John Scalzi has been dogged for years by trolls calling him a child rapist because he wrote a really disturbing piece protesting states trying to ban abortion among minors In the voice of the rapist, gloating over the power of being able to permanently alter someone's bodyhttps://twitter.com/Nymphomachy/status/1334973167627083780 …
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I don't know if I'd have written the same piece the same way but the point was worth making That pregnancy is body horror if it's unwanted - to say nothing of the consequences of having a kid, the visceral fear of having yourself physically changed against your will
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It's something that those of us who've never had to fear getting pregnant never have to think about It's a primal fear cis dudes like Ridley Scott making Alien only try to approximate in fascination
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hell, I have been uterus-free for a couple years now and I still have nightmares about pregnancy The fear lives deep in my body and I don't think it will ever go away
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menstruation was INTENSELY traumatic and I did that shit monthly for 12 years! if I had even known there was the possibility to not have to go through that...
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I'm really angry that when the Pill was first approved its inventor prescribed a dosage schedule leaving an "off week" for monthly periods for no actual reason other than that not doing so would offend the Pope
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