These are the faces of some of the women who were most prominently attacked and abused on social media and or in court this past 1-2 years. Do you know what they all have in common?
#BiVisibilityDay
Also, while we're talking about child abuse, let's not forget Johnny Depp would ditch his kids with his body guards to the point where it was one of the complaints cited when they sued him. Let's not forget Depp thought his 15 yo daughter living with a 23 yo man with a kid was +
While
#WandaVision
is trending, reminder of the kind of man Paul Bettany is. "We could do a drowning test first. Thoughts? PS: I have a pool." Amber Heard was 27 years old here, Paul Bettany was 42 and Depp was 50.
This is your reminder that when Amber met Depp, he was 46 (she, 23), he was her boss, he invited her to a hotel room, lying that they wouldn't be alone, he lifted up her robe, he pushed her onto a couch, and in their first acting kiss scene, he shoved his tongue in her mouth.
Among all the other things, I'm never getting over the fact Depp painted over Amber's paintings in her painting room, with black, all over, and destroyed them. It's one of the most abusive things he ever did.
Pamela Anderson is a great example of how the objectification of women, specially traditionally attractive women in this case, gives people "permission" to commit atrocious acts and say atrocious things, that they wouldn't if they saw that woman as a human being.
Amber: I was sexually assaulted, and before I could recover in any way, my dog had a medical emergency that made me scared for them and I was forced to take them to the vet, and pretend I hadn't just been r*ped.
The internet: THAT'S THE FUNNIEST THING I EVER HEARD LOL
@_lord_ruin_
You realize he might not have had the gall to go forward with it even if he had the idea bf if he hadn't seen another public figure not only get away w it but be praised and revered worldwide for it, right? You really think him, Brad Pitt, Nick Carter etc are all a coincidence?
Can we talk about another thing no one cares that Depp did? The fact his first kiss with Amber was him sexually assaulting her in the set where he was her boss, just kissing her without her consent, when she had a girlfriend, and not while acting.
+A-okay. Let's not forget Johnny Depp seemingly covered up for said 23 yo man, when the police tried to have him investigated for statutory rape of Johnny Depp's 15 yo daughter. Let's not forget when Amber tried to raise a red flag about it, he raged at her. Let's not forget+
+Johnny Depp gave weed to his 13 yo daughter. Let's not forget Lily wrote a message to her father talking about how he'd never been there for them, but he had started to be, since he'd met Amber, and hadn't been drinking so much. Let's not forget any of that.
Depp stans spent months, or really, years, chanting again and again and again about male victims. Now, Anthony Rapp is being called "an Amber Heard" and where are they? They made everything worse for victims of ALL genders, and are nowhere to be found. They never cared.
Also, reminder that a lot of people STILL don't know that that odious man sued HER first. Most headlines at the time said "TAYLOR SWIFT SUES MAN WHO-" No. Like any abuser, he sued her for "defamation and getting him fired." She countersued. For 1 dollar.
Amber, who was never rich, and did not have millions.
Trusted people: *advise her not to pay donations in full*
Depp: *refuses to pay HER in full, even though he does have the money, and pays in installments*
Amber: *starts paying donation in installments* 1/2
Reminder that Depp was always a jealous freak, but his biphobia fed that trait to a murderous rage when it came to Amber. This type of scenario is exactly what happens to many bi+ people, specially women / female presenting ones.
“At the Met Gala, (2014) he was accusing me of flirting with a woman. We get back to the hotel room, he shoves me and grabs my collarbone. I remember he threw a bottle at me, missed me, hit the chandelier. He hit me, I remember my nose being swollen, red.”
#IStandWithAmberHeard
Thinking mutual abuse exists shows a fundamental misunderstanding of what abuse even is, in the first place. There can't be abuse without a power imbalance, and you can't change victim and perpetrator like a seesaw. The roles are fixed. The powerless cannot abuse the powerful.
No matter what you think of anything else, this is the man you defend and or defended this whole time. A man who sexually assaulted a young actress on her first big job, as her boss, at least 3 times.
