Stop. Just stop. The article clearly states that she gave her ID. The assumption that your wonderful totally non-judgmental and non-racist and non-homophobic friends jumped to cost this woman 8 real days in jail where she did not belong and an immeasurable amount of humiliation, anger and sadness. You’re friends are…

Madeleine your soap stings because it is peppermint. peppermint oil contains menthol which is irritating to the skin but in low doses the irritation just comes across as a tingly feeling. TONS of lip balm brands come in peppermint flavor and are part of the reason people think they are “addicted” to lip balm. the…

“She said that the hotel staff were suspicious of her and her friend from the moment they arrived, casting “disgusted” glances their way and whispering about them as if they weren’t there.”

If they didn’t provide ID, why did they get a room? That’s not how “requirements” work, usually. Not to mention that the story specifically says that the staff whispered to each other about them, treated them disrespectfully, and reported them as “men dressed as women”. That's not trying to protect your business,…

Just showing up trans and not-white seems to be the “suspicious behavior” here. Please read the article to correct your incorrect guess about ID.

You have to go through the homeless tornado victim phase in order to achieve magical gland status. Your glands will adjust oil production to match your washing habits, so if you can tough it out with oily hair for a few weeks (braids are helpful if you have one of those job things), you’ll eventually be able to work…

and so was Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind.

That movie was WAY more than “about 10 years ago.”

I bet it was Crash. Everyone in that movie was playing fairly miserable characters. Method Acting + miserable characters can turn ugly off camera pretty fast.

Its the privilege of wearing something for “fun” and then taking it off. People of color don’t get to take that off. And historically, wearing their skin tone was used to mock Asians, black people, etc.

Gross. I grew up with live in nannies. They were all 18-21 and cute. My father managed not to fuck them because he wasn’t a piece of human garbage, and his lifetime commitment to my mother meant something to him. I honestly don’t recall him even looking at them inappropriately. He treated them professionally, and…

But baby it’s less rapey outside.

THANKS NATASSSHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! ‘PRESHIATE THE RESPONSE!!!

Hmmm....that is not what I said. In case it’s not clear from the context of this conversation, which began with you asking why you framed what is not really a questionable situation as a question, I am specifically talking about the editorial choice to make this headline a question, not the decision to write the…

But... is everyone then equally comfortable with the logical conclusion that this man is legally barred from ever having sex in his life?

Let’s be honest, Natasha. Can I call you Natasha? You would have written a completely different article were the professor a man. Natasha? Come back, Natasha! Natashaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

If you take the assessment of his mental capacities as true, then yes. It’s not so much “barred from having sex” as “people who can’t consent can’t have sex, because sex requires consent”.

Why do you think it’s over the top? She took advantage of her mentally-incapacitated student in the most disgusting way possible. This man has no agency at all, he doesn’t even get the “luxury” of telling people she raped him and not being believed, like your “typical” rape victim (ugh). She not only raped him, she…

She deserves to be punished just as any other rapist or sex offender. She took advantage of someone who’s literally incapable of going to the bathroom on his own. Let alone being capable of verbally consenting to what she did. Much like a victim can’t give consent if she’s unconscious, this man can’t give consent if…

Why is the headline a question? She had sex with someone who was incapable of consent, has the mentality of a toddler, and who had no capacity to resist. Who gives a single fuck if she’s the “mother of two”? She’s a rapist.

Yes. She is a rapist. She took advantage of someone who is, by professional medical opinion, so severely disabled that he cannot care for himself, cannot speak, and has the mental capacity of a toddler. She took advantage of someone for whom she had responsibility. Whether he has a “healthy libido” or not is a…