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The Morning Visitor by Dino Buzzati (1967)

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That escalated quickly.
- It is about rape, so yeah. The telling of trauma is intentional.
  
  Oh ok, I see it now. It seemed abstract at first glance.
  
  I read it as about menstruation
  
  Oh interesting. I definitely see that now. I thought it was “passion according to gh”
I hate that I could tell what it was about without looking at the comments :/
- I hate that anyone would need it to be made explicit. How does anyone with a prefrontal lobe miss that?
  
  Edit, quoting myself downthread,
  
  Perhaps what I've failed to articulate is that I'm irked that this very overt, brave, and thoughtful piece of art can be so clear and powerful a message, and yet my fellow humans are conditioned by (or perhaps utterly failed by) society to be so insensate that it does not immediately produce the intended understanding. I'm not frustrated with anyone in particular, I'm frustrated with the cruelly absurd world we live in.
  
  Because not everyone has had the experiences and education we have. Perhaps we should take the opportunity to educate rather than to shame.
  
  It wouldn't be unreasonable if someone intepreted this as an panic attack, or some other mental condition.
  
  Contrary to your stance, I WISH there would be 0 people on this earth who could at a glance know what this image depicts.
  
  One of the things about humanity that is remarkable is that we, by and large, are unable to imagine totally new things. Any "new" thing is a combination of things we've seen previously put into new arrangements. For folks who never experienced SA or know of it, they are blissfully unaware of what is happening. I thought it was a funny exaggeration of an encounter with a spider. Not everyone is keenly aware of the darkness mankind makes and explicit call outs are important. Many of us are trying to be sensitive but without explicit citation to ensure equal understanding, you would have been mad at me for a painting that we never saw the same subject matter.
Seems like a good depiction of what it's like to be forced to carry your rapist's baby
:(
It's interesting how the first and final frames have similar poses.
Jesus christ what’s going on here?
- Depiction of rape
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-morning-visitor
nsfw label would had been appreciated...
This book is psychedelic.
I wish someone would fuck me like that... 😮‍💨
- Joking about rape is not cool.
  
  I mean, the comic is so vague you can interpret that as not being about rape.
  
  In which case they are joking about sex. Which is cool.
  
  And where is the context stating this art is explicitly about rape? I just see a spooky black creature stretching out a lady's body like some Cronenberg body horror.
  
  Things that are common among rape survivors as coping mechanisms:
  
  -Dark humor about rape
  -Fantasizing about sex that looks like rape as a way to reestablish a feeling of control
  
  These are not universal experiences - everyone processes differently - but they are common. Feeling shame about them is also common, or being told that they invalidate victimhood.
  
  I believe you're trying to help, so I'm not mad at you. But you aren't helping.
  
  Doubt that's what they're doing. Also come be CNC kink.
  
  I didn't really interpret the art as rape. I could see that, but I originally saw it as some surreal horror story.
  
  Bad jokes about rape are not cool, but if it's a funny joke...
  
  Example. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOSlYLdN0Wk
Did u copy this from stranger things cuz

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