Your apology was brave and possessed of integrity. As we see literally every day, most people with any public voice never offer more than a faux-pology. Taking on this article after that apology is real character.

Nah, you didn't screw anything up because you weren't doing the reporting. You believed what you read in Rolling Stone, and a lot of people do.

That's because men have privilege to check. Women are not in control of the narrative of rape/sexual assault and how seriously it is addressed by police, the media, and other institutions. They have little-to-no "privilege" when it comes to these matters. Again, telling women to check one other on false accusations of…

What do you, Anna Merlan (or any Jezzie's really), feel is the appropriate course of action to take in light of the new information regarding this case?

You're not a douche, but you have to make your burner mocking a well-known Gawker commenter. Sure thing, pal. Oh, and you suggesting that women need to go after women who falsely accuse of rape is as stupid and unhelpful as telling black people they need to address black-on-black crime.

Something is wrong with Kinja: when I star your post it goes to a 1 star, and then every now and then when I try to post it says I am disconnected from the web. And then I have to clear cookies and re-sign in but sometimes it won't let me. Like I just tried to post this and I have to reload the page.

No we're not. Don't make shit up.

Yeah, that was me. It was super, super dumb and I apologized in a subsequent piece: http://jezebel.com/rolling-stone-…

So you think the best way for them to approach her was in a group? Hmmm... a group of rapey athletes offering to "talk" with a feminist. Can't imagine why anyone would be suspicious of that....

This is a great piece. One of the things it highlights, for me, is that raising outside and/or internal attention around issues like sexual assault, harassment, and student misconduct in general isn't really enough to guarantee good institutional policy. If the issue is just being under a microscope, schools might be…

Wait, wait, wait. This shit went down at former-women's-college, 65%-female-35%-male University of Mary Washington?

A few people mentioned the Chicago song; it seems to be a rugby fave.

Seems to me that that would fall under "incapable of giving consent"

Actually, if you read the whole piece, only 8 of the team's 46 members were even at the party (the others were away playing a game), the party wasn't an official team event, and the way they've been characterized by the administration isn't exactly reflective of the reality, which is much more complicated than "SPORTS…

Of course! Without fraternities, there would be no philanthropy!

A walk-in 40... I'm crying. I'm crying for the server. I'm crying for the host and bussers who had to put that table together. How does a group of 40 people not have a single person in it that says MAYBE THIS IS A BAD IDEA AND MAYBE THIS IS RUDE.

Something less horrifyingly dangerous happened at my office. Everyone (mostly women) complained about the temperature. Every day we'd be bundled up in sweaters, coats, blankets, and fingerless gloves. But building management didn't believe anything was wrong. Then last winter we got new bldg management, and one of the…

Like, are you for real? You just discounted the experience of a woman ON AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE EXPERIENCES AND OPINIONS AND EMOTIONS OF WOMEN BEING DISMISSED. Seriously?

I feel like men are particularly prone to overreacting when it comes to finances. I've always felt like finances were a cold hard truth, when for my husband finances and money are a very personal thing. I'll say "We need to work on our budget" and he hears "You don't make enough money." What??

Woman: I just want to be left alone when I walk down the street.