I keep hearing people say this and I have to make two points. First, I had no idea who this woman was before this and I imagine enough other people haven't either that it doesn't matter much what she has/hasn't done in the past. Also, in this case there's actually corroborating evidence from her book (maybe 20 years…

The slut shame crowd makes it so hard for anyone who was date raped after willingly taking drugs that victims twist themselves into pretzels trying to avoid saying "I wanted the drugs. I didn't want to be raped." Offering a drug addict drugs is a pretty good way to lure someone into a vulnerable position, an even…

Ugh, the "why didn't you ask what the pill was" question is especially gross in Janice Dickinson's case because at the time she was dealing with substance abuse problems, which Cosby had no problem using to his advantage.

I don't think "rape survivor" is the money-making, attention-getting opportunity people seem to think it is. I mean, the best case scenario is that people feel sorry for you but the chances are that people will treat you like a pariah.

So it's just a coincidence that she wrote about Bill Cosby in her 2002 autobiography (the lawyers made her take out the actual rape, but what she left in describes him as a predator) and talked about it to Howard Stern in 2006? If she's lying for attention, she got pretty lucky that the man she described as a creepy…

Fine. Janice has a reputation for attention-seeking behavior. But she also, from all accounts, has a reputation for being a brutal truth-teller who speaks it like it is. She doesn't owe it to you to be a perfect victim.

I don't suppose the personality characteristics you mention could be, oh I don't know, the result of past trauma? Trauma causes changes in behavior, then behavior is often held up as proof that the person lied or deserved it. What a fun ride on the "Dismiss the Victim Marry-Go-Round!" Be sure to give your ticket to…

Y'all can quit with the "attention seeking" bullshit, seriously. Nobody is giving her money, and this isn't going to help her career. Nobody's career has ever been helped by coming forward with a rape allegation. When there are 16 other women saying virtually the same thing, one woman's credibility isn't an issue.

So because of a personality flaw she should keep quiet? I'm confused as to why her being an attention seeker has anything to do with the fact that she has been raped.

I really don't like the way the interviewer was pushing Dickinson about "but why did you trust him," "why didn't you ask what the pill was," and so on. It's really rubbing me the wrong way. It seems to kind of reinforce the pervasive idea that if a woman does anything "wrong," then she can't complain when she gets…

*sighs*

For example, ANTM.

I totally believe her. It just drives me fucking crazy when people are trying to be like "she's an attention seeker" like attention seekers can't get raped or like they know what her off-screen personality is like. Seriously, guys let's not.

I think the problem is thinking that there's some sort of "cause" rather than individuals speaking about their personal experiences. She doesn't really have that much to gain - for all that people are saying she's an attention seeker, etc., there are plenty of ways to get attention that will actually make her money.

No.

Um. Actually, quite a few credible witnesses stuck by that account. Maybe you need to check your media more closely.

To me, it's a visual reminder that any one of these famous faces or innocent protesters is just another black man to the police.

Most people know that he didn't have his hands up. It's more of a silent protest representing the racial issues going on amongst the police and teenagers across the country.

I just think Terry Crews is the most delightful person, and that opinion is compounded every time I watch him in an interview. I even love the way they initially cast him in Brooklyn 99, which is as a sergeant who has to stop working in the field for a while because he gets panic attacks at the thought of dying and…

I've clearly separated rioters/looters from protesters, and even gave specific examples of the protests STILL going on that have been impactful.

Except that Deadspin is right. Many people who use the word thugs are using it as the new N-word.