She was amazing when interviewed on Fresh Air last week. She said something that stayed with me: she knew all along she had a family that would love her no matter what. Rape victims in some families and cultures don't always know that. That has to be a major ingredient for resilience for victims.

Could someone on Jezebel do a post on the fundraiser someone on Gawker started for this young woman? It seriously needs a signal boost.

My right to free speech is also my right to not have to be criticized. It's right there in the 28th amendment.

I can't be the only one who wears a padded bra simply because I don't want the whole world to see my nipples when there's a cool breeze.

Shaking my head. I completely disagree with puppetler. The pursuit of science is a professional endeavor, which is to say it is a human and social activity. There historically has been quite a deal of sexist and racist research produced by science particularly in areas of scientific inquiry where women and people of…

I had one boyfriend in my 20s who lasted, because he thought it was hot as hell that I was funnier and smarter than him. The others pretty much wanted me to be quiet and look cute.

Yay, Ada Lovelace!

this shirt would let me know whom to avoid at all costs. I support it.

Full disclosure: I am currently writing a Master's thesis on the subject of female guards in concentration camps.

Nothing is more irritating than when a guy* says, "I don't know why you women get all worried over that stuff! I *like* a woman with [insert ANY physical characteristic]."

you'll live. it's just an image on a t-shirt.

That's great that you have a graduate degree. I have a PhD in Immunology and Virology. Does that make me qualified to come to your classroom and tell you how I think your teaching style is bullshit? Am I qualified now to tell you how you're teaching a class of children wrong? Should I just pull my kids out of school…

"Convenient jism receptacles"? Seriously?

Dirty Dancing is a prime example, for me, of how good movies that happen to be about and/or marketed to women are often devalued as chick flicks. Sure, it's a dance movie with a romance, but it also possess a sharp-edged takedown of Rand bros, involves a non-judgmental abortion plot (that can be read as a reflection…

They already to have a mean mommy to hate, once season 4 of GOT airs, any lady character that doesn't have a sword or get naked will face the mangry wrath of the fanboys. Sansa's such a bitch to Tyrion!, etc.

You sound like someone who's deeply internalized his victim story so well that it no longer sounds like a victim story to him. To me it sounds like a bunch of bottled-up resentment dating back years. Maybe you should get over it and stop bringing it up to people who don't give a shit about your personal life.

Let me guess, you're the real victim of discrimination?

Just once...JUST ONCE...I'd love to hear a reporter ask a male politician/musician/actor/director/doctor/judge/whatever ask the following questions:

There's also the spite reaction.

I think that people don't like to examine the broader impact of their actions because to do so would make them feel guilty. When presented with a person who is advocating for something they suck at themselves they're suddenly and inescapably faced with their own repressed guilt. The guilt makes them feel bad so they…