bambi

the documentary can be summed up by the quote “you don’t really know what happened until you know why”. the opening starting with a man (i believe it’s a cop from the case) criticizing her looks really sets the unfortunate misogynistic tone from the people working her case and the media as well. they include quotes from papers like “ultimate man hater, obnoxious, and unsexy”. i believe it’s tanner (the lead prosecutor) who says that sex work is not what god intended our bodies for, but he ignores that one of jesus’s closest followers (mary magdalen) was a sex worker and she was the first person jesus revealed himself to after his resurrection. aileen followed god’s commandments and confessed her truth, she forgiven for her sins. like the quote from the bible says about mary magdalen, “therefore i tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven—for she loved much.”. she made it right with god like she intended. ty seemed to take advantage of lee’s kindness until it was inconvenient for her. tanner’s anti porn agenda was coming from the wrong angle and gave him a bias against sex workers. lee was a girl at heart, seeing jasmin put on her makeup, one abuse survivor to another abuse survivor and seemed healing in a way for both of them. ive been reading ‘dear dawn’, aileen’s autobiography and knew what dawn did with her ashes but hearing it from her mouth felt so much more heartbreaking but also beautiful.

in conclusion : thank you jasmin, dawn, and arlene for taking care of our girl

and fuck tanner, i want him dead

and thank you aileen for being the (unofficial) patron saint of abuse victims

xoxo , bambi ଘ(੭ˊ꒳ˋ)੭✧