political use of survivors

Ace Survivors as Rhetorical Devices (part three): The One True Narrative of Sexual Violence Against Aces
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Ace Survivors as Rhetorical Devices (part three): The One True Narrative of Sexual Violence Against Aces

Ace Survivors as Rhetorical Devices (part three): The One True Narrative of Sexual Violence Against Aces

By Queenie| 2018-04-10T01:56:58-04:00 November 5th, 2015|Categories: Education, For Activists, For Supporters|Tags: ace on ace sexual violence, ace survivors as rhetorical devices series, corrective rape, CSA, heterosexism, Latina stereotypes, political use of survivors, racism, The One True Narrative of Sexual Violence Against Aces, victim blaming|

In this post I’m going to discuss the way bloggers construct The One True Narrative of The Way Sexual Violence Happens to Aces. This can take several forms. First, the author may assume that all ace survivors fit into a particular narrative of sexual violence (usually corrective rape by an allosexual romantic partner). Second, the author may acknowledge that sexual violence against aces may happen in multiple ways, but may highlight one way as more important or “real” than the rest.

Ace Survivors as Rhetorical Devices (part two): Using Ace Survivors to Win Political Arguments
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Ace Survivors as Rhetorical Devices (part two): Using Ace Survivors to Win Political Arguments

Ace Survivors as Rhetorical Devices (part two): Using Ace Survivors to Win Political Arguments

By Queenie| 2018-04-10T01:39:45-04:00 October 15th, 2015|Categories: Education, For Activists, For Supporters|Tags: ace survivors as rhetorical devices series, coercive rape, corrective rape, intimate partner rape, political use of survivors, rape, respectability politics, victim blaming|

Can you replace ace survivors in your arguments with an Oppressed Lamp—i.e. is your argument drawing on something specific about the experiences and feelings of ace survivors or is it using ace survivors as short-hand for “oppressed, beaten, helpless things you should pity”? If you’re using “ace survivors” to mean “super oppressed aces you should feel really bad for,” you’re probably using ace survivors as rhetorical devices.