Leela Corman

@leelacorman.bsky.social

Painter/comics-maker/noise-rock person. GNs: Victory Parade, You Are Not A Guest, Unterzakhn. Teaching: RISD, founding instructor at http://www.sequentialartistsworkshop.org. Art: http://www.leelacorman.com Making noise with insomnies.bandcamp.com

This is another way we live in rape culture; we live in a culture where we have to hear about monstrosity all the time. Sometimes I look at those top stories lists and wonder if I'm the only one who notices that two or three or four of the ten are about violence against women.

It's demoralizing living in a nonstop Abuse-a-thon: we've had to learn the sordid details of so many men's abhorrent behavior; I mean this summer has been Graham Platner, Andrew Tate, Jared Leto, Max Miller, plus the horrific L.A. rape-murder of the child by the rapper, to name a few lowlights.

Today’s SOLRAD newsletter announced that starting in October SOLRAD will be slowing down operations to articles every other week due to lack of funds, so let me reiterate that SOLRAD is one of very few comics-crit outlets actually worth a damn, and is very much deserving of your donations

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Every man who is flippant about or dismissive toward sexual assault has sexually assaulted someone at least once. Every man who pleads the case that rapists deserve redemption in the form of rewards is pleading for himself.

oh dear did that maine man with the nazi tattoos turn out to be something of a problem after gazillions of women shouted from the rooftops that he was a fuckin creep

One thing I would love is if, when a straight white guy “sees the light” and joins the left, he would volunteer for a community group and like knock doors for someone who’d been on the left for ages instead of immediately wanting to be the candidate. It’d be like a litmus test for if they’re serious