i will never fucking forgive the community on this site for the years of “ace discourse”. we were being actively hated for our orientations and everyone just treated it like a fucking debate topic or fucking mocked us for being effected by it. it became such a widespread thing to laugh at that even people who were otherwise okay with us were reblogging aphobic memes and getting mad that we “couldn’t take a joke” when we were upset by it.
and today, people who got swept up in aphobic movements look back at that time like “haha, i was such a cringe teen for participating in ace discourse” rather than “i was shitty and bigotted and i sincerely regret it”; a lot of them probably still ARE aphobic but just don’t talk about it anymore because it’s no longer trendy.
Pinkfluffylion, aka Leah Parkins and gay-enid (side blog on tumblr) is an artist who has mainly gained popularity on Instagram and Twitter. A few months ago, they r*ped their ex friend while they were sleeping with two others in the room who were also sleeping. Since then, Leah has apologized to both witnesses and the victim themself.
However, as of recent, Leah has come back and is trying to deny these claims despite evidence proving she in fact did it.
Disgusting is too nice of a word to describe what Leah did. She was so selfish that she took away the trust between her and the victim and destroyed it. She doesn’t deserve sympathy or remorse.
Here is the document that provides more details about the situation. Again, Heavy TW for what you are about to read
This situation needs to be more known. This isn’t petty internet drama, Leah committed a literal crime. If you have friends that follow her, let them know what she did please.
imagine the most meanspirited, unlikeable, rude, bitter, self centered, negative person you can think of. not a rapist, not a murderer, not an abuser. just a charmless, tactless, dyed in the wool asshole you wouldn’t want to spend two seconds with. now assume they get sick, not with the flu, but with a long term, serious illness that limits their ability to provide for themself. a society in which that person is left to die alone because nobody likes them on a personal level is a failed society.
and the thing is, no matter how likeable or charming or cute you are, peoples’ patience runs out. the friends who drop everything to rush you to the ER the first time you shit blood tell you to stop being so tmi the fourteenth time. people might give you a couch to crash on the first week after your shitty ex kicks you out, but by week eight, you better have another place to stay. people run out of time, patience, money, compassion, energy. there needs to be an impersonal option, a real safety net that isn’t going to dump you when you become inconvenient
ALT
