Ooof. A “willingess to make things better” without approving any changes is administrative-speak for “thoughts and prayers.”

Fuck you, Melania. You can’t “stand with women” and then tell them the burden of proof is still all on their shoulders.

Nooo! Schultzy’s has serious brats!

Oh, definitely. I’m just pleased to see an actual apology instead of the “I’m sorry you were offended” bs that passes for apologies these days.

At the beginning of the drill, teachers in one Stafford County Public School directed children to bathrooms or locker rooms closest to them, but couldn’t decide where to send the girl, who is trans.

That orange outfit gives me life. It’s so fantastic.

Fantastic article, thank you for sharing! Ms. Burke is a treasure and while I wish her work had gotten a nice huge spotlight twelve years ago, I’m glad it’s getting one now even if it’s a problematic kind of spotlight.

All of this. It’s just another version of “well, what was she wearing, it must be her/the clothes/anything other than the men engaging in predatory behavior.”

Mint tea and pretending it has lots of alcohol in it.

If it hadn’t been a black comment I wouldn’t have answered. But women have been silenced and judged enough this week.

True. After this last couple of weeks, though, I just want to hold on to the dream that when it grows up they’ll call it “Porkerella” and dress it in fancy sunglasses and feather boas and make it its own fantabulous Insta account and post pics there every day and then take it out for walks on a rhinestone leash and it…

Just wait until that fashionable miniature pot bellied pig grows up to be a regular ol’ large sized hog.

Okay. Yep, you meant it. Wow.

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That is a fantastic article. Thank you so much for sharing. God, did that resonate.

So, a guy who says he’s the ex-boyfriend. Is he? Or is this another fabricated attempt at discrediting a credible witness account?

It was the first thing I thought of, and while I know it’s made the rounds before it encapsulates the entire situation so well in four panels.

Translated:

I’m positive a large part of the inability to identify threatening behaviors in other men is because men, in general, don’t ever have to worry about that on a personal level. They’re able to overlook it because they can.

Men don’t believe women. This is not news. See also: “he was such a quiet neighbor” and “he was such a nice boy.”