Poor kid

[changeyourstars8]

Okay, technically I know she's not a kid anymore, but this is just horrifying:

Mackenzie Phillips's Father is a Gigantic Tool

I am replacing the AP's headline with a more accurate one. Because the guy hooked her on drugs when she was a child and then raped her repeatedly. There is a better headline for that than one including the words "had sex with her dad". For the millionth time, sex and rape are not interchangeable terms. Goddamn stupid media.

Comments

[that-evening.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for mentioning that sex and rape are not the same thing. I wish the AP would finally learn that.

The abuse Mackenzie suffered from her Father reminds me much of the book "The Kiss" by Kathryn Harrison. It's the author's story of the "relationship" she had with her Father and gives a great insight into how such relationships, though deemed to be consensual are actually anything but. It shows the abuse of power of the Father over the child, even when the child is no longer a child.

[allthelivesofme.livejournal.com]

Exactly. I mean, I don't care if Ms. Phillips started calling it 'consensual' or not, because no, it reallyreally isn't. The power imbalance is so strong that it can never be anything besides skeevy manipulation.

And yeah, I wish the AP would learn that, too, but hey-- their only concern is ratings/selling papers and whatnot, not, y'know, being objective and/or honest, so what do they care.

Rrr.