I think it’s really crucial that we keep in mind that the alleged victim reported the abuse. As much as we might detest Rachel Dolezal, I think we should be extremely careful in how we react to this case. Yes, it’s possible that Rachel Dozelal planted the abuse in the victim’s mind. . . anything is possible. but, at…

I disagree. My husband is one of the best feminists I know. His die hard respect of women has helped me be a better feminist, and to be better to myself as a woman. I didn’t *need* a man to help me. But having a strong, smart feminist in my everyday life has been nothing short of wonderful.

Thank you thank you thank you.

OR when they’re like: I THINK I CAN SEE THE SHADOW OF [CELEBRITY’S] PEEN IN THIS PHOTO!!!!!!!!

god bless you.

Sued Howard as a white woman

Histrionic personality disorder. (and, no, I don’t think that excuses ANYTHING)

Question. . . .

you’ve made this argument so much better than any of my attempts. THANK YOU!

transracial trolls. . .

Um, I explicitly said that someone could have certain kinds of privilege and not have other kinds of privilege. I did not say anything about hardship meaning that a person does or does not have privilege. And, obviously the several factors that give a person “privilege” can converge or diverge in our society (race,…

Dude. I am not going to argue rape stats with you if you can’t do a simple google search. Can I improve my “cites?” What is wrong with you? Google “national women violence survey” you’ll find PLENTY. But, since I guess that is a problem, here is a summary:

Actually, this isn’t true. . . . .there are two broad methodologies for measuring sexual assault in america: The Bureau of Justice Statistics, which embeds questions about sexual assault within a broad criminalization survey and do not ask behaviorally motivated questions. Then everybody else, who measure sexual…

I think one big thing that is missing from this whole dialogue is the following observation: the majority of trans gender individuals who were identified as male at birth and then transition to female later do not enjoy a position of privilege. They are frequently bullied, at high risk for depression, homelessness,…

The commenter is not going to get through to *these* people? who, pray tell, are *these* people. . . . And, I guess is IS shocking that someone wouldn’t “get through to” some group of people by saying things like, I don’t know, maybe this????? “I’m sorry but we are not accepting white bitch opinions today. Please…

Good job engaging in the violent objectification of women! reading this comment made me feel like I was hanging out in a fraternity. Kudos!

A thoughtful person might be able to find a way to disagree with Keri Hilson without minimizing her opinion due to the shade of her skin.

I’m not sure, at this point, that this commenter really reads anybody’s posts. . . .

Um, I really think you misread my original post. I was not trying to see if she was really black. I would never ask someone for proof of that. . . .I had no idea whether she identified herself as a WOC or a white woman.

Okay, I did read under the thread to see if she said anything about her own background, and I thought I did so carefully. Apparently I did not. Since that is the case, I view her opinion in a totally different light. I think that a WOC’s point of view on this is going to be a lot more nuanced and a lot more…