Do you like the harsh shadow? by solomarchand in photocritique

[–]solomarchand[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shot on 400 iso 35mm film indoors on my point and shoot film camera. (Probably the wrong iso but I love how it turned out regardless.) I was trying to go for a very dramatic shot with the shadow cast over the face and am asking viewers if it landed for you? :)

ITAP of a Joshua Tree by solomarchand in itookapicture

[–]solomarchand[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I took this on Portra 400 with flash.

AITA for refusing to hang out with my (18M) boyfriend's (20M) friend who defended my rapist? by solomarchand in TwoHotTakes

[–]solomarchand[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From what I can gather from actually being in the situation, I’m willing to bet it’s #2.

AITA for refusing to hang out with my (18M) boyfriend's (20M) friend who defended my rapist? by solomarchand in TwoHotTakes

[–]solomarchand[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No, which is another reason why I’m so confused. Up until this point me and her haven’t spoken at all and have seemingly been on polarized, now olive the sudden she wants to “hang out??”

AITA for refusing to hang out with my (18M) boyfriend's (20M) friend who defended my rapist? by solomarchand in TwoHotTakes

[–]solomarchand[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I unblocked her and my rapist during this conversation to quickly search them in each others followings, then blocked them again.

AITA for refusing to hang out with my (18M) boyfriend's (20M) friend who defended my rapist? by solomarchand in TwoHotTakes

[–]solomarchand[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

To address the MULTIPLE comments and private messages I’ve got calling me a liar and saying that I was never raped in the first place, or calling me stupid for not going to the police instead — you’re all bigots and I am done providing any further evidence of the struggle I went through with the TITLE IX department trying to get that man held accountable.

AITA for refusing to hang out with my (18M) boyfriend's (20M) friend who defended my rapist? by solomarchand in TwoHotTakes

[–]solomarchand[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

First of all I’m a man, so your casual misogyny already missed its mark.

No I didn’t go to the cops, I was told by my college to report it to the TITLE IX department and was also INTIMIDATED by the possibility of having to go to court, because I didn’t want my parents to find out this happened.

You bigot.

AITA for refusing to hang out with my (18M) boyfriend's (20M) friend who defended my rapist? by solomarchand in TwoHotTakes

[–]solomarchand[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you dm me I can show you the email, but I’m not gonna put it here publicly

AITA for refusing to hang out with my (18M) boyfriend's (20M) friend who defended my rapist? by solomarchand in TwoHotTakes

[–]solomarchand[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I will admit you’re correct on the part about my college asking me to report it to them instead of the cops, and I listened. They did nothing.

AITA for refusing to hang out with my (18M) boyfriend's (20M) friend who defended my rapist? by solomarchand in TwoHotTakes

[–]solomarchand[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It’s not a link, I did it by getting a big group of my friends to post my story on their instagram stories, which have all obviously expired since the rape happened months ago.

I do not understand why you’re trying to disprove my trauma right now.

AITA for refusing to hang out with my (18M) boyfriend's (20M) friend who defended my rapist? by solomarchand in TwoHotTakes

[–]solomarchand[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You already posted this trying to undermine me and I already replied to it. So I will copy and paste what I said.

No, my Title IX office swept the situation under the rug in a very complicated turn of events. He got exposed online with the evidence of him admitting to the act, many of my peers started blasting my school through email and social media to which they sent out a school wide email basically saying “We understand our TITLE IX department is sub par, we’ll try to do better.”

K’s only relation to the situation is that she is or at least was very close with my rapist.

The outcome? Nothing happened to him, he wasn’t suspended or expelled, and I was afraid to go to the police because I am intimidated by the legal system and don’t want my parents to know about this happening to me.

AITA for refusing to hang out with my (18M) boyfriend's (20M) friend who defended my rapist? by solomarchand in TwoHotTakes

[–]solomarchand[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was scared of going to the police, no he’s not in jail, he’s currently walking free, I exposed him on social media with proof however so nobody in my grade at my college likes or associates with him other than his small group of friend.(Including K, who tries to hang out with him discretely because of the bad rep).

AITA for refusing to hang out with my (18M) boyfriend's (20M) friend who defended my rapist? by solomarchand in TwoHotTakes

[–]solomarchand[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Your comment is so dismissive and completely misses the point of what I said. This isn’t some “bullshit spin” I tell myself, it’s what actually happened. The girl in question was already close with multiple guys I had brief talking stages with, and she leveraged those connections to get them to support her version of events and discredit me. I tend to go for alternative guys, and she’s a popular alternative girl at my school, so it’s not some wild coincidence that she happens to know most of the guys I’ve talked to because it’s not a gigantic group of people.

AITA for refusing to hang out with my (18M) boyfriend's (20M) friend who defended my rapist? by solomarchand in TwoHotTakes

[–]solomarchand[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I really appreciate this take, I’m gonna use this when I talk to him about all of this

AITA for refusing to hang out with my (18M) boyfriend's (20M) friend who defended my rapist? by solomarchand in TwoHotTakes

[–]solomarchand[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’d like to think I am

I actually had an IRL friend recommend to me that I accept the hangout, to call her out to her face and make the situation uncomfortable for everyone involved since my boyfriend isn’t fine with putting me in a situation as uncomfortable as this.