COINCIDENCE??????

I'm replying to you, but also kind of to everyone in this thread that is missing the point dramatically basically due to a very simplistic way of looking at both feminism and the lgbt community. I'm not meaning to sound aggressive, but in an effort to be efficient, I'm going to number my points and my comment is going…

No, Kat was right.

I'm sorry, I understand why people are upset about the photo but.... As someone who was abused as a child and teenager, and watched this happen on at my father's behest to my mother and brother my entire life as well.... Fuck all the entitled white assholes on here who are making that the MAIN POINT OF CONTENTION. …

I disagree completely. There is nothing identifiable about the child in this picture and I wouldn't put it here if there was, trust me. But showing this photo adds a very powerful visual element to this story that hammers home the severity of the situation that words just would not be able to do. I say that as someone…

I would urge all the people who feel rage to consider using that anger to try to make some difference in kids' life. I've worked on enough custody cases to tell you that this level of abuse is not uncommon. If you have the resources to do specialized foster care, consider it. If not, work at volunteer at Boys and…

I keep going back to what it must be like for that teenager to have to try to find the strength to speak up and fight back in that situation. He was literally fist fighting his stepfather when cops showed up.

Did you hear her say her acne started in third grade? Acne is largely a hormonal condition, which is why it is prevalent among teenagers. Others of us (me! yay!) have a lifelong struggle with the condition, no matter how much makeup we do or don't wear. Do you think Ms Bankson would have gotten to the point of…

If you've never met a woman with whom you can talk about a variety of interesting, engaging topics, you've either been extremely sheltered or you're not good at conversation.

No. This is not racism. There is no troubling history of black folks using whiteface to oppress and marginalize whites. It may be silly and in poor taste, but it ain't racist. Not at all.

Cue influx of people who don't understand how racism and institutional power works in 3, 2, 1....

Actually the Joker looks kind of great like that.

It is incredibly frustrating. I was at a bar a couple of weeks ago and was discussing my dating history with a man I just met. When told that I had been primarily with white men, his immediate response was, "Is it because all Asian men have small penises?". I JUST MET YOU. Actually, scratch that, it doesn't matter how…

Gasp! Their lip doctor should be jailed.

As a photographer I can tell you that this is one frame out of HOURS of footage and it's being used to sway public opinion against this girl. Just as the parents sobbing uncontrollably is a play to make the judge feel more for them.

I know that you've been told this your entire life, but pictures are not proof. They…

The hills are shadows, and they flow
From form to form, and nothing stands;
They melt like mist, the solid lands,
Like clouds they shape themselves and go.

everything bats is, imo... :)

Poor thing! That was a fruit bat.

It is also about how statistics can be massaged and how the most important section of any paper is the methods, not the conclusion, discussion or abstract. This is not the first paper published where the data may not support the authors conclusions.