I feel very conflicted about her womanhood. I accept that she has felt like a woman her entire life, and is now finally getting to live freely and authentically and that’s fantastic. On the other hand, her “woman of the year” Glamour award, and other accolades, I find undeserved and unearned. She doesn’t know what…

This is all true, just like I would never know what it’s like to be a black woman in America, but I can still listen to your experience, empathize, and BELIEVE YOU when you speak about what you have to face. Cait is an asshole.

But even that isn’t a good excuse. Through luck of birth, I happen to have generational wealth and I’ll probably never be poor or require government assistance. That doesn’t mean I can’t have compassion and empathy for those who might, or do, or will. Not being affected doesn’t prevent you from acting like a human…

Huh? He got to tell his side at the original hearing. You are not entitled to an appeal in the legal system, why would the university grant him an appeal? Appeal doesn’t mean “I don’t like the decision so give me another chance”, it means “Something didn’t go right procedurally so let’s fix that”. The university was…

It would be awesome if abortion care wasn’t the sole narrative of single women, or “desperate” teens. Women who are partnered/married and women who already have children make up a significant portion of those seeking abortion care, and it’s a family planning decision that women and their spouse/partner seek.

You must be fun at parties.

I’ve never heard that as pertains to people who sexually assaulted someone in the manner Kesha is asserting. It sounds weird and ‘rapist’ seems like it would have more impact. Who knows.

Fair. Good to know.

Isn’t this what Sony has been pushing all along, that she’s free to record with any producer? Also, he has allegedly drugged and raped her, correct? Why does she call him her “abuser” and not her “rapist”?

Exactly. It’s just too risky, and it would make it harder when help arrives to distinguish between the good guys and bad guys. I remember Columbine vividly, because I was only a year out of high school, so the images of high school kids being shot to bits was especially sad. For this guy to, what, trade on that, is…

You have to be 21 for a CC permit in Colorado, I just checked. Having said that, a teacher/admin in a high school is equally a stupid fucking choice for this. I say this with the utmost and greatest respect for teachers, but teachers are there to educate, they are not trained for active combat, and a teacher would be…

Beyond the breach of contract, Sony would choke the revenue stream of whatever music was out there. They won’t be able to prevent the music from playing — once a leak is out, it’s out forever, but she won’t be able to have the music make money through iTunes, YouTube, Spotify, Pandora, etc, nor would she be able to…

I'm sure a few dozen terrified teenagers would have aimed fast and true.

Goddammit, Patrick

If you have an old pair of headphones with one bad ear, cut off their cord near the 3.5mm tip and insert that tip into your headphone jack. No more surprise noises, and it’s fairly unobtrusive.

That’s almost right. He shouldn’t sue for libel if it’s true, but he certainly can, and let someone else decide based on the facts. I sincerely hope that the criminal trial is conclusive on Kesha’s side, but most sexual assault cases are very difficult to prove. If he's found innocent... Extortion and libel are…

Legally speaking, until the assault charges are supported by some kind of criminal or civil trial and decision, he can sue her for slander/libel, and I’m surprised that he hasn’t, to try and intimidate her and/or make her spend lots of money on legal fees.

But this isn’t a court case to decide whether he assaulted her or not, it’s a court case about their contract with one another.

I don’t want to see homeless people either — because I would like to live in a country that has the infrastructure, social services, mental health care, compassion, and support to make sure that those who want and need shelter can have it.

I'm too lazy to look it up but I'm 86% sure that more men die during sexual intercourse than women die during safe abortion care. I think you're onto something.