complainant was “flattered” by the accuser’s attention.
Cab driver Carlo Figaro, 49, was accused of forcibly kissing and licking the face of a 17-year-old girl who was his passenger and touching her breasts and genitals over her clothes. Figaro was found guilty in May and has not yet been sentenced. He is appealing the conviction.
According toLe Journal de Montreal, during the trial Judge Jean-Paul Braun remarked, “It can be said that she is a little overweight, but she has a pretty face huh?” He also suggested the victim may have been “flattered” because “it is perhaps the first time that he is interested in her.” He described the non-consensual kiss as an “acceptable gesture.”
The CBC reports that Braun also debated “degrees of consent” with the Crown prosecutor, noting that getting consent for a kiss is different than getting consent to touch someone’s behind. He said Figaro’s good looks combined with the complainant’s sheltered upbringing could explain why she may have liked the attention. He even went into detail about how Figaro doesn’t look his age and “likes to wear cologne.”
Quebec Justice Minister Stephanie Vallee has said she will file a complaint against Braun with Quebec’s judicial council.
Other politicians have also condemned the remarks.
Manon Masse of Quebec Solidaire said this is another example of rape culture and “a person in a position of authority making inappropriate remarks toward women,” according to the Canadian Press.
Earlier this year, Federal Court Justice Robin Camp resigned after the Canadian Judicial Council ruled that he was unfit to sit on the bench after he told a rape complainant she should have kept her “knees together.”
News of the day: a Quebec judge implicitly asks to be fired out of a fucking cannon into the sea, to meet a slow death by hypothermia.
I wish I was still shocked that old men in positions of power were like this. Instead of just livid and tired about it.
The average donation to first-time socialist candidate for Minneapolis City Council Ginger Jentzen is $25, and she accepts no corporate money. She’s running on a platform of citizen oversight of the police, rent controls, and a $15 minimum wage. She’s outraised any other candidate in Minneapolis history.
Minneapolis has long been a hotbed of progressive politics, and its pioneering use of ranked preferential ballots means that third-party candidates have a real chance – that’s what’s driven the campaign of mayoral candidate Raymond Dehn, backed by Our Revolution, and running on an exemplary progressive platform.
Jentzen cites Kshama Sawant, the socialist member of Seattle city council who successfully introduced a $15 minimum wage to the city, as her inspiration for getting involved in city politics.
Jentzen has been a key organizer in the fight for a $15 minimum wage in Minneapolis, a movement that won out despite a frustrating lack of support from city council.
The Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce, the Downtown Council, and the Building Owners and Managers Association have run a private smear campaign against Jentzen, sending out mailers warning their members about the “leading candidate” who represents a “progressive tidal wave.”
