rubynye reblogged
The very reason women don’t speak up for years [about their rape] is the fear no one will believe them, or their abuser has threatened their loved ones or livelihood in order to keep their victim quiet and under their control. What happened to Kesha has happened to many female artists, including myself, and it will affect her for the rest of her life. Why is the victim always the “liar”? Why do we let people in a position of power get away with behaving inhumanely? These guys hide behind the legal system and it’s their litigious behavior that is precisely what they use to rape these girls. “Give me what I want or else I will come for you”… and they have all the money and resources to do it.
She is healing me, seriously. Her bravery is astounding and something to this day I’ve never done. She will be the reason everything changes for women in this business, and she should be rewarded for being so strong, not held captive. And on top of that, you add the fact that people aren’t protecting her and are making money off of her while she’s in pain. Why?