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soft boys with too many feelings

and why we should supposedly forgive them.

5 min readJun 23, 2022
Too many feelings makes men violent. Photo by on .

i. he hurt people because he is tortured

During the defamation trial Johnny Depp brought against his ex-wife Amber Heard, Depp sat in court . “People do art to help with stress it’s good for helping with depression, anxiety and much more,” a fan wrote on a video of Depp coloring in court. “Good for Johnny.” Another comment extrapolates that this is his response to the intersection of trauma and ADHD: “I can wholeheartedly tell you he is coping. This is a trauma response. (…) I pray for his mental health recovery.” Much sympathetic discourse has also been said about Depp’s struggles with addiction and alcoholism — while Heard’s mental health struggles have been widely used to discredit her.

When Kevin Spacey was accused of grooming actor Anthony Rapp, he posted a note on Twitter coming out as gay, conflating sexual violence with sexual orientation. Amidst growing accusations of and , Spacey : “I have loved and had romantic encounters with men throughout my life, and I choose now to live as a gay man. I want to deal with this honestly and openly and that starts with examining my own behavior.” It didn’t seem to occur to Spacey that his main victim, Rapp, is also a gay man — and that using…

Nicole Froio
Nicole Froio

Written by Nicole Froio

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