I'm sorry, is the purpose of Jezebel's "reporting" to perpetuate the bullshit popular discourse that's already occurring? According to you, this was news in 1992. In 2014, the public allegations which confirm suspected (and corroborated) abuse are what we should be talking about.

Not the comparison I made. You get an F for reading comprehension.

Great campaign and subsequent response to racist fucktards, for sure, but let's not get all "YAY, GAP!" just yet. There are plenty of supply chain/labor issues to negate this warm and fuzzy move.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/16/wor…

Are you really going to go there? I don't know ANYONE "rabidly" advocating for late-term abortions except in dire, rare circumstances. There IS a huge difference between keeping a pig in a gestation crate, killing a piglet by slamming it's head against a wall and leaving it to die on a cold, concrete floor, abusing…

Sticks and stones. You're ugly.

Uhh, what? Do you really think the police are going to take this dude to task for destroying a cell phone when he was almost hit full-on by a woman TEXTING? Your priorities are warped if you think that justice means punishing this dude for destroying a THING when this dumb-ass bitch almost seriously…

Yes, exactly. A+ for reading comprehension. I absolutely read Jezebel because I have NO interest in or familiarity with history, culture, or social justice.

Insane and psychotic? Really? Have you ever had your life endangered by a self-absorbed and totally careless person? Several months ago, I almost got hit by a car when I was running, crossing at a crosswalk in a busy part of DC with heavy pedestrian traffic. I clearly had the right of way (walk sign illuminated at a…

Thank you so much for the education on white privilege, a concept of which I was TOTALLY unaware until your fantastic explanation.

Don't you worry, Norma, the brown people in my life have done a great job of educating me on the bullshit they deal with on the daily.

Christ you're condescending.

Did you not read what I wrote (???) - that generalizing about any group of people based on any shared identity is unproductive? Let me break it down for you: I would absolutely make a stink about any generalization specific to any group (and you DO NOT NEED TO EXPLAIN TO ME THE POTENTIAL…

Oh my GOD, have you no concept of agency? I would love love LOVE to see this conversation play out between you and a sex worker. When I did anti-trafficking outreach in Denver, it was abundantly clear that sex workers are some of the ablest, most vehement allies in combatting sex trafficking. To deny their agency is…

Wait, whoa whoa whoa. "Evangelical Christian tinge"? No. It was evangelical Christian right wingers shouting down all the other voices in the anti-human trafficking movement, passing watered-down anti-choice, anti-woman policies, which they continue to do today (hence, why VAWA and the TVPA took ages to be…

Perfectly put. There's definitely not a lot of writing or commenting on this site that relates to the long slog of social change. It's pithy, current, makes for good happy hour conversation, but doesn't really relate to what a lot of us are actually doing out in the world.

First, thanks for a really thoughtful reply. What (admittedly) started out as a gut reaction very personal to my own identity has evolved into a broader question of what's strategic in the grander scheme of things (I advocate on gender issues for an org that brings a lot of stakeholders to the table, including the…

Ugh. Thank YOU. Precisely. I'm really not interested in "policing" anyone's comments but almost no one in this thread is talking about the practical implications of alienating actual and potential allies. This is the world we live in...social change requires consensus building, which requires bringing people to the…

I still think that you're rationalization of why it's ok to lump all white people into once oppressive category is completely unproductive.

Actually "evangelical crusader monster" is totally apt in describing much (most) of the Bush administration.

Ok, we get it, American Politics 101 - the President doesn't actually write any piece of legislation (just like you'd be hard pressed to find a member of Congress who's actually authored a bill). The worker bees in the Admin, Congressional offices, and on Committee staffs actually write legislation (often with help…

So, who's keeping score and what's the prize? And is someone going to publish an index of oppression for the oppressive classes?

While I think you've rationalized your point extremely well, you still didn't get to the root of what incendiary, racial comments serve.

You write, "in conflict resolution, an important part…