I send the article to anyone who asks me why I don’t read books by men. This, and @menwritewomen on Twitter

I hear you on that!!! His text messages alone should tell you what he actually thinks of women. This trial is going to have so many negative repercussions for #metoo. Every woman will now be portrayed as the next Amber Heard. And many more women will be afraid to even come forward.

This seems a good time to link to Dierdre Cole’s ‘Men recommend David Foster Wallace’ to me’: https://electricliterature.com/men-recommend-david-foster-wallace-to-me/ and pull a few quotes:

After serving in Iraq over 20 years ago, my brother thought he would become a cop and went to school for criminal justice. When it came time to do ride-alongs with the local cops and staties, he quickly realized they were a bunch of morons whose sole purpose in life was to look tuff and harass people. They had a…

In ye olden days, they were trained to secure the scene and wait for backup and negotiators, assuming that people with guns in places like this were most often a hostage type situation. Supposedly, Columbine changed this strategy to a more active “find and confront the shooter” strategy, as there, hundreds of cops…

Even armed police are too afraid to confront shooters. But republicans demand teachers lay down their lives to stop shooters. Armed police hesitate to attack shooters, yet this mad country thinks training 5 year olds to attack with scissors is the answer.

It would take them about 1.5 seconds to shoot an unarmed black man in the back. But a kid with a gun? Better hold off for a couple of dozen reinforcements. Filthy cowards.

There is not a better argument for defunding or abolishing the police than this video (not to mention what happened at Parkland). What are police for, as presently constituted with guns, bulletproof vests, any amount of offensive and defensive military gear, and authority to use all of that at the drop of a hot, if…

Bloody well done that woman!

Has anyone else been watching the Amber Heard trial. To be it’s a bonkers how some people can say she wasn’t abused. 

Now I want a cheddar bay biscuit

I will say that while I agree they’re both obviously fucked up, I find it a little sickening that it seems like a lot of people and certain media outlets want Heard to be a “perfect victim,” and since she isn’t and clearly has issues, this must mean she is just as bad or deserved it or whatever. I mean, if I was raped…

yup, why the root is even commenting on two white people who very clearly hate each other is beyond me.

Like you, I give her credit. Say what you will about her start in fame, she’s using her name and likeness for good causes. She has said she wanted to study law to be more knowledgeable in meetings and when helping currently incarcerated people and I think that is admirable. Most celebrities (hell, even those in her…

I don’t think this makes anyone look like an asshole. Even if he did have a heart-to-heart with Grohl, Hawkins is his own man and makes his own decisions. If he didn’t want to tour, he wouldn’t tour. For all we know, maybe they agreed after this tour that things were going to change?

“ I’m sorry for any hurt this image caused.””

Not an apology. He takes no accountability, he doesn’t apologize for having the cake in the first place. Further, the hurt wasn’t caused by the image, the hurt was caused by you commissioning such a gross cake.

How does that even happen?!

OMG, I have met so many dimwitted lawyers.

At least if it doesn’t work out, she can go back and have them turn it into Yeet.

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