Countless women are being told that they are not reliable witnesses to their own lives, that the truth is not their property, now or ever. — Rebecca Solnit


We've spent the past couple of days bombarded with the moronic quote regarding rape and abortion by Missouri Rep. Todd Akin being played over and over. From a political perspective, it should be a beautiful mistake viewed through my lens. A real-live human being, in the middle of a tight Senate race, saying something so stupid is an early birthday gift, wrapped up in a big blue bow. I mean, seriously, how could anyone vote for him after saying such ridiculous things like that? People are smarter than that. Oh, wait, that's right he's already serving in Congress. And oh yeah, he's one of the Paul Ryan personhood-type buddies whose anti-woman rhetoric on everything is ignorant, and frankly, frightening. And apparently, he is still leading the polls by one point.

Sigh. A big one. A really big one.

The whole idea of "legitimate rape" is almost too much for me to handle. Like my head nearly blows off the top of my body. And this isn't about me saying that men can't be raped. They can. And this isn't about me saying that women can't commit rape. They can. A married person can rape his/her spouse. Sexual preference isn't an issue.

You know what really gets my goat here?

THAT THESE COCKSUCKERS USE RAPE AS A POLITICAL TOOL TO PUSH THEIR ANTI-WOMAN, ANTI-CHOICE AGENDA.

Cuz, you know, women say they get raped by their husbands has a tool in a divorce or as a means to justify abortions. Because apparently, we can't truthfully ever have control of our own bodies or make our own choices regarding sexuality. If we can't have our own bodies or our truth, what can we have?