I think it has something to do with how logic is conflated with "male thinking." Like, women are just emotional, our logic is just emotional but THEIR logic is objective and solid and not at all highly illogical in any way. They don't have to question it.

It's so telling that some of the women specifically said they didn't want "the defendant's fans" contacting them. They're even scared of loony Cosby fans showing up and harassing them, and I don't blame them a bit.

I think we're also going to get more of the paper trail of Cosby's crimes and how those crimes were covered up, e.g., that former NBC employee who saved evidence of payments he made to women on Cosby's behalf. And that little nugget you found about the William Morris Agency sending money to one of the Jane Does —…

Diana wow, the last two paragraphs especially, well done. You truly get it, and shines a light on Andrea that is respectful and so overdue- hard not to think of her in heroic terms.

You're right, it's a sensitive calculus. I do wonder how many people tried to talk to the Jane Does, but maybe a gazillion did and they didn't want to talk. That's their decision, and reporters have to respect that. But I also think a lot of stories could have been done from other angles but didn't happened because of…

As a guy, I want to thank you for this article. I've never dealt with the kind of silencing and shaming that these women dealt with as a result of their decision to come forward. I probably never will. But having that process explained in all its particulars is enlightening and appalling. Reading about the lawyer who…

As much as I hate to say this, at some point in time everything gets forgotten. But I think this round has a lot more staying power because of how the Internet works now. When this story broke in 2005, publications didn't keep their stories online for long periods of time, which seems to be pretty standard now, and…

Thank you for this article. It makes you wonder how many other celebrities have abused women and had their people take care of it. Hopefully the Cosby/Ghomeshi revelations will have any other abusers quaking in their boots.

OK, here's the deal. You're welcome to use the comments to call me an idiot, a hateful little man, The Real Racist, whatever. But, please cool it with the "DURR THAT MOM IS HOT I'D BANG HER" takes, OK? That shit is gross, and I'm gonna ban you if you post it here.

I love this part particularly (bold mine):

I'm not saying I'm the humor police; you've vastly over-read how seriously I take my opinion. I'm just saying there seems to be a visceral dislike of him from people that otherwise have pretty good taste. I find Tosh funny in a lot of cases, and pretty self-aware for the most part. If you don't like him, that's fine…

Daniel Tosh went after ESPN for biting one of his fixtures

If only there were some sort of illustrations on one of the most viewed sites on the net then MAYBE I would be better.

Daniel Tosh criticizing anyone for not being funny is like me making fun of someone for being bad at sex.*

The problem is they don't believe the pain. Torsions are rare (although I know women who have had them), endometriomas aren't that common but I know people who have had them, and PCOS usually presents with lots more important symptoms than just pain.

Doctors really need to stop assuming "lady pain" is not a thing. I'm a lady and I have pains. I have pains like everyone else.

There's also something about how Conan keeps finding ways to use her on his show to help her pay her L.A. rent, the way he did with people like Jack McBrayer and Amy Poehler in New York. She definitely pops up on the show a lot in unexpected ways. I love it.

i'm assuming you're married now.