You’re absolutely right. I had a patient go through this last year after she needed surgery on her foot. I was really nervous for her and unfortunately she did end up relapsing; I’m sure the (very mild) pain meds were not the only factor, she definitely did not have enough support in the community. She’s clean again…

I haven’t finished the 4th season of Black Mirror. So... no

This Aziz Ansari story has really shaken me. As some of you may remember (or maybe not, I’m certainly not that important), a month or two ago something finally clicked in my head- that I had been sexually assaulted when I was a teenager by my boyfriend at the time. We were both 16 (plus or minus a year, I can’t quite…

Ross also had more sitcom experience. Give me her stint on Girlfriends over Anderson’s weak jump shot on TNBC’s Hang Time and other flop sitcoms, 7 days a week.

I’ll cut to the chase and say that Ross should have been getting the same pay as Anderson since season 2 at the very latest and after the pilot episode at the earliest. It’s total bullshit that she hasn’t. Bull and shit.

literally read any of the dozens of articles here on jez and on the root and you’ll fine the answer you’re searching for. do a little self-educating for once, jesus.

nope. that’s not the point.

I found it yall, the first fuckshit

White feminism is the proverbial snake eating its tail. I don’t look to them for allyship (getting sick of that word anyway) because they don’t know what they are about.

Because men want a checklist/guidelines so that they can point to it and say “See? I did x, w, and z, so she can’t say shit after the fact.”

Thanks. And I agree. If you’re coercing someone, there is no consent. This really is not a difficult concept to understand but for some reason, it’s being treated like this is theoretical quantum physics or something.

Long, fantastic post. You rock.

I also hope they get the same calls from their fathers, grandfathers, brothers and sons.

I see the resident rape apologist is out and already starred. Fantastic. Here’s why I don’t buy that men “don’t understand what’s going on with women”: because it’s bullshit. There have been multiple studies that have proven over and over again that men do understand body language and non-verbal cues, they just choose…

Because the experience the woman had on their date is a universal one. Some of these women have married the men who placed them in similar situations. So to include uncomfortable sexual encounter with the narrative of harassment and assault is a bridge too far. Everyone can get behind clear violations but the…

Thank God nothing like this ever happened at a PA school.

I live in Pennsylvania. When I wanted to volunteer at my kids’ schools, I had to take a three hour mandatory training on spotting grooming, sexual abuse, and what to do if you even think its happening.

MSU shouldn’t be allowed to have an athletic department anymore. If you fail to maintain a safe environment for your students for more than two decades, you lose the right to participate in college sports.

So some folks think that it’s strange for two people that have literally been together ALL their lives to express affection for each other? I’m feeling deeply sorry for these negative commenters that love and caring are such alien concepts to their existence.