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May 21Liked by Matt Osborne

A total lack of empathy. He can’t know if he’s doing harm?? If that’s true, then he was either a narcissist or a psychopath.

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Thanks Donovan, this is insane and fascinating. I wonder what this godson of Andrea Dworken and Alan Ginsberg (!!) thinks about this conversation that happened when he was 12 years old and how his life went over the decades. And I wonder what she said that was private!!

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May 21Liked by Matt Osborne

What a well-written, moving and informative article, Donovan. Incredible research. Amazing, I remember reading stuff by Nikki Craft years ago, and now here she is in your article, not to mention Andrea Dworkin. Thank you so much for keeping these memories in the forefront. Everyone should read this!

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May 21·edited May 21

The psychopathy of pedophilia beggars the imagination. The sociopathy of patriarchy is why the human species is on the brink of extinction. The desperate need for men, but more specifically alpha males, to dominate and control, exploit and destroy other human beings and the living world is truly terrifying.

I, for one, as a human female am nauseated by this grotesque power imbalance that seems to stem from the human male's extreme envy of women and which inflicts such cruelty and suffering on the world, including men themselves. While violence in nature is common this gratuitous violence is not natural. It is diabolical and suicidal. It is creating a hell on earth.

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Thank you for this. Horrible but very necessary. It’s basically a preview of what we will no doubt be hearing and reading again very soon from “MAPs” and their apologists.

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Donovan... this is an excellent, excellent piece. I lived during that time but was busy in other areas of the Women's Liberation Movement... primarily feminist women's health issues. This piece and the info shared was a revelation to me. Thank you.

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