I would like to pose a question to all of you out there reading: do you consider yourself a Kesha supporter?

Let me lay some groundwork here. I'm not going to waste your time by going through the timeline of events that has landed us where we are in the Kesha court case because there are BuzzFeed articles that do just that, so you can Google them. We are here because, in recent weeks, a judge ruled that Kesha was not to be released from her contract with Sony. The judge claimed it would be harmful reputation-wise for her to be allowed to break her contract when she has signed that she will create six more albums with them. Allow me to pause here. She owes them six -- six -- more albums. Not six total, six additional. That would bring her album total to nine. Most artists make three or four if they are lucky.

Most people know some of the facts (whether you believe them to be true or not) of the case. Kesha and her mother allege that Dr. Luke mentally, verbally and sexually abused Kesha for years, criticizing her looks and downplaying her talent. This situation caused Kesha extreme distress and she entered rehab for a time to take care of the physical tolls this abuse had on her body by way of an eating disorder. When Kesha came out of rehab everyone had high hopes that she would start producing music again, however, this was not the case. Instead, Kesha began to speak about her abuse and she started her battle against Sony to end her contract.

So let me ask a question to all of you out there who are doubting Kesha or even just thinking that she is going through this public mess for publicity or attention. If someone you cared about, be that a sister, a friend, a cousin, really anybody came to you and said that they had been abused in the past would you question them? Would you tell them that they were simply seeking attention from you and everyone around you? Would you shame their lifestyle choices and say that maybe they should be thankful that they received attention at all? Would you tell them that they deserved it?

My guess, and I'm just assuming here, would be that your answer to the above questions would be no. And what if you a story on Facebook about a girl facing her abuser in court who is still in college or recently graduated who was told that she must continue to work with her abuser? Would you doubt her? Again, I'm guessing your answer would be no. So what makes Kesha any different, then?

Kesha was young when she entered the music scene. She was naive to the practices and she was given the opportunity to work with Dr. Luke, who had worked with the likes of Katy Perry and Kelly Clarkson, who could turn that down? She then became dependent on Dr. Luke because he convinced her she was nothing without him. How was she expected to find her own voice when she was certain she didn't have one?

Here is the question that I would pose to non-supporters of Kesha and those that claim she is doing this all for attention: I would ask you if it was someone you loved or even a complete stranger you read about on Facebook in this situation, how you would react? Just because Kesha is a public figure does not mean she is a robot who is part of the machine of Hollywood. She is a person who feels and a person who is watching her entire life be put on display only to have to deal with what was probably her worst fear, doubt. Doubt from judges who claim that they don't see how her working conditions are detrimental, and now doubt from college students who post opinions and falsely call them fact. The truth is that we don't know the details of what happened to Kesha, but questioning her simply because she falls into the category of celebrity doesn't make you unique or a better journalist -- it makes you small-minded.