I'm so f*cking happy y'all, and in so much awe of Amber Heard. She's such a f*cking badass. I would have understood if she felt too drained to keep at it, but here she is, fighting for her voice, fighting for her truth, fighting for justice, she deserves so much respect.
Amber Heard was a victim of a bimisogynistic hate campaign that used her as an example to victim-survivors everywhere, and she won't be the last, because, as long as you lot take that much pleasure from humiliating survivors, you will never learn, because you don't want to.
#ExpertsForAmberHeard
Amber's had 300+ experts and orgs sign an open letter in her defense, and now she's had 2 separate amicus briefs filed also in her defense in the court of Virginia. If you STILL think Johnny Depp is innocent, then you can't be saved.
Milani is still blocking survivors who have tried to speak up, to this day. It's now been almost an year since I was blocked, and they're still blocking people instead of choosing to apologize.
Milani Cosmetics inserted themselves into a trial involving domestic abuse and sexual assault to support the abusive rapist Johnny Depp for money. And they've refused to apologize to Amber for it. This is not
#crueltyfree
; it's monstrous & exploitative.
#BoyCottMilani
#DeppVHeard
Amber Heard was failed by the justice system, failed by the media, failed by women, failed by feminists and feminist organizations, failed by the LGBT community and LGBT activists, failed by Youtube, Tiktok , and Twitter as platforms, and failed by some of her closest friends.
This morning, an open letter has been published in support of Amber Heard, 33 Orgs and 106 experts have signed on. These include many of the most respected and outstanding orgs, experts, and advocates in the world, such as Gloria Steinem 1/
#IStandWithAmberHeard
#ExpertsForAmber
"SERVES HIM RIGHT! The director of wifebeater Johnny Depp's new movie, Mainween, has confirmed that it was hard to work with the actor on set.
The actor was always late, in his dressing room, he didn't like being directed in the scenes. (...)" (1/2)
BEM FEITO! Diretora de novo filme do agressor Johnny Depp, Maiween confirma que foi difícil trabalhar com o ator no set.
O ator se atrasava no camarim, não gostava de ser dirigido nas cenas. Além disso, ela deu poucos diálogos ao ator devido ao seu francês constrangedor.
Tate moved to Romania because he said their laws/law enforcement were weak regarding sexual assault and sex trafficking. He bragged about it. Now he's been arrested by Romanian authorities.
This is your reminder that Judge Azcarate remains responsible for the emotional and psychological torture and humiliation of an abuse survivor. Being failed and betrayed by those supposed to protect you is often times even worse than what you've been through.
#AmberIsFree
Things Johnny Depp controlled, Amber's:
- Home
- Doctors + Medication
- Transportation
- Hotels (when working)
- Job interviews
- Acting jobs + scenes within those jobs
- Money
- Clothes
- Friends
- Communication
- Devices (by demanding no passwords anywhere)
- Work events
Blatant lies aside, if you defend any man who says they'd like to kill, drown, burn, and r*pe the corpse of any woman, I know exactly the type of person you are.
People always say "remember in the old days when homosexuality was considered a mental illness? That was such a victory!" But no one talks about the fact that if you're bisexual, most mental health professionals will take that as a sign that you have a personality disorder.
In the same year when yet another study came out putting bisexuals at the forefront of risk of violence, discrimination, isolation, and resulting depression, s*icide, and drug use and addiction. Nearly 4k likes.
Amber Heard NEVER wanted her trauma to be public. She never wanted to go to court about this. She never wanted to bring her evidence forward. She never wanted to testify. If he hadn't been so obsessed with keeping control over her even after divorce, we'd never know anything.
Johnny Depp told the BBC at
#Cannes2023
that he's not going to let facts about him being a wifebeater & r4pist - that he himself revealed to the whole world through 2 suits that he brought - define him. I love how his global humiliation campaign on Amber is backfiring on him.
