Sometimes women don’t have the luxury of worrying about what helps or hurts the cause, when they’re more worried about staying alive. DV victims are at a great risk when they’ve left their abusers. If they’re afraid to go to court, they are probably afraid with good reason. These women who ditch a court date at the…

But the system is not working for victims, that’s the whole point. The system is slow, complicated, expensive, and unresponsive to the unique needs of DV survivors. And it does little to nothing to protect survivors from the dangers they face by reporting.

DID YOU ASK HER IF KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS FALL OUT AFTER THREE WEEKS?

Someone I know who gets lash extensions got sooo offended when I called them false lashes. She informed me that it was exactly the same as getting a kidney transplant, they were a part of her.

If he goes on to kill another woman, the only person responsible for that action is him. She is not responsible for another human being’s actions.

And of course her mental health is completely irrelevant! Take one for the team, right? Oh, you’re homeless, have extreme anxiety, are being multiply re-traumatised and have no money? Well I guess you should just suck it up. Which is a thing you can definitely do when you have an anxiety condition. Not like those…

That’s why the state is the prosecuter, not the victim. It takes anywhere from a year to three years to get to court. In the meanwhile, this woman became homeless because no authority could locate her abuser to make him pay child support. Yet she’s held in contempt?! Yet you think she should be spending her life…

You think you’re going to have remorse now? You haven’t even seen remorse. <— would have liked this said to her during her sanctions hearings.

It’s probably the “sorry I got caught” type of remorse.

Collins said in court papers she’s now remorseful for her actions.

Good. I work in DV advocacy. DV is already way under-reported.

One day they’ll price out the baristas and make them live so far away the nearby Starbucks will be unstaffed. Then they’ll realize the whirlwind they reaped....

I like this. Assholes don’t get cake. Oh, you think girls are asking for it? No more cake. You said “If he was beating her, why didn’t she just leave?” No more cake. You think rape culture doesn’t exist? Say goodbye to Cake Culture, moddafucka!

Last night, when I was giving out cake, the Son in Law said that she shouldn’t be allowed to sue because she chose to continue working there. I literally took the fork out of his hand and said that he can’t have any until he pulls his head out of his ass. I’m not fooling around with these people anymore. No more aid…

Yep, the true inheritor of Stewart’s crown is Samantha Bee’s incisive Full Frontal. I can’t even remember the last time I watched a clip of The Daily Show, much less a full episode.

Yeah. I don't get the outrage here either.

Yeah, agreed. I’ll admit I gave a quick snort and then went about my day, it didn’t strike me as particularly upsetting or outragey.

Meh. It’s a bad (as in, unfunny) joke, but I’m not entirely sure the outrage is justified.

People managed to go to live events for decades without phones. They’ll live.

I fucking dare the NRA assholes to say the problem is people in Texas don’t have free enough access to guns. I FUCKING DOUBLE DOG DARE YOU.