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Hold on... Thinking that Amber Heard is guilty makes you a misogynist?
https://www.salon.com/2022/05/27/johnny-depp-amber-heard-television-exploitation/Judging by its impact on the public and pop culture in the last couple months, the trial serves as a prime example of the way in which court-centric media needs to pathologize its subjects by design and maintains a fiduciary love of hating women.
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Over the span of this trial, the same combination of influence and celebrity appeal that once fueled the onset of the #MeToo movement has flipped its allegiances to now actively counter the provision of safe spaces for survivor testimony. Heard's op-ed was once a part of the #MeToo movement, whereas now it is figured as central to the movement's demolition.
As high-profile as the "Aquaman" star was before the trial opened, Heard is currently known by way of the mocking memes and clickbait takes that now flood every corner of the internet. They pick apart her overreactions, her underreactions and her choices of words. Outlets such as The Daily Wire have used her anguished face as a platform for ads discrediting her words and even makeup companies have tossed their opinions into the ring via TikTok smear videos.
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Over the span of this trial, the same combination of influence and celebrity appeal that once fueled the onset of the #MeToo movement has flipped its allegiances to now actively counter the provision of safe spaces for survivor testimony. Heard's op-ed was once a part of the #MeToo movement, whereas now it is figured as central to the movement's demolition.
As high-profile as the "Aquaman" star was before the trial opened, Heard is currently known by way of the mocking memes and clickbait takes that now flood every corner of the internet. They pick apart her overreactions, her underreactions and her choices of words. Outlets such as The Daily Wire have used her anguished face as a platform for ads discrediting her words and even makeup companies have tossed their opinions into the ring via TikTok smear videos.
Safe spaces for survivor testimony?
Amber Heard took a shit on Johnny Depp's bed.
Amber Heard threw a bottle at Johnny Depp so hard, it cut off the tip of his finger.
Amber Heard admitted on tape to punching Johnny Depp and mocked him on tape how nobody would believe him that he was absued.
Amber Heard took photos of Johnny Depp while he was napping/passed out in a chair and shared them with her friends.
Amber Heard notified TMZ about her filing for divorce before she informed Johnny Depp.
Amber Heard passed an edited video to TMZ, showing Johnny Depp punching kitchen cabinets in anger/frustration, but she cut out the part where she was looking in the camera in the end and was snickering.
During all of her testimony, Amber Heard displayed an abrasive and confrontational personality, unable to answer simple Yes-or-No-questions without picking a fight with the opposing attorney.
And most importantly: The trial is not about whether or not Amber Heard is a domestic violence survivor. The trial is about whether or not she is a domestic violence ABUSER.
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