Nice to know Richardson’s father was garbage too. I guess Terry had to get it from somewhere.

I uploaded it ages ago... It was a gif I made in 2006-2007 I think, with a now defunct website, a subsite of last.fm, and then I just uploaded it as my profile picture after I joined Jezebel.

And yet the famous and powerful more often than not are able to keep doing it, and then escape most consequences, because everyone around them enables them to - by not speaking up, by covering for them, by refusing to discuss it, by banning media organisations from Cannes who dared publish critical materials about it.…

Yup. It’s the same script, he plays the same characters and all his films explore the same topics, since the 70s. And they’re mind-numbingly boring. 90 minutes of mansplaining.

I am so sorry this happened to you. And the reaction of the people who were supposed to look out for you is beyond despicable.

Why do you choose to ignore, in all of your replies here, the fact that a prosecutor did say there was enough evidence for a trial but Dylan’s mental state stopped him from starting one? And that Allen had his parental rights severed as a result of the accusations - by a judge? These facts directly contradict your…

Yes. It really, really does. It puts the whole thing into chilling perspective: it’s not a few outliers who are disturbed. It’s not a handful of evil individuals who think preying on children is not that big a deal. It’s a huge majority and it includes those with enough power to steer the conversation.

It’s about representation. And about giving impetus for other women who might run for office.

What the fuck kind of weak-ass argument is that? There must be other victims and they must be known to the public for you to believe it happened? That makes no sense.

You only need to ask herself if she has a reason to lie. And lack of proof is not proof of innocence.

She did.

Bodily autonomy trumps the fetus’s life. The same way it trumps saving another person’s life (e.g. nobody can force you to donate blood or organs to someone else, even if that’s the only way to save their life and even if it holds no risks for you). Why should everyone get bodily autonomy except for pregnant women?

The point is not that some backwards-ass country also executes people. The point is that only backwards-ass countries execute people.

If finding drugs is an obstacle, they should just execute by hanging or firing squad. If one agrees with state-sanctioned murder, it shouldn’t matter if it’s palatable, should it?

Good point. That’s something for French feminists to decide and call out though (as I’m sure they’re doing in their relevant spaces).

Absolutely; there’s nothing feminist in demanding women wear less clothing than they’re comfortable with.

While I share your position on the issue at hand, there are in fact other feminisms apart from the American movement. Maybe it makes sense in the context and history of French feminism to take the more collective (there garments were made to hide women) view than the more individualist (personal choice) one.…

Speaking for women, on the other hand, is totally forwards.

In all honesty, why should her views change since transitioning? She’s formed these views presumably because they fit her idealogical beliefs and/or benefit her. Since she’s walled off from any tangible consequences by a wall of money and the power, security and privacy it can buy, there isn’t really any incentive for…

Only the rich wizarding families have house-elves and they’re portrayed very negatively (the Malfoys). Ron’s family is poor and that’s stressed every other page. Hagrid’s poor and uneducated. Remus Lupin is extremely poor, having to depend on friends’ mercy. That’s three main characters - actually 8 if you count all…