selenophile

“She deserves to be punished too.”

“I’m not saying I support rape, but-”

“Sorry to say - she deserved it.”

“She put herself in harm’s way”

“But if she was fingered, then that’s not rape.”

“She ruined their lives.”

“Yea, but did you see what she was wearing?”

“Boys will be boys!”

“She should know better than to drink at a party…”

  “He should’ve enjoyed it.”

“She must’ve lead him on.”

“But she orgasmed. That means she liked it - “

“Women can’t rape because…”

“Be grateful it wasn’t a man!”

“I’m sorry she hurt you but don’t call what happened to you rape, it’s an insult to the REAL victims…”

“You weren’t raped, you’re just lesbophobic.”

“She’s his wife, it’s her job to please him.”

“Oral isn’t rape.”

“Well he wasn’t armed, she could have walked away.”

“Guys can’t be raped, they love sex!”

“She didn’t fight back; it wasn’t rape.”

i, as an arab, have realized that i really won’t be getting to see arabs with good rep on tv. it’s a sad truth but still the truth. i want to see it change and i keep hearing people saying they want it to change but they’re just words. when we do get arabs in books or media, they’re caretakers or car drivers or worse, terrorists (the latter is the one that’s the most) and it just hurts to see every single time.

when i heard about dune i was actually a little excited! i heard it had elements from arab and islamic history! in fact, dune would be nothing without our history. to learn that no middle eastern actor has been announced in the cast was so disappointing. it hurts and it’s so harmful to us.

here’s what! zendaya is a talented actress but to erase the arab identity from the characters that they play is the equivalent to whitewashing. it is whitewashing.

What’s even more amazing is that he used to be almost completely nonverbal and through his art he’s been able to become completely independent and self-sufficient and is now a successful artist who owns his own gallery where he sells his drawings and people come from all over to buy his art. He is fully verbal and communicative and most people who meet him don’t even realize that he has autism.

Like I said, this dude is fucking amazing.