Hermionus 15, 4014

RIP MOLLY

How is this a catcalling law? If a driver leans out a window and yells, "hey baby" and makes kissing noises at a pedestrian, it's probably not done with the intent of frightening or injuring her (although it may, of course, have that effect). It might help in some cases to deal with guys who blow up when someone…

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Depends what you mean. If you mean taking nonconsensual upskirts isn't a first amendment issue, then yeah, probably. Overbroad statutes that prohibit a lot of photo taking protected by the First Amendment are certainly First Amendment issues.

These same problems arose last time with the Massachusetts decision. You guys really need to get a legal correspondent who understands the issues. Describing a verdict that 90% of knowledgeable lawyers would agree with as full of "bullshit" seems like a poor way to report on complex issues.

Judges don't rewrite laws to say what they think the legislators meant. If the law is too broad, they void it and let the legislature fix it.

That's absolutely true, and if the law said "don't take upskirt pictures without someone's consent," it might have been constitutional.

Yes, this law is so broadly written it would prohibit, for instance, a woman taking a picture of Idris Elba walking down the street and posting it on Facebook with the caption, "whew! he gets me all hot and bothered!!"

It's not cheating. In Nevada, it is illegal to carry certain devices designed to help you count cards. But you can't have a rule that says don't think about certain things.

All the butts that are fit to print

One of the common threads here is the isolation and exhaustion associated with mothering (primary-parenting, I should say). I think it's hugely important to create those hours of non-parenting time.

It's definitely not good beer, but it's good for what it is.

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That WSJ story is awesome.

"Say, fellows, I've just originated a new urban-style music I call jazz. All my own invention, you see."

. . . Is that a serious question? OF COURSE IT DID. Decades of 20 year old guys with Scarface posters in their dorm rooms is testimony to that.

It's a movie about bad people that goes to great lengths to glamorize them. The movie is a moral bait-and-switch, promising on one hand to let the audience feel morally superior to the characters while at the same time making the spectacle of depravity the movie's main selling point.

Unfortunately, it does happen every fucking day.

That article definitively does not say that anonymous calls to 911 are automatically probable cause in and of themselves.