Well done, Dvora, as usual. This is a great piece. Rachael Denhollander and the rest of the gymnasts who came forward are so brave and strong. I’m in awe of their tenacity. 

This word gets thrown around way too much these days, but Rachel Denhollander is the definition of a hero.

I’ve said this before in comments on this site, but the most frustrating thing to me as an attorney is that people always jump to the “they are just in it for the money,” as if victims of sexual violence aren’t entitled to compensation/restitution for the horrible things they have endured. Hell, if I’m in a car wreck,…

Hockenberry really damaged the career of Celeste Headlee, who is a total, total pro. He forced another woman (who had risked her life under cover in North Korea to write a book) (let me repeat, under cover in North Korea) off the air from his shows as a N Korea expert lest she deal with his come-ons. That’s all in…

Dvora, as all this continues to unwind and we learn about the unspeakably horrible crimes and cover-ups that adults committed and the tenacity and resilience of the survivors, I hope you consider writing a book on the dumpster fire that is USAG pre- and post-Voldemort being exposed. There few with your writing abilitie…

I have to say, your reporting on this entire matter has been wonderful. I know absolutely nothing about gymnastics, but I’ve read so many of your posts because I knew they would be sincere, earnest as well as fair, rational and clear. You have helped provide a voice to some of those most hurt, raised awareness on a…

Dvora, your reporting on this story has been extraordinary. Thank you for hearing these victims’ stories and helping give them a voice — a voice that put the monster in prison for the rest of his life. Keep the pressure on!  We cannot let those accountable slip through the grasp of the law. The best thing is to read…

I would be far more open to the concept of rehabilitation if any of these men actually demonstrated remorse and a new understanding of why their behavior was wrong. Rehabilitation is not going to the Hamptons for six months and buying a new suit. 

I feel like all these dudes are running around yelling “My penis! My penis! But what about my penis???”

Beginning of time to 2016: Men speak

“...here’s a signed statement from hundreds of kids that Sandusky DIDN’T molest. So on average, he’s a decent guy.”

If she’s working because she WANTS to and doesn’t NEED to then who cares? Also Rhianna specifically wanted to show all kinds of body types at her show because she wants to target as many women as possible and last time I checked pregnant women still want to get down.

Reminder that NC outlawed using Sea Level rises based on current climate science.  Rather, they opted for a very slow linear increase.  The impact of that is that they allowed a lot more development in coastal and low lying areas, relaxed codes for how high houses must be built off the ground, etc. 

LETS FUCKING GO. Let’s make the Left’s response to the motherfucking Tea Party. It starts here, people.

That is the history of that question, “what did you do to provoke him?”

The “why” is about Jabari Bird and only Jabari Bird. Asking what she did to provoke him is some old misogynistic bullshit that can only be “useful” in some sort of fucked up justification for what he did and it is 100% a twisted, victim-blaming question by its very nature. There’s no good reason to be “curious” about…

It is irrelevant. If she called him a booger eater, called his mama fat, whatever. He detained her (kidnapped) and beat her. If she cheated on him, it still doesnt matter, that doesnt give one the right to do what this guy (allegedly) did.

Because wanting to what she did to “provoke” him is irrelevant, disgusting and extremely misogynistic?

Pictured, Erik Karlsson, 5 minutes after receiving the news:

The only real policy any team has is: “Fuck me, how do we make this go away?”