This doesn’t surprise me. Cycles of abuse are self-perpetuating. I’m surprised more people aren’t pointing out how distressingly similar the details of this assault are to her allegation against Weinstein: the grooming and isolating of the victim, providing alcohol before attacking etc. It’s infuriating to think…

I don’t know if anyone outside academia understands how uniquely terrifying it is to go up against the machines of institutional power there, especially as a grad student. You pour your entire life’s work into your degree and (if your advisors are unscrupulous) put up with all types of abuse because you know these…

Exactly. I read somewhere that she is referred to as “a philosophical superstar” in the academia. My automatic reaction was that anyone called that has about 85% chance of being guilty of sexual harassment, or at least of some kind of abuse of power (for male superstars, probably 99% chance).

I was a graduate student around the same time with the alleged victim, in a different department. I cannot give you much detail, because I would like to stay anonymous. I took Avital’s classes, but she was not in my diss committee. I’m commenting on an article for the first time, but I felt like what I know should be…

When my daughter was a few months old, we went to Mr Tooty’s company picnic at Hershey Park in PA. It was hotter than hell, and I needed to nurse her, so I sat down, in the full sun in a gazebo filled with senior citizens wilting in the heat-there was nowhere else and certainly nowhere air conditioned, and I was not…

I think a lot of young men grow up with the healthy notion that there are no such thing as leagues, and that people simply match up differently and this includes different tastes in physical appearance. But then one Sunday afternoon, they’re skipping channels on the TV and happen upon A League of Their Own. Unable to…

I think the theory part of kids is realer than real - like, it’s such a big life change that Im pretty sure no amount of headthinking can actually sess out whether you ACTUALLY want it or not, but can only find out once you start getting to the (ahem) action.

How ironic that while doing the lord’s work, she forgot the kid with the power of god and anime on his side:

Obviously Amy Acker.

Sadly, a Swedish gymnast was badly maimed following a series of equipment malfunctions when she performed her vault in a costume inspired by Broadway’s Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.

That's some pretty classist, judgemental shit you're laying down there.

You’re leaving out the part where “men should know the most about (everything)“ and having a knowledgeable woman around raises the possibility that she’ll know more than you. Life has got to be hard when you worry about shit like that.

“Finding the right team” isn’t a “just gotta,” it’s a tedious, expensive, and frequently impossible chore. When women have to jump more hurdles than men to reach the same goal, that’s not equality.

I had almost the opposite happen with a woman I worked with. She kinda bullied me into playing on her team because she was a player down. I was the only dude on the team. Technically, they were a team of ringers. They’d all played softball for Florida State, and the woman I worked with was basically Gary Payton in a…

Come on, ladies. It’s basic playground etiquette. When a guy goes studs up and shreds your ACL, it means he likes you. Duh.

So you ask for people to tell you it’s a bad idea but then dismiss my comment about why it’s a bad idea? Because I was honest about why it’s a bad idea and gave my honest opinion? You realize I could’ve said nothing - I usually ignore your dating advice threads - but I gave you solid advice from the perspective of a…

And sadly, even when parents DO call CPS, the call gets screened out and nothing is ever done. I’m a social worker and have made countless reports of sexual abuse with credible information, and CPS decides it’s not worth following up on. My colleagues and I even made several reports about a girl we suspected was being…

I’ve worked in law enforcement for 20 years. Sadly, many parents aren’t like you.  For what it is worth, great job. You took action immediately. This isn’t your fault, or hers.  I’m so sorry. 

People like Posie Parker have gotten suspended from Twitter for anti-trans remarks so yes, it does go both ways. But there does to be a larger problem of unevenly applied bannings. I think it’s worst on Facebook.