Mikey Davis (Mikey XVX): A rapist in our midst (trigger warning)

Mikey Davis is not the same person as Mike XVX, the vegan folk singer.

To PDX, Boise and everyone involved,

I'm writing this in response to the recent confession of the rapist and pedophile in Portland who happens to share my name. I don't want there to be any confusion about our identities, and although he identifies as vegan straight edge and goes by the moniker "Mikey XVX" I have no connection to this person in any way shape or form. I also want to state that the fact that someone tacks on "XVX" at the end of their name in no way makes them part of the Vegan Straight Edge community, and that it's an awful coincidence that this shameful person would claim to be part of it.

As would anyone who has read the description of his confession, I was horrified and disgusted by what I learned. His confession reads like a horror story; gruesome, sadistic and tragic. I've been told there have been attempts to hold an accountability process with him and that he's been resistant to it, stating that he'll never change and attempting to lie his way out of it. Though I can't predict the outcome of this process, it's important that we take the necessary steps to protect ourselves and the community from this person and inform anyone we know about his history of sexual violence towards his former partners. I'll keep this short since some folks have already sent out emails about it, but I felt it was important for me to make this statement to avoid any misunderstandings. There's a photo circulating around, so keep an eye out for Michael Davis. He's an incredibly dangerous and opportunistic person, and whether or not he's willing to work with this group, there are no doubts about his clear history of sexual violence and mental illness and his own beliefs of entitlement and domination of womyn and children. Good luck to those involved in his process, and thank you to everyone out there who takes a stand against male domination, patriarchy and rape.

For the survivors,
Mike XVX

very weird. I think that if someone is living with you and you feel that they're using you, for 2 years (!), that at some point you do have some responsibility for the situation as well. Not that the dude isn't an asshole, but you also have to make boundaries for yourself and enforce them. Someone can't use you like this without your consent. If we're talking about something like a violent rape or assault, that's different of course.

I have been treated very badly at some points in my life. I mean VERY badly. But I learned from those times that generally if there is a pattern of me being treated badly, that I needed to learn boundaries, courage, and self-respect. I will not be treated in certain ways again. And it's not because I have thrown all the bad guys out of my community, because you can never get them all out, but because I am no longer a target for them.

I'm not sure that I agree with this kind of public "outing" unless this guy is a complete sociopath, which I'm not really sure that he is.

and a sociopath. Some of the content of the public outing of Mikey as a rapist has been removed from youtube due to privacy concerns, but I watched it before it was removed, and there is NO EXCUSE at all for what he did, and no question as to whether or not he is a rapist. He admits it in his own words.

Consenting to sexual contact does not mean that you have consented to whatever the other wants to do. Consenting to a relationship does not mean that you consent to being raped and abused in that relationship. Consenting to trying to help a person overcome their character faults does not equal consent to being abused by that person.

As for the responsibility of the survivor, well, she survived, and took part in outing Mikey, hopefully reducing the amount of further harm that Mikey could cause others. I would say that that was very responsible and very goddamn courageous.