I’ve never really thought of restorative justice as a way of accomplishing this. An interesting idea. I suppose it would certainly be more useful for situations where we’ll never know the objective truth, but where obviously something bad happened.

And one glaring truth that stands out in this case and in every case: Letting universities “police” criminal conduct means that the universities can minimize sexual violence in the name of preserving their institutional reputations.

I don’t know. I think about it a lot. The cops don’t do a great job, universities have, in many cases, essentially gamed the system to make sure they don’t add to their crime reporting stats, and we don’t have a lot of alternative models.

She’s gone! Mallory Ortberg from The Toast is Prudie now.

Emily Yoffe's obvious bias is why I stopped reading Slate. She has such a low opinion of women, well, women who aren't just like her. Thanks for highlighting the actual cases she attacked in such detail.

My god. It’s like you people don’t even care if straight guys are masturbating or not.

Yes, dipshit.

someone left sponge in his brain

I made this account just so I could tell you that I’ve spent the last few days reading BCO obsessively. I am so disappointed to hear that as soon as I discovered your masterpiece of a blog, it’s getting shut down in an effort to strip the world of some precious happiness, I presume. Please don’t stop blogging, I will…

She’s being replaced by Mallory Ortberg though, so this is actually good news.

Maybe the Biebz just thinks Charlie Sheen is a dick (like the rest of us), regardless of status.

So every trans, and nonbinary person who stood up during the stonewall riots (and marked the first serious public discussion of change in the US) doesn’t matter? Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson didn’t help spark a movement for this bullshit. This is literally the attitude hinted at in the movie Stonewall come to…

While it is true that Caitlyn Jenner transitioned with privileges that far too few trans* enjoy, I think responses like Mr. Smith’s make it pretty clear that transitioning is still an act of bravery.

It can both be true that Caitlyn Jenner is not deserving of the Woman of the Year, and that this guy is an asshole for calling her a man.

Monogrammed Thermos™ does both!

Honestly, I don’t know what your beef is. The two of them happened to meat under tough circumstances, and their love is rare, so let them enjoy it. It's clear they're searing hot for each other, but each of them seem to maintain a cool center and I think that's admirable. And Gwen is among the most beautiful women in…

Did I wake up in some alternate universe in which presidential candidates WANT people to believe they’ve stabbed someone and hit their mother with a hammer?? I’m losing my mind right?? Are we dead??

not that I am a person made up of twelve moles standing on each others shoulders and wearing a long coat.

WHOA, now that is one impressive towel setup. How does one manage a towel set that large? I’m not sure what I’d even do with it. It certainly wouldn’t fit anywhere I have available.