Depp's abuse relied on a complex and sick team of enablers: on doctors who reported Amber's private sessions back to him, on nurses who agreed to drug her, on bodyguards who ignored her screams for help, on hotel staff that watched her for him, on drivers that told him +
The fact you people watched that man pay someone to make a replica of a woman's naked body against her will, so he could lie in bed besides it, while he sang about having sex with her in his head, and you called that artful, and didn't care because "you thought she deserved it,"
No wonder an organization that wanted Brendon Fraser to release and sign a statement saying the man who groped him had "done it as a joke" became a drool party for a domestic abuser.
#BradPittIsAnAbuser
#GoldenGlobes
Depp: *starts costing her millions which he knows she does not have in litigation*
Amber: *has to stop paying donations so she can defend herself and keep on feeding her daughter*
People: YOU ARE A MONSTER.
I will keep saying this until the day people finally wake up. Depp's and his team's, fans' entire defense consists of accusing Amber of things he did.
1. Biased judge? Azcarate actually was quantifiably and verifiably biased, as was the court.
This is just another mark of abuse. Depp used to abuse her by telling her "no one likes you," and then he invested millions in a campaign to turn her into the "most hated woman in America." Many abuse victims feel something is wrong with them. I know I did.
It drives me crazy that we have endless examples of JD being a horrible bigot, and endless examples of Amber being charitable and an activist, and kind, and going out of her way to be inclusive, and informed, and yet people say SHE's the unlikeable one.
#ApologizeToAmberHeard
This is it btw. This is the entire reason they're having a meltdown. Because Maybelline dared to sponsor a trans woman Dylan Mulvaney, for this 13 seconds video. Meanwhile, women, trans and cis, with actual problems, are left to drown in hatred. TERFs are nothing but bigots.
Johnny Depp stole Amber's youth. Abuse puts your life on pause. Emotionally, psychologically, career-wise, friendships-wise. It steals time from you. He stole years of her life. She deserves to be able to live it, to rediscover the person she could've been if not for him.
Even if you believe Johnny Depp is a victim of abuse, how does that make it at all okay for him to be a racist, homophobe, biphobe, transphobe, nazi apologist, who's spoken out for rapists and pedophiles before, is best friends with Marilyn Mason and to want a torture/rape cave?
Explicit and public biphobic discourse (+ explicit support for it) have been increasing in volume and frequency lately, and if you think that's a coincidence, then you have not been paying attention to the world, the past 7 years, or to me, when I tell you all things. 🧵
Next year, try dressing up as a hero, instead of as a symbol to mock and demean a survivor.
A 🧵 of women dressed up as
#PrincessMera
#AmberIsOurMera
through the years.
📷
This is a malicious lie if you didn't know. These texts were sent in 2013, two years before they got married in 2015. She was his very young girlfriend then, and the reason for these texts were that she was trying to get him not to overdose.
@lizzysbae
@plentyoffreckl1
Let's not also forget "alcoholics can't be abusive, they pass out so they can't beat anyone," and "Ms Heard told you she had medical records but she has none" *having made the judge strike those very records before trial* and "she didn't think she'd ever have to face her abuser."
"A US jury has now ruled in favour of Johnny Depp, but social media had already judged Amber Heard for not being the ‘right kind’ of victim"
By Dr Anneliese Spiteri-Staines, Dr Margaret Kertesz and Ms Esther Gallois, University of Melbourne
#IStandWithAmberHeard
#AmberHeard
1/
As a childhood abuse survivor, having to watch people use that to mock a person as kind as Amber, boils my blood and makes me feel sick. I wish I had had a mother that loved me like Amber very obviously loves her daughter. You know who's actually a bad parent? Depp. 🖕
I'll never get over how you people normalized hatred of women, specially queer women, SO MUCH, that you really defended and said that a man wanting to kill his girlfriend by burning her alive, then r*pe her corpse "to make sure she's dead" was completely normal male behavior.
Depp brought 0 evidence to the table, I cannot stress this enough, and yet was never once doubted. Amber brought every possible evidence, everything victims are told to bring, and all it took for all of you to disbelieve her was the man with no evidence to say "it's a hoax."
🧵‼️ Let's dive into Amber's team's response to Depp's appeal brief! Another reading session for anyone interested. I'll link the original once I'm done!
p.1
You know who is professional, intelligent, polite, well-spoken, funny, beautiful, bothers to answer questions and think about her answers, has given talks and speeches before, knows how to captivate people, and say things that actually matter?
