PTSD from sexual assault was listed on her death certificate as a cause of death. she was in treatment at the time, and they knew about her trauma and she was being treated for it (unfortunately unsuccessfully). also, they harassed her and hired a PI to follow her around at school after she went to the police. that…

He wasn’t found innocent, he was found not guilty. Not the same thing. He raped her and then harassed her endlessly. He and his fellow rapist hired a private detective to dig up dirt on her and got all his buddies on campus to make her life a living hell, because raping her just wasn’t enough. If he actually took real…

Recent true story: on his bike ride home from work, a friend of ours witnessed a woman being beaten to a pulp by her boyfriend. In broad daylight. In a park. Numerous people around just watching or ignoring. Our friend calls 9-11. The woman didn’t want to press charges but the guy started attacking police when they…

Parker’s statements on the rape don’t show any remorse, are invariably self-serving, and don’t show much indication of recognition of the serious of his behavior. He’s also shown about zero concern about the victim killing herself.

They didn’t find nothing on Allen. They found plenty. The family chose not to go to trial because the child was too traumatized. You must be new. Check it out.

Glad the Stanford cyclists weren’t raised by you.

Actually, that is not true. They did NOT find nothing.

i have a lot of issues with her statement. i think some of it is REALLY good and some of it is......not. “we dont know what happened that night” no, actually, we do, a woman was gang raped. i’m also not here for this narrative that nate parker thought there was consent. i just don’t buy it, but he and the studio know…

she showed such courage, speaking up against the director who cast her, but she took it all back in the end, with this “regardless of what I think...I still don’t actually know” garbage.

No, not everyone wants to be saved, but we’d live in a far better world if people were more inclined to at least check in with someone who appears to be in a vulnerable position to make sure they’re where they want to be. You don’t have to strong arm someone out of a situation just because you think it looks sketchy,…

None of those men have been convicted of anything, though. Terry Richardson has been accused of stuff in public but never been found guilty in a court of law. Bill Cosby is on trial, but has not yet received a conviction for anything. I think lumping them all together is actually really appropriate.

That’s true that not everyone wants to be saved. But I think there are many situations where one decent bystander has the ability to make a positive difference.

People saying they “separate the art from the person” or whatever - I don’t know how it works financially, especially with older movies, but when you still are a consumer of the rapist’s art, you are still promoting the rapist and enabling him to get away with rape.

I totally see your point. I didn’t nod in absolute agreement throughout the op-ed, but I also think she was attempting to be diplomatic despite her personal feelings. Especially since the controversy erupted after the film was released. She didn’t knowingly sign up a la Woody Allen collaborators. At least from what…

Brock Turner was released today, so I don’t know that things are so much better in 2016 versus 1999.

“As students at Penn State, Parker and Birth of a Nation co-writer Jean Celestin were both tried and acquitted of rape in 1999.”

Slightly OT, but every time I see the name “Dwayne Wade,” I think it says “Dwayne Wayne” (aka Kadeem Hardison) for a split second. Used to have a crush on that nerd.

What a thoughtful op-ed. I wish we could take some of the onus off parents and institute mandatory sex education classes in school that address affirmative consent along with other sex and health-related issues. If every young person understood the difference between “yes” and “no,” at least we’d begin to establish a…

What happened to her is awful, but I’m still not giving Nate Parker a dime.

Wow, very well said Gabrielle Union.