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Monday, April 23, 2007 @ 11:11 AM
I think I might be ready to fall off the political writing wagon once again.
I read about the harrassment and intimidation of a prominent female blogger, and it forced me to ask myself if there was a connection between my experience with being stalked while writing for the Vidette and my growing silence on political topics. I wrote a short reflection about my experience.
There's an episode of "Six Feet Under" that has always haunted me. A young woman is walking down the street late at night. A group of men begin to follow her, making sexist, vaguely threatening statements. She gets scared, and starts to run away. The young men behind her start yelling, "Callie! It's us!" "Callie, it's okay, we were messing with you." She doesn't hear them, she continues running for her life - and is hit by a car and killed.
The women Callie left behind completely understand her fear - they live in that same terror - and blame the men who were "messing with" Callie for her death. The men also have a chance to speak, saying, "She was so brave. She was the bravest person I knew. We just didn't think." To them, it was a joke. To her, it was mortal fear. You can be a brave woman and still fear for your own safety. You would be stupid not to.
People have to be shown that intimidation, harassment and threats have real consequences. On the late night streets of the Internet, Callie isn't killed by a car. She just kind of stops posting. And no one takes the time to mourn.
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