I kind of love these shoes, anyone know what brand they are?

Okay, if you tell a guy, "I don't know how to dress for straight men, I usually only dress for gay men and women so I didn't know what to wear on this date," don't be surprised and/or mortally offended if he gives you his personal opinion as The Voice Of The Straight Man. Because it really sounds like that's what you…

Well, I can only speak for myself, but for me, the discourse on "sex workers" and "trafficking victims" are two separate, though connected, discourses. It's inappropriate and unhelpful to conflate them with one another. Sex workers—even those who would rather be working in a different industry—are not in the same…

Maybe I'm reading too much into my perception of your tone, but I don't know why you're being snarky about this. It's a legitimate problem that is well-documented and is certainly acknowledged within climate change/gender organizations and experts.

I can consider that. I am fully aware of the reputation prisons have for rape, how prisoners still deserve protection from abuses & how abuse of power is the cause for the legalities we're discussing. however, all signs point to consensual relationships in this case & he is not the most credible victim (was my point)-…

The bottom line is that these COs messed up bigtime. Clearly, they didn't mess up because they're female but I'm sort of baffled about this closing line:

The Post article does say they were charged "in a federal racketeering indictment"

As I'm sure you know, laws vary by state and federally (and the same applies for what constitutes a felony or a misdemeanor). In some states, sex between inmates and officers is considered rape and in others, like Maryland, it's categorized as sexual abuse or sexual misconduct. Federally speaking, this is a felony…

While I agree with you to some extent and do blame the female COs for doing what they did, the second paragraph of the article says: "Tavon White, the BGF leader who appears to have led the gang from prison and is believed to have fathered five children with correction officers, told an acquaintance over a cellphone…

I agree that it would be appropriate to have included at least token mention that a sexual crime has occurred. Sexual violence and rape in prison is a huge issue, and it does feminism no favors to reinforce patriarchy by ignoring it.

Everyone, including men, prisoners, and even violent felons* have the right to…

§3–314. Sexual conduct between correctional or Department of Juvenile Services employee and inmate or confined child

This is an interesting point, and I wonder if that angle hasn't been explored due to the nature of the indictment? I haven't read it, but I'm betting they weren't indicted for rape charges since no one has noted them.

I'm pretty into Jezebel (I even came back after North's Libia fiasco) but there is no possible way that I would not hold the COs responsible. These grown women were in a position of power and for some reason, used the poorest judgement possible and had sex with inmates. Unbelievable. They should be charged with…

And this article only gives the state's side here, and of course the state will say the inmate was the aggressor (as they have in situations where female inmates have reported rape and pregnancies by male CO's). It's poor journalism, especially by a site that claims to be anti-rape (I guess only when it fits their…

There's definitely a double standard at play here. If a male guard had impregnated a women (female?) inmate, the vast majority of Jezzies would be outraged. Yet, here we just assume that the women guards were just "taken in" by the smooth talking Tavon instead of initiating the action.

I don't mind a little blame being placed on the female CO's. But I think it's interesting that no one (on Gawker or Jezebel anyway) is considering that the female CO's may have very well been the aggressors in this situation. After all, the female CO's were in the position of power here, not the inmates. They had…

Fuck bindis. Fuck Selena Gomez. And double fuck Jezebel's religious sensitivity for only non-Western religions.

I have to say it again: this is a NON issue, ladies! There's a contingent of fundamentalist Hindus out there who want to religion-ify Hinduism, and who are waiting to take offense at anything. But it's OK. Hinduism is too massive and diverse and old to be religion-ified. So stick those bindis on your head, go ahead!…

Bullshit.

It is very important that only some people wear jewelry on their foreheads. If you want to wear the same jewelry, too bad. Its not for you. It is for them. Their head jewelry.