She sounds so damn indignant about the things she has to do in order to get SNAP and WIC as though they are only asking her for this shit and not anybody else.

Fair enough. I feel like PC speech, privilege, offense, or any sociological construct is a very nuanced thing. But to hear a lot of people on here (and elsewhere) tell it, it's perfectly black and white, and if you don't start cheerleading for the "correct" viewpoint completely, you're part of the problem. I was…

I starred this for your username. Holy shit, "iwasliberaluntilimetjezebel" is the truth.

Outrage... THERE MUST BE OUTRAGE... ABOUT ALL THE THINGS!!!!

Lawyers for a 17-year-old boy accused of sexting...

Slices of pie? You, madam, are obviously in cahoots with one Hamilton Nolan!

Your assumptions sound reasonable and well founded. Get out, you don't belong here.

I'm pretty sure they're talking about white as in skin color rather than white as in Caucasian. Asian society has been emphasizing white skin as a beauty standard for CENTURIES. Impossible beauty standard, yes. Bad English translation, yes. Racism? Questionable.

Agreed. I think the verdict is the correct one, but this whole situation is just fucked up.

Well it's silly to place all the blame on the guy who was drugged. It takes two.

I think the moral here is that no good comes of sexting your cousin.

Who in the hell thinks activism is going to bolster their corporate resume? Dumb.

If the "problem" is knowing what's appropriate for a given workplace, then I'm fine with that.

Not to be flip, but yeah, that is kind of idealistic. If I'm hiring for Accounts Receivable at GE, I'm probably not interested in how you vote or what you protest, and I'd hope you would keep that out of the workplace because it's irrelevant and potentially divisive. If I'm hiring for the ACLU then I'd probably want…

If you're applying for a mainstream corporate job, why would you list any sort of activism on your résumé? No matter what it is, it seems like an unnecessary risk.

No just someone who understands that an accusation is not the ultimate arbiter of truth. I've made many accusations in my life that were either known to be false by me or were false by virtue of not having enough information.

By that logic, I can now make up whatever slur I want, by coopting a word, that you can't use. It's a land rush in this country to get victim status and the words that go with it.

I like how everyone just accepts immediately that "tranny" is some slur akin to an N bomb. It isn't. And if you decide it is, people will just start saying "trans" as you did in the title. gg

Joan Didion chose to write publicly about this and make money off her writing. That means criticism comes with the territory. Frankly, I think everybody here saying to leave her alone and treating her disrespectfully. I don't think she wants your pity and protection. She has always made her personal history her…