Scream-sobbing, "I'M NOT SORRY!" while crying does not sound awesome, Rihanna. It sounds like you've watched one too many *Elizabeth Taylor moments. Consider investing in a professional's time as you process whatever it is you're #unapologetic about.

Most clients don't damage their attorneys, though attorneys who get too attached or have the wrong kind of motivation may hurt their own reputations. Other lawyers and judges, especially who do criminal work, know that EVERYONE needs to be represented, even if they are severely dysfunctional/their own worst enemy. …

Thank you! "I don't care if your little sister locked herself in the walk-in freezer. Courtney Shane is Priority One." LOVE IT. And I agree, I know Rose had to get her face done because of that car accident, but her old face was sooooo gorgeous. And it seems like her career hasn't been the same since, which is a…

A lot of young lawyers start their careers working on multiple of this type of small misdemeanor, until they score a client wealthy enough, with a case of sufficient duration and seriousness, to make a bigger name for themselves. A lot of criminal lawyers also dress/appear somewhat casual, often because it decreases…

I'm just gonna leave this here... and note that I feel terrible for Jenelle, who appears to lack anything like good judgment or coping skills.

WORD. Bond, generally, is a high-risk hookup. But is it him, or is it simply the high likelihood that his hookups are affiliated with brutal criminal organizations?

So, I'm wondering what kind of results this study would have yielded if it had been conducted DURING the Second Wave, when porn and its production were much different, when inequality was much greater than it is now, when awareness of the prevalence of childhood sex abuse was much lower, and when the concept of…

Sean Connery as Bond had chest hair, and he was a glorious sight to behold. And I am not interested in waxed-slick or stubbly chests, so I really don't get the hairless trend. I suppose, for film/media purposes, hairlessness shows muscle definition better. Or maybe older actors don't want to show graying/gray chest…

Richard Cohen, YOU CRAZY. This Bond was shot, and nearly drowned, more than once in the course of a single film. He has a massive scar and obvious physical pain, not to mention that he's extremely cynical. BOND'S JOB requires that he be extremely fit. (What *looks* fit on screen and what *is* fit in real life are…

Yeah, that quote is not a quote from either Dworkin or MacKinnon. This link is really good if you want to know more about Dworkin. http://radgeek.com/gt/2005/01/10/andrea_dworkin/

THIS. That one misquote, from an actually very interesting passage on the nature of a body being penetrated, is really unfair to Dworkin. I've not read very much of her work, but the excerpts I have read have not been nearly as... I don't know... obviously crazy/dismissable as I'd expected.

I think it would be very interesting to re-survey the same sample in 20 years, when they have presumably aged out of porn work. Do the mental health measures hold up outside the environment where validation/affirmation for being hot and extremely sexual (meaning "You're so hot/That's so hot" on-set, at conventions,…

I wondered the exact same thing. Especially given the high incidence of sexual violence against women generally, I think it's relevant to have that information beyond childhood. Do porn actresses process sexual violence differently from other women, since they presumably go on to have a lot of extreme sex, and…

Slacker! What you need is a GOOD MAN! /sarcasm

THIS. I can't find it at the moment, but I've read before that a lot of women in poor communities are reluctant to marry because of the likelihood that a given man they know will be incarcerated, or will put them at risk of being incarcerated. The single-ness of a lot of mothers is NOT because of the mythical…

The basic concept is not about blaming women, but the narrative that develops, especially among right-wingers, is definitely about blaming women. "If only the single mothers were married—to LITERALLY ANY MEN—we wouldn't have these problems," is what it tends to sound like. The answer doesn't have to be in both…

I cannot stop laughing! "She Doesn't Care!"

I mean, I can see where a state health department would like to have information on the overall health status of women in their reproductive years (smoking, weight—not that weight is an adequate or reliable indicator, but health departments sure do think it is). I can also see where they would like to have…

PERFECT. Farts are underused as jerk-deterrents, yet they can be so very effective!