SHE-RANTS

I’ll tell you everything I can about this person who I have come to know as an abuser. What I’m doing, this is hard. There’s nothing in this for me. Trust me. I would love to believe that Aaron Hopkins-Johnson is not a shitbag. I would love for none of this to be true. I would love to not have to expose these horrifying stories, and I would love to not face the fact that some people will still refuse to believe our words, even though there are so many of us. Even though we have proof.  I’m scared to have my story read. I’m scared to have people pick apart my words. I can’t stop thinking, why didn’t I realize? Why didn’t I say something sooner?  I’m risking a lot by writing this. For one, I’m risking my safety. Below is my full story with enough details for the person to know very well who I am. I have come to understand that this person is dangerous. He could retaliate against me. I have no idea what he’s capable of, and I would sleep a lot easier at night if I had made the ch...

My Aaron Johnson/Lawn Gnome story I was initially hesitant to attach my story to all these allegations when Aaron has done so much worse to others, but I think my experience is an important case study in understanding why it's so easy to be complicit in abuse and how enablers of abuse can also become victims of it. I think when we talk about abuse, it's important to note that it's not always overtly violent or in your face. Oftentimes. it comes to you with a smile and with kind words you want to hear. That doesn't make it any less sinister though. Aaron Johnson started grooming me when I was 18 years old. At 20, we dated for a couple months then broke it off in July 2016.  I started working at Lawn Gnome in 2014 during the spring semester of my freshman year at Arizona State University. My best friend helped me get the job and I was just so stoked to not only be working with her, but also be part of something that was bigger than me. At Lawn Gnome, I felt like I belonge...

  **************************************************************   I was fresh out of high school in 2015 when I decided to move to Phoenix Arizona and be an artist. I saved up for a year and finally made enough to move out on my own. I started attending poetry slams at Lawn Gnome Publishing and fell in love with not only the store but the whole arts scene. After a slam one night in 2016 I introduced myself to Aaron Johnson and asked if he was hiring and I got and interview the next morning and was hired almost on the spot. I began working for below legal minimum wage, which didn’t bother me at the time because I was 19 and living on my own for the first time and just so excited to be there and be a part of it.    I got along with Aaron almost immediately. He’s charming and very well spoken and like everyone in the community, appreciated art the same way I did. From the very start though, there was always an moo uneasiness in me, the way he talked to me and...

  How to help: Are you embarrassed that children are doing more than you? Are you angry that somebody tricked you? Are you fed up with the constant bullshit this flea bag has been able to pull off? WELL ME FUCKING TO.... luckly enough, some bad ass women and myself created flyers you can print off at home and paste around your town.. cause this fucker has plans of opening more stores all over arizona, making nobody safe..  PRINT SOME SHIT OFF.. SHARE SOME LINKS AND HELP OUR VOICES BE HEARD!!!  CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK- DO SOMETHING FOR ONCE!!!! PROTECT YOUR DAUGHTERS ON ROOSEVELT ROW  LAWN GNOMES CANT PUBLISH BOOKS   LAWN-NOPE    want to send your friends and families more information? click the LINK 

 

 

 

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