Amber Heard.
#AmberIsWorthIt
I will never stop talking about the role
#biphobia
had on this case, from her abuse itself, to the lies that were spread about her, the names she was called, and the way the media portrayed her even before she divorced him. ⬇️
#AmberHeardDeservesAnApology
#AmberHeardIsNotAlone
Amber Heard: *tells her abusive husband to suck her dick*
Men on the internet: *torment her for years*
John Stamos: "I helped my friend rape a girl once."
Men on the internet: LOL thE GOAT, THAT'S SO FUNNY BRO
#ApologizeToAmberHeard
"I don't believe in mutual abuse," Glenn said. "It just doesn't sound right, reactive abuse. I'm going to abuse you as a reaction? No, I'm going to defend myself as a reaction."
Watching the outrage all day today, I can't help but once again think where was this outrage for Amber Heard? Where were these eloquent and outspoken posts? Where were all of these people who are so well informed on how r*pe and abuse happen and want to teach others?
"When a woman comes forward to speak about injustice or her suffering, instead of aid, respect and support, she'll be met with hostility, skepticism, and shame. Her motives will be questioned, her truth ignored."
@UNHumanRights
#AmberHeard
#IStandWithAmberHeard
TUG trying to desperately distance himself from Depp Stans (first trying to propose a "truce" to us, then urgently making his videos private) would be comedy gold if it weren't so despicable. He built his entire platform on Amber's pain, made wild money of her trauma, and ...
Want some actual
#DeppVHeard
? I don' think I'll ever get over the fact that Azcarate let Depp read this: "Johnny Depp was the victim of abuser Amber Heard, London's High Court told" during the trial, while simultaneously not allowing them to tell the jury it was a complete LIE.
Asia Argento gave this speech at
#CannesYouNot
in 2018: “In 1997, I was raped by Harvey Weinstein here at Cannes. I was 21 years old, this festival was his hunting ground... And even tonight, sitting among you, there are those who still have to be held accountable (1/)"
Harvey Weinstein
According to several people, Weinstein was a huge guest at every Cannes Festival (until 2013); he used Cannes to promote his movies and company, get investors, hunt for workers, sexually assault women, and boast about his successes. One survivor who came
TUG can't spend a day without threatening women. He's now decided to threaten
@sophia_71_
simply for pointing out the facts, which are that he's made nearly 700 videos with just Amber Heard's name on the title in the last 2 years, and has made profit from it.
@lowcal4kpop
Anyone's "stance" doesn't matter. Professionals in law, SA, DV, abuse, LGBTQ activism, psychology, and more, all agree that Amber Heard is the victim. The only answer you ever need as for why is power structure. Abuse only happens within a power imbalance, she had none over him.
1952 - Ernest Borgnine, Palme d'Or.
Physically assaulted his wife Katy Jurado, also in public.
1983 - Michael Winner, screened at Cannes.
Sexually harassed Helen Mirren when she was 16 in 1964, at 29. Has harassed many other women similarly.
{ 1 /🧵}
#Cannes2023
#CannesYouNot
The appeal was in no way in vain, it allowed her financial freedom and most importantly to rescue her right to speak up without being tied to that man forever. He's finally lost control of her.
#AmberAppeals
#AmberIsFree
#AmberGotHerVoiceBack
When "evil women" defame "poor innocent men" and "manipulate the public" they end up in hateful, violent, degrading giant murals. When men admit to beating up women, they end up in award shows and doing redemption tours.
I still
#IStandWithAnthonyRapp
@albinokid
. I honestly don't have the words to express my disappointment. If we can't get justice for the sexual assault of a child, what justice *can* we ever get? It feels hopeless. I can't imagine how Anthony feels. I'm so sorry.
📒Sentences that automatically show you have NO idea what you're talking about, that you should stop immediately, and go educate yourself, a reference list:
1. "But why didn't they leave/leave sooner?"
2. "But why didn't they go to the hospital/the police?"