I agree. It’s about holding potential abusers’ feet to the fire, asking questions, investigating, and not letting them get away with “Nope. She lies.” as the only excuse.

True. The patriarchy and its misogynistic trappings are a pond we all swim in. It ain’t just men, but it is heavily influenced by prevailing male opinions.

Good to know! Glad that other stones hold up well, too. I’d just read one too many stories about chipped rings, and it made me paranoid lol.

Old feud; pretty obvious to see that if you bother to read the rest of the comments. But you didn’t.

I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. The idea of a “credible” victim and a “credible” story stratifies victims in a way that will further harm already at-risk populations. We see that in this story, where Ms. Watson says she was targeted by Fairfax because she had already tried to report a different sexual…

Yeah, I’ve read that about lab-grown stones too. I don’t really get it either. They are molecularly THE SAME. I think it’s something about resale value? But I ain’t selling my ring, even if my relationship should end, so that makes no difference to me.

Yerp, and leather. I’m gonna be fucking giddy once scientists can perfect and mass-produce lab grown meats too.

How dumb am I that I didn’t realize these pictures were of you?? I thought you were a model with your professionally done-up lewks! You look goooooooooood.

LOL now the ad hominem attacks come out because you have nothing better to say. Go on, attack my handle or whatever you think I’m “fake woke” about. I wonder how many victims it took for you to believe that Cosby is a rapist.... or maybe you still wanna bring up Emmett Till there because Andrea Constand is white. I…

Nah, you dragged a boy’s death into that debate to suggest that Fairfax’s accusers shouldn’t be believed. THEN, after you realized that was a bad look, you tried to say that Fairfax should go anyway.... but you still couldn’t get Emmett Till’s name out of your mouth. A single white woman lied and caused this boy’s…

Here you are again, putting Emmett Till’s name in your mouth to say that women should never be believed. This article isn’t even about sexual assault, but you can’t fucking stop yourself, huh? Everything’s gotta come back to how you think women shouldn’t be believed. You’re fucking obsessed.

BAN ALL FRATS. AND SORORITIES. GET RID OF THE WHOLE DAMN MESS.

all dogs are sweeties!!! #kingdidnothingwrong

Jealous! Didn’t know they were just in DC, so I missed it :(

Oh the fond memories of making 25 4yos sit still on the carpet, in the dark, away from all windows and doors, doing silent “Heads, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes” to keep them quiet as school administrators went by all our rooms to check they were blacked out, rattled the doorknob to make sure it was locked, and generally…

Funny you talk about white folks protecting their own as if you’re not doing the exact same thing here. You wanna say these women are liars so you can protect a black man. THAT IS YOUR ONLY REASON. Maybe you missed the cushy little interview Fairfax got from The Root itself. Maybe you missed his interviews with the…

Oh, so you bring up the tragedy of Emmett Till as a way to dismiss women entirely so you can protect black men? What about black women like Dr. Tyson, who first read about her rapist’s rising career on The Root? She a liar like the woman who accused Emmett Till? So yeah, I question your valuing of women when you…

pause for a sec and realize you’re equating committing a violent crime against two women to a racist, but legal, photo.

Idk, I thought the shoe colors were just because they’re the most popular/basic color offerings. A basic white skin tone “nude” shoe, and a basic black shoe. There’s a gold heeled sandal with the same design, since gold tones are pretty popular/common as well. They just all happened to have faces on them.

Yeah, I dislike this all round. We still got people locked up for this shit, but Barney’s thinks it’s cute to cash in on the rich white folk market. You know, the market that isn’t locked up for shit that is now increasingly legal.