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Professor in exile. Biologist. Seeker and communicator of truths. Spends time in the Amazon. Rhymes with flying.

Portland, OR
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    Heather E Heying‏ @HeatherEHeying Oct 15

    “The deferent and visibly fragile academic...makes a lousy role model for young women today, who are too often fed the message that weakness is their greatest strength.” Damn this is good.https://www.spectator.co.uk/2018/10/why-christine-blasey-fords-testimony-didnt-make-me-cry/ …

    9:43 PM - 15 Oct 2018
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      2. PDX Selina‏ @SelinaDavis73 Oct 16
        Replying to @HeatherEHeying

        I'm no fan of encouraging learned helplessness. However... I survived early childhood rape. I've talked abt it multiple times since reaching age 11, when I finally had vocab & knowledge necessary to properly ID & categorize what had happened. 1/

        1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
      3. PDX Selina‏ @SelinaDavis73 Oct 16
        Replying to @SelinaDavis73 @HeatherEHeying

        Decades later, I still get choked up talking abt it, esp w someone I've not previously disclosed to. There has, for most my 45 yrs, been a lot of stigma attached to sexual victimization. That's probably part of heightened anxiety. There is also the ton of pain PTSD has caused 2/

        1 reply 0 retweets 10 likes
      4. PDX Selina‏ @SelinaDavis73 Oct 16
        Replying to @SelinaDavis73 @HeatherEHeying

        Everyone differs as to how we respond/react to stressors. We also have no idea what other traumas she may have experienced that may have compounded the impact. From what knowledge base I have re: developmental & psych impacts of trauma, I found her testimony credible & rsnbl 3/

        2 replies 0 retweets 10 likes
      5. PDX Selina‏ @SelinaDavis73 Oct 16
        Replying to @SelinaDavis73 @HeatherEHeying

        Lionel's piece strikes me as lacking in compassion due to her inability to recognize that her own level of psychological resilience may be unusual & remarkable, not representative of norm. She also took a bit much delight in dunking on "mousy" behaviors. My 2 cents, anyway. /4

        2 replies 0 retweets 24 likes
      6. Heather E Heying‏ @HeatherEHeying Oct 16
        Replying to @SelinaDavis73

        I appreciate your response here, very much—it’s the first negative criticism I’ve read of Shriver’s piece that really resonates for me. With regard to your points about mousiness and resilience: 1/

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      7. Heather E Heying‏ @HeatherEHeying Oct 16
        Replying to @HeatherEHeying @SelinaDavis73

        Mousiness: Mocking a person’s phenotype is always illegitimate. It’s low and backwards and wrong. I read Shriver’s comments re “mousiness” as behavioral (and therefore a choice—as in: the voice was partially an act), but I may well be wrong. 2/

        2 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
      8. Heather E Heying‏ @HeatherEHeying Oct 16
        Replying to @HeatherEHeying @SelinaDavis73

        Resilience: I suspect that Shriver knows that she’s unusual in this regard. I know that I am, too. What worked for me in the piece was, in part, the focus on building and celebrating resilient women. You clearly are one, while also having your real history. Maybe CBF is too. /end

        3 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
      9. Anne Wilson‏ @awilson_WLU Oct 16
        Replying to @HeatherEHeying @SelinaDavis73

        I think this piece was deeply unkind, which takes away - a lot - from her otherwise good point about allowing resilience. I actively push back against the *expectation* that sexual assault weakens, but I think it's equally unfair to suggest "I managed fine, so should she."

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      2. Patrick Kowalczyk‏ @Patmix Oct 15
        Replying to @HeatherEHeying

        A bit strange to have a plug for Shriver’s appearance at a Bitcoin conference at end of op-ed?

        2 replies 1 retweet 22 likes
      3. Heather E Heying‏ @HeatherEHeying Oct 15
        Replying to @Patmix

        I had the same thought.

        0 replies 1 retweet 19 likes
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      2. Smartass Iconoclast  🧟‍♀️ 👻 💀 🎃‏ @snarktasticgirl Oct 15
        Replying to @HeatherEHeying

        Some good points are made but the tone is completely dismissive. Ford was 15 at the time of the incident, and what she described unsurprisingly left a mental mark. She did move on, she has a full life. She showed courage, not weakness in coming forward regardless of outcome.

