there are absolutely vindictive, deceitful, possibly mentally ill women in the world who have been assaulted (without question, as there are men who prey on them specifically)

Coming on the heels of Jane Roe’s deathbed confession, it does make you wonder....Lots and lots of people believed what she said for years and years. And then it all turns out to be a lie based on monetary gain.

Honestly, the thing I found most interesting about the Politico article was not that information about her bankruptcy and landlords but that her own retelling of her role at Joe Biden’s office seemed to be inflating with each person she told the tale to:

I’m going to get a lot of hate for saying this but I think the reason a lot of people are bending over backwards to believe Ms. Reade is because the right has effectively weaponize “Believe women” to paint progressives as hypocrites and I think most people could have seen that coming a mile away. Unfortunately, issues…

Wait, what? How are her landlords irrelevant? They paint a picture of a woman who was bullshitting her way through not paying rent, when she wasn’t busy using them for therapy and destroying their property. Yes, Politico provided space about the damaged floors. As they should. This is what she thought of other…

Maybe.

This is exactly right. You don’t need to be perfect to credibly allege that you were the victim of a crime, but it is also completely appropriate to be more skeptical of the allegations of someone with a long history of lying and exaggerating to get things from other people. This article is so disingenuous, and I…

I don’t know. We seem to be bending over backwards to find reasons why we should believe Tara Reade. Mostly centered on “believe women,” a concept I support. And I know that there’s a lot about how “real victims” behave and how damaging that is—so we shouldn’t factor in her character, which is that she’s a lifelong…

This blog.

The Politico article could have been written about my sister. She did exactly the kinds of things attributed to Tara Reade. She was always in financial trouble, always asking for help, and more than willing to walk away and leave others holding the bag. She made up detailed stories about her life — like how she had to…

My question is - and it is a sincere one - what IS relevant regarding Reade’s allegations?

Without any record of complaint, corroboration and an ever-shifting story, I think it's within bounds to look at her motive for this story at this time. The next piece of the puzzle is her history of money troubles and conning people. And a GOP that's willing to pay people to lie. So now, let's just see if she's hit…

I honestly cannot figure out why Jezebel keeps defending this lady. The best investigative journalists have followed up and can’t confirm her story. The Obama campaign vetted Biden thoroughly before making him the VP. They wouldn’t miss this if it was real. Everything about her allegations feel wrong about what people…

I’m not sure this article really tracks with what Politico was doing. To go public with a sexual assault case against a powerful individual requires one of two things: evidence, or a leap of faith on behalf of the public.

The “aggrieved acquaintances” were but a handful of former landlords. The damning behavior behind the trumpeted claim of dishonesty and wrongdoing? Reade allegedly struggled to pay her rent, and sometimes she pleaded for her landlords’ sympathy.

These incidents further indicate she has a habit of lying. Also the fact that she spoke highly of Biden back then, and used it to ingratiate herself to people. 

“Never having struggled, never having been dishonest, and never having spoken positively of an alleged abuser.”

Are we allowed to not believe people?  Asking for a friend.

aw, thanks for the memories. I’m 42 and was the target audience for this film. i was goth, i had read most of these books (they ramble on A LOT and you can skip entire chapters without missing much, unless you enjoy reading the phrase “the savage garden!” up to 4 times per page!) and my favourite thing to look back on…

I assume you know the results of the election. Do we all need to go into a medically induced coma for the next four years?