Oooo please share!

I love how it's always folks from the Don't Let Government Get Dictate Our Lives Party who are government members dictating our lives the most.

Good point but I think what's marketed as valuable to tweens (mostly young women) is relevant for adults to understand. There are values and messages here that are easy to brush off as just for teens (because nothing teens care about matters - I don't think YOU said this, but it's a common argument), but they tell us…

This comment says it well, too.

The only good thing about this story is that his MO is so clear. From the context, it sounds like some of these women might have been willing to have sex with him. He didn't rape them because they rejected him (or whatever people argue), he did it because he is a rapist who likes to rape.

It's so true. If women were going back home with Darren Sharper, there's a good chance some of them wanted to fuck. That's awesome. He wasn't trying to get some; he was trying to rape.

Yes. I have done this. If you regret sex, you don't tell people about it - even if you're framing it as rape - you tell no one. I don't think the "I regretted sex so I told everything he raped me" tale exists.

You're a better commenter than I, my friend! More power to ya!

Right? Watch the video too because she makes such a good point about "marketability". It's really not if audiences will consume you as a product, more about if a company will spend the time and money to market you to a wide audience. For example, she says she hated that Living Single was marketed as a Black show. That…

I beg of you to dismiss the hihedii troll.

Yes. She killed it:

Most people in power view power as a zero-sum game. They see others gaining only as possibly through their loss.

It's hard to pinpoint where demand starts, I think, because "Movies with great female roles don't get made because women don't go to the movies" can easily be "Women don't go to the movies because movies with great female roles don't get made."

Some days, Twitter feels like art.

Same thing we had at USC. Notice you'll see it on the being-investigated-for-covering-up-rapes list. Those lists seem innocuous but they're the tip of a really disturbing iceberg that runs deep throughout the culture of the school.

Wowwww but don't all Black people want an equally playing field???!?!! /sarcasm

I mean, Michael Dunn probably learned about the dangers of Black teens by watching the news about Black teen on Black teen violence!!!1!1 So really, this murder WAS caused by Black teen violence!

I taught in New Orleans, which does not have strict gun laws. I see your point (I am not trying to be snide either, and I appreciate you clarifying your tone!), but I think saying Chicago has strict gun laws is a red herring, because the guns come in from surrounding areas that don't. Guns are essentially imported to…

It's economically empowering because she gets money. When I talked about getting power or pleasure from it, I meant 'it' to be sex not porn. In fact, I didn't say anything about porn nor did I uncritically celebrate it.

Can you clarify what you mean by structures of freedom and harm? Because I actually see them as equal here - the structure of freedom to own a gun IS a structure of harm. How can you weigh your rights against others' lives? It requires a disturbing amount of narcissism. I would give up my freedom to own a gun and I…