I’m going to say this—I agree with most of what you are saying around him taking responsibility and prioritizing other people’s needs before his own. I also get it around the anger around dads who just won’t pay their way. My dad was happy never to talk to my mom again rather than pay a small amount of child support…

*IF* the judging of the competition was done blind (that is, the judges did not see the competitors or the competitor’s name in relation to the project being judged, and did not know the gender of the competitors) - then I think this is fine. On an even playing field, women can win on the merits - NO PROBLEM. They…

Maybe they were just trying to give girls a realistic look at what it’s like to be a woman in a STEM field. They did a pretty good job in that regard!

How painful that you couldn’t be there at the end. But your writing is wonderful. Give yourself some downtime; it takes the pain a long time to lose its sharp edge, but it really never goes away.

Or come on Anonymous, do one of those things you do that make people kind of like you for a minute.

how in the hell is he getting away with this if he actively said that he won’t stop until she kills herself?

This isn’t about their son. This about his feelings of control. Waah waah, I’m a giant baby and this woman won’t let me control her life!

I go to IU, and I know that many people have spoken out for years about his mishandling of cases. He would show favor toward the accused, and there was a lot of victim blaming. He was not a well liked guy.

I considered applying for a Title IX coordinator job last year and this doesn’t surprise me at all. The impression I got from researching the job is that the people who do it were already employed doing other things in academic administration and then someone tossed this on their list of duties. They have training…

Your friend should contact the Office of Civil Rights because the length that the investigation took is way far out of the guidelines for how to manage these cases and she potentially has a case for creating a sexually hostile environment leaving him in school for that long. I mean, I could see giving the kid his…

Really hard to read this and not come away with a strong feeling of Schroedinger’s rapist. For fuck’s sake, if nothing else, why doesn’t HE KNOW BETTER by now?

Oh wait, maybe after probably adjudicating a bunch of panels in favor of perpetrators, he’s got the hang of how easy it is to not be held to account.

Meanwhile, the Associated Press reports, it’s having other ripple effects: IU has ordered a review of 18 student sexual misconduct cases Casares was involved in hearing.

Sorry in advance but I’m jacking this thread... new baby born a couple of hours ago. First of the season. She’s ADORABLE!!!

I’m just going to give you a coincidental perspective about things that happened to me today in Ireland.

Nathaniel Comfort described Landers’ account as an instance of what historian Herbert Butterfield called “whig history.” In other words: “It rationalizes the status quo, wins the allegiance of the establishment, justifies the dominance of those in power.

Lulu Larceny.

I WANNA BE A HOT AND SEXY JEWEL THIEF GODDAMNIT

The jewel heists attracted wide attention because the bandit was a woman so bold she didn’t bother to wear a mask.

REAL ROBBERS HAVE CURVES!!!!!!!!!!!