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That’s conventional wisdom, but as a woman and a feminist, I don’t like it. First, punishment that destroys an abuser’s career does not help a victim; and second, everyone deserves a second chance. People will disagree as to whether Rice was adequately punished, but he’s paid a much higher price than most first-time…

Not a gendered thing; I’m a lady, too!

Do they have to disclose this ratio information for salaries only? Or is it for total compensation? A quick google search showed me several CEOs who made X in salary last year but got 3X in bonuses and about 10X in stock. The salary part is a pittance compared to the total package.

So basically someone DIDN’T hurt anyone with a shoe bomb fourteen years ago and now we have to take off our shoes at the airport but literally tens of thousands of men, women, and children (including first graders in their school - a pile of bullet-riddled six-year-olds who still believed in Santa Claus) have been…

I think we are all hoping for a long, agonizing and ultimately unsuccessful recovery.

Nick Kroll’s description of Joe Jackson remains accurate

One of the things that gives me hope is that I know Emma Thompson also signed that petition supporting Polanski. And when a she was approached by a university student in the UK who gave her more information about the Polanski case and gently asked her to reconsider her position, she—being the excellent person that she…

It’s like that recent Ceelo piece, where part of his apology / excuse was “I’m an artist”. Being a creative person has absolutely nothing to do with being a rapist.

Completely agree. But that will never happen as long as ESPN and the NFL are in bed together, so the arrangement will always be implicit rather than explicit. There was a brief glimmer there, when the Ray Rice video emerged, when Schefter seemed righteously pissed off that he’d been used. Too bad that indignation…

What, do you expect a Republican to know how babymaking works? Vaginas and things that come out of them are icky and must be put totally out of sight for decent folk.

Watch the one that starts with him riding her tail and forcing her to move over. It’s even worse than you think - he orchestrated the stop in the first place.

He “lost control” the way an abuser “loses control,” as in, he didn’t lose control at all. I watched a longer version of the traffic stop video that starts right when he comes back to the car after writing the warning, and I now have a completely different view of what went down: it was entirely Encinia’s doing. He…

What Sqarr said, and also, Bland reported being unable to hear after the officer slammed her head into pavement. That is not good.

Depends on what Zimbabwe wants to charge him with, I guess, and I think they’re just feeding on the outrage to try and get a rich American brought back over so they can squeeze him for every dime he has under threat that they’ll imprison him for life or execute him. Robert Mugabe’s regime isn’t known for being fair or…

I also find it funny that the NFL had no desire to do the legwork of getting in touch with the people Tom had been in contact with on the destroyed phone. He and Yee offered all of the contacts. NFL said “Nah, we’re good.” Hire some bloody interns to do the legwork. Don’t be lazy because his phone got murdered and you…

I see your point, but I think that when (nearly) ALL mannequins display extremely thin bodies, that basically *is* glorification of extremely thin bodies.

I just hate this pigeon-toed, tee-hee-I’m-so-cute pose.

This is what happens when you teach women that there is only one way to be a good mother. This is what happens when you teach women that perfection is the primary goal, that mistakes are the enemy, that outward perception is sacrosanct. This is what happens when you value a woman’s relationships over her mental health…

On that waiting list for season tickets: I once decided to join it, just as a lark, figuring in the 10-20 years they claim people stay on the waiting list that I might want those tickets for some reason. I had a ticket rep calling me less than two weeks later asking where I wanted seats. I passed.