I don’t care about her. She seems like a vain, selfish idiot. But I do care about any woman receiving physical threats online—including, but not limited to—the threat of having her hair ripped out. I really wish people had stuck to: “You’re an asshole.” Or “here are a thousand angry cartoon bees.”

I completely agree w/ this. It was so tacky and stupid (and, frankly, kind of cruel). Even if the reference wasn’t directed towards Roy—her comment was mocking and capitalizing on another woman’s pain. I do feel awful for her that valid criticism devolved into physcial threats—including, from what I saw, suggestions…

I can’t comment on her insecurity or inner state—But I have read several quotes from her expressing deep emotional trauma w/ regards to her self image. And now the heaps of abuse and, as you put it perfectly, “gawking?” It’s just heartbreaking.

Thank you for this. . . . .The comments on the photos are heartbreaking. Like, everyone is like, “What the fuck did you do to your face?” It’s just too much.

Also feel sorry for her. I think her instagram post was idiotic—and does deserve criticism. However, just the abuse in the screen shot above is violent and mysogynistic—and I think this is only the tip of the iceberg in terms of what was directed towards her. Disgusting.

Katmandu is obviously critiquing your shifting of blame onto the victim.

On the question of colorism, which is at the heart of the matter for many Nina Simone fans and cultural critics, Mort said she is quite conscious of the general issue as “a radical feminist who is aware of anyone who is disenfranchised or marginalized.”

Because apparently young ladies are utterly oblivious to what young men want.

I’m being genuine here too. . . . meaning I do not want to be an asshole. At all. But are you white? You don’t have to answer this question. But, if you are white, I don’t think you can say, “she did have the experience of walking in someone’s shoes.” I’m white. I don’t think think it’s appropriate for white people to…

YES. And it is patently ridiculous. Because NEITHER of them want to leave this primary w/ a more fractured democratic party. I think Elizabeth Warren summed it up best on the Late Show:

That’s good. Me too. And this meme is sexist.

It doesn’t seem like he officially took funds from any lobbyists . . . but there may have been some loopholes (that I don’t fully understand yet), which don’t necessarily involve the prison industry.

You make me embarrassed to be a Bernie supporter.

Bernie supporter here. And w/ you 100%. Although I do feel like, from my observation, the commentariat and the bloggers are more HRC-leaning. But, that could be me being over-sensitive.

I’m not trying to be hostile at all here, but I would like to respectfully disagree with the overall point (as I see it). I do think the crime bill deserves criticism. It did lead to the mass incarceration of black men. And to a big sentencing differential between “rich” and “poor” crimes—like the difference between…

Thank you so much for this reply. As I was reading the review, I kept thinking that I would like to see a series with a real “middle ground,” one that shows both potential empowerment AND disempowerment. I’m not saying this is the “middle ground” you necessarily described and/or experienced—I am sure everyone has a…

And then there is this:

Agreed. She does seem to surround herself with people who are above-average cagey. (Including Bill). I really do have a lot of sympathy for her, though. I’m not sure I would make the best staffing decisions (or decisions more generally) if I had been a subject of virulent hatred for 30 years—coming from every…

Agreed on all points. While I do think the Clinton campaign staff can OFTEN be up to shenanigans, I think Clinton herself is a more principled person. In 2008, it was revealed, for example, that Clinton’s campaign HAD planted questioners in the audience and she was furious w/ them. She also tried like hell to keep…

I don’t disagree w/ you at all. They should be fucking charged. But, I think they won’t be for the same reasons that Ted Cruz can frequently accuse Obama of being too wimpy to say “Radical Islamic Terror,” whereas no one in a position of power has ever argued we should call incidents like these, “Radical Christian…