You know what really discourages victims from coming forward? Blatantly fake stories like this that get mainstream attention...the stories of fake victims have become so prevalent that real ones are less likely to be believed.

Completely discounting even WEIRD events is what keeps victims from reporting abusers.

How the hell was this not sorted out in the drafting stage? It’s pretty obvious that a lot was going to hinge on whether the law could be used on old records. The people drafting it should have researched the legality of retrospectivity, and made the language crystal clear. Hopefully their bosses are tearing them a…

...only 6.1 percent of Facebook’s workforce is black. In fact, no major social media company has a workforce that is even 5 percent black, according to the report.

I found it really difficult to exercise when I listened to all the perky feel-good suggestions about how to enjoy it. Then I started regarding it like medicine. I don’t enjoy exercising, but that’s OK because I don’t have to enjoy exercising. I’m doing it because I feel like shit if I don’t. That’s literally my…

“no evidence” that the students made “offensive or racist statements

Because there will always be those who will believe that if a woman cannot prove it beyond a shadow of a doubt, it never happened.

I struggle to explain the existence of frats to people from other countries who ask me about why they are so popular. They are support groups for privileged white boys... (emphasis mine)

Yeah, I’m blown away that we even have to say “I believe her”. There is video footage of the assault. It captures, not only the actions of the predator, but her clearly denying her consent to those actions. A prosecutor literally couldn’t ask for better evidence.

They’re amazing animals, but they are BLOODY terrifying. I think part of it is that most animals are wary of humans, and recognise we’re different to the animals they usually deal with. Individuals will attack, kill and eat humans, but animals don’t tend to see humans as “prey”.

Illusion of control. It’s scary as fuck to feel that someone could burst through the door of your, or your child’s classroom and start shooting, and there’s not a damn thing you could do about it (well, you could agitate for better gun control, but that’s another discussion). Feeling that you can do something to…

As a teacher (in Australia), I can see both sides of this paragraph. One side is; the system is failing teachers and they’re desperately trying to do their jobs to the best of their ability. The other side is; the system is failing teachers, and they’re still desperately trying to do their jobs. Thus the system is let…

That photo of the MAGA rally. Wow. Is it just unfortunate timing, or did he ACTUALLY tweet a photo of the entire crowd doing the Nazi salute?

CW: discussion of transphobic rhetoric

continue your biased thought process and discrimination against white people.

The Perth Zoo had a saltwater crocodile named Simmo, who was an arsehole even by saltwater crocodile standards. They tried to mate him a few times, but he always attacked the female crocodile and eventually killed one. Then they said enough was enough and he was in solitary confinement for the rest of his days. He…

Seconded.  Non-consensual porn is NEVER okay.  Not even when the victim is a douche.  A man is being blackmailed with the threat of having stolen nude photos published without his consent.  It’s not anything to be funny or flippant about.

Another problem with vaccine refusal; those who haven’t been vaccinated against measles, also haven’t been vaccinated against rubella (German Measles).

America’s Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock were members of a radical religious sect that we’d probably now describe as “far-right” or “evangelical”. The traditional narrative is that they came to America to escape religious persecution in England. In fact, England was unusually tolerant and they were allowed to practice…

It seems to be a valid criticism that the Democrats are using black voters, taking their votes for granted and more or less ignoring them between elections. But the Republicans are actively looking for ways to hurt them. It’s a choice between a stale cheese sandwich and a pile of toxic waste mixed with dog shit, that…