People are far from perfect. Why must our martyrs be for us to listen? Gandhi liked really young girls. In an inappropriate way. MLK Jr cheated on his wife, a lot. Mother Teresa was actually kinda racist. It doesn't make their deeds any less valuable.

Even if she's covering for him, telling her how she must feel and condemning her words as protecting Ray will not get her to trust a single person. She's speaking her truth right now. That may change with time. Its not our place to judge or look at her life through our experiences. The more we tell her how to feel and…

I feel like all the people wanting to correct how she feels and thinks are also abisuve. It's like they refuse to give her agency.

I'm cynical. I think she's had those offers and refuses them because she's a "good mother."

I understand your point. I would think multiple fathers because the mother's behavior seems like she's addicted to love. Running away and abandoning her kids for a man would make me jump to that conclusion. Not because a father wasn't contacted. Without the leaving of kids, June Shannon does the same and her kids have…

It always amazes when people are angry about abuse, but then are abusive.

I know that the abused like to protect their abusers, however, I find Jezebel's take (I can't use reporting as the author's opinions color the account) on the issue lacking any belief in Janay. Janay said this had never happened before, she does not think it was okay, and thinks heavy drinking played a role. Just…

My cynical need to take a long FB break self was surprised Idaho wasn't more thankful for "no thugs," or "our hero, Officer Wilson."

I didn't think she was that vilified by Jezebel per se, it was more the RosieDublin poster who was nutso about vilifying her on every post.

Or the shitty implied crap that they aren't as good because not hot.

I had a great day, one that I got my post eval back and I was distinguished on several of the criteria I'm judged against. Woohoos.

You know, I don't get men like you at all. There's nothing that can happen to a woman that you guys aren't like "men!!!" about. Rape? Men get raped too! Domestic violence? Men are abused as well!!! Wage gap? Since you can't be men! about that, it doesn't exist. Inequalities with work loads and promotions? Same as…

I've been to a lot of places, both rural and urban, and I've been catcalled everywhere. Its all been pretty standard when I've been harassed. In my rural hometown, it's a guy I don't know following me for awhile calling me beautiful/pretty/sexy demanding I talk to him. I stopped wearing make up when I was 21 in public…

I said the same down thread. I teach teenagers, my 16 year olds would do similar if they had the means to, my 18 year olds would find this tiresome and immature. In fact, along with the Beebs, Miley is quite disliked for her antics by my older students.

So... If uncle Walt eats your teenage rebellion years for profit, you get to rebel later in an even more immature way with a Kennedy in tow? Well, a Kennedy for a minute until his family sees the mess.

I've dumped for :Telling me you believe that Glenn Beck, Dennis Miller, or anyone who does Fox News is [postive adjective] [noun]. I did a one dater with a guy who didn't tip because we sat at the bar, so he thought it was fair as the server didn't have to go far. Being cheap and being proud of it. Believing in hippie…

I've known parents to sue a district to pay for private school. Districts rarely go to court because they hate bad publicity so much, so they very well may not fight any of the parents doing this.

Exactly. A lot of my students' only contact with sex is porn, TV, or rumors. If that was your experience with sex, you'd think screaming was okay as well.

Phoenix...LA's wannabe cousin.

I have a good friend who was adopted in slightly similar circumstances...to replace a lost child, to fit into a mold of what his parents wanted him to be, implicitly taught to be ashamed of where he came from...and he believes adoption should be outlawed. The minute he got his own autonomy he sabotaged all the…