The only positive thing in all that mess is that feminists took up her cause. It’s not nearly enough, though. I can’t imagine the betrayal and humiliation she must have felt having to pay a fine, on top of everything else she went through.

There seem to be quite a few German-speaking users. Maybe someone could translate for one of the writers?

“No means no” doesn’t even makes sense for the groping cases. The whole point is that no one has time to object to a surprise groping. It’s clearly a reference to Gina-Lisa Lohfink.

(her rapists made a video in which she clears tells them no and stop, then not only were they acquitted but she was fined €24,000 for “making false accusations”)

Wait, what? What??

Her case made me so angry and sad. Just because she’s done a lot of nude shoots and a sex tape a couple of years ago people won’t take her accusations seriously. It’s like the “sex workers can’t be raped” or you can’t rape your own wife” arguments. Appalling.

I so wish that Jezebel could cover the Lohfink case, but I guess most of the press coverage is in German so it would be hard to get English-speaking sources for the writers here. It is SUCH a dreadful, dreadful case, and it reveals SO much about German (men’s) views on rape, sexual violence, women’s rights, etc.

And, of course, carrying a licensed gun is totally legal under THE ALMIGHTY SECOND AMENDMENT which it appears all the same racist idiots are so protective of.

And in answer to your headline, yes, I’m afraid you will. It breaks my heart that a part of me is grateful that my son inherited his father’s light skin tone instead of my own.

This whole piece, and especially that quote, really struck a chord with me. I grew up in a working class family and attended an elementary school in a predominately black and Latino neighborhood in Los Angeles. I earned a scholarship for all four years to a prestigious, private all girls high school. During my time…

Those things can’t be measured as objectively as you believe. My high school didn’t offer a single AP class and the district had a policy that prevented anyone from having over a 4.0. There would be no way for any of us to compete with the people doing extra AP classes during the summer to get those 4.9 gpas. The test…

From the Detroit Free Press article:

Sotomayor’s dissent earlier this week, now this. Have we FINALLY reached a point where liberals will start standing firm for progressive issues again, rather than kowtowing to the Republican establishment EVERY SINGLE TIME?

John Lewis is a national fucking treasure.

Honestly, the US didn’t deserve the Obamas. The crap we put them through was shameless, and they handled it with such poise and grace. Also, yay, National Parks!

Once I’m sitting at a theater, the first thing I do is find all the exits just in case. Doesn’t it make you feel so FREE?

I’m a naturally anxious person, but does anyone find their anxiety about being in public spaces has gone up? Like, are you purposely avoiding doing things because of your fears that this would be a place where someone would freak out and open fire?

The first amendment didn’t kill anybody either, but you’re still not allowed to yell fire in a crowded fucking theater.

The mostly male jury clearly thought Turner was guilty and one man actually wrote an angry letter about the lenient sentence:

In a tight race, that is the winner for most asinine comment. Too bad the prize isn’t a slap upside his fool head.

So many things keep going through my head about misogyny and domestic terrorism and race and guns and wash, rinse, repeat.