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It took me 12 years to realize it was rape.
For more than a decade, the trauma I experienced the summer after high school stayed filed away in my brain as something to be ashamed of, something to keep secret.
In the rape-revenge thriller-slash-comedy, Carey Mulligan plays Cassie Thomas, a 30-year-old woman who’s dedicated her life to teaching men who believe they’re “nice guys” to stop preying on vulnerable women. Night after night, Cassie goes to bars and pretends to be near-collapsing drunk, luring predators into taking her home with them. As each one inevitably begins to sexually assault her, Cassie drops her act to teach them a lesson: You’re not a nice guy, you’re the bad guy.
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I read an article the other day by Erica Ariel Fox in Forbes magazine. The headline asked the highly relevant question, “Are you feeling COVID-19 fatigue?” And then there was the answer from the author, “Join the club.”
Hands up those of you out there who are walking in the shoes of the author. Hmmm, I can see a sea of hands! There’s no question about it, as we enter into 2021, most of us have reached the upper limit of our endurance with the COVID-19 pandemic. We’ve had it up to here haven’t we? And the question we are asking out of sheer frustration is, how long will this thing last? I’ve reached the limit of my endurance!