        2 replies 0 retweets 25 likes
      3. Heather E Heying‏ @HeatherEHeying Oct 15
        Replying to @snarktasticgirl

        I don't find the tone dismissive. FWIW, I believe her (as Shriver does), and think that neither CBF or BK have the memory/sobriety (at the time) to recollect precisely. I was left with the very real sense that I had met too many guys like him. But also: strength > victimhood.

        5 replies 2 retweets 29 likes
      4. Miri‏ @miriij Oct 16
        Replying to @HeatherEHeying @snarktasticgirl

        So the *telling* of the story is *only* victimhood? Do you believe that? I hear your point Heather, but I have to agree with other commenters that this op-ed is a bit too dismissive of what I saw as a worthwhile unveiling of Mr. Kavanaugh's character, considering the stakes.

        1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
      5. Creepiousity‏ @chrisiousity Oct 16
        Replying to @miriij @HeatherEHeying @snarktasticgirl

        Acknowledging victimhood can take real strength. Telling the truth usually does. People can't always help what happened to them, and they can't always control their reactions. Shaming people for not doing "rape victim" right is as cruel as it is stupid.

        0 replies 2 retweets 11 likes
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      2. BZ‏ @Dabears01 Oct 15
        Replying to @HeatherEHeying

        Your the CHICK that went HAM on some guys trying to rob you at knifepoint in a foreign country But you aint a bird is damn right

        1 reply 2 retweets 4 likes
      3. Heather E Heying‏ @HeatherEHeying Oct 15
        Replying to @Dabears01

        I appreciate this. My (entirely non-sexual) experience of being mugged in Quito is relevant, if only because it highlights this: Being strong (in my case, perhaps stupidly so), and also noting that the other guy is an ass, are not mutually incompatible positions.

        2 replies 2 retweets 42 likes
      4. D.F.B.‏ @5stringbassline Oct 16
        Replying to @HeatherEHeying @Dabears01

        I dont believe u were mugged in Quito. U just want attention & dont remember it correctly. It was probably just guys playing. Did u press charges? & why r u writing about it now. Clearly another nefarious purpose. If u meant it, u would not have an icon pic with a smile on it.

        0 replies 1 retweet 6 likes
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      2. Maura Rosner‏ @maura_rosner Oct 15
        Replying to @HeatherEHeying

        and grandfather would NEVER push a girl into a room from behind, lock the door, nor the rest. I still respect you and think you’re a hell of a mind, but we disagree on this big time.

        1 reply 1 retweet 7 likes
      3. Heather E Heying‏ @HeatherEHeying Oct 15
        Replying to @maura_rosner

        I don't disagree with you on this: What is described by CBF is not "boys being boys." It is abhorrent and unacceptable. The vast majority of men--and boys--would never behave that way. My desire for nuance in our interpretation of her testimony doesn't change that.

        4 replies 2 retweets 57 likes
      4. Brandon Bahret‏ @Brandon_Bahret Oct 16
        Replying to @HeatherEHeying @maura_rosner

        Whitewashing Dr. Ford's experiences as a "moderately unpleasant story?" That's not nuance. Gaslighting us to think her testimony didn't imply attempted rape? That is not nuance. This article was merely mocked Ford for expressing emotion and downplayed attempted rape. Nuance? 🤨pic.twitter.com/xOPvLJcLBf

        2 replies 1 retweet 6 likes
      5. Emma Gorowski‏ @ImbibingHistory Oct 16
        Replying to @Brandon_Bahret @HeatherEHeying @maura_rosner

        How is being laughed at by people sexually assault if you a normal high school experience? Or comparable to teasing someone

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      6. Brandon Bahret‏ @Brandon_Bahret Oct 16
        Replying to @ImbibingHistory @HeatherEHeying @maura_rosner

        Because all laughter is morally equivalent. What attempted rape? What is context? This is #PeakNuance from Lionel Shriver and Heather Heying. I feel so enlightened! 😦😮

        0 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
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