A jury found Amber Heard liable for defaming Johnny Depp, her ex-husband, to the tune of $15 million. It found Depp also defamed Heard, awarding her $2 million. But what does this verdict mean for domestic violence survivors?
As a survivor who has been writing about sexual violence since before the start of the #MeToo movement, McMenamin says they’ve received messages from readers who don’t feel comfortable talking about their experiences publicly because of the harassment from Depp’s fans. And the backlash specifically targets gender marginalized people, they say.
“And obviously because #MeToo was also about feminism, that does not preclude the possibility of people who are not women being survivors. I don't actually identify as a woman. And I don't think that that makes me not a survivor, for instance.
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