I posted this downthread, but as I’m late to the party you might miss the joy. There’s one unsavory solution to the whole Brexit saga leaving the UK as the laughing stock of the world.

Can I be a pedant for a second? It’s Attorneys General, not Attorney Generals.

Attorneys general.

Can’t believe you passed up the chance to use the plural “attorneys general” - that doesn’t come up every day, you know!

Attorneys General.

Yet Hulk Hogan was all about the 1st Amendment.

And the fact that he apologized so vehemently tells me he fucking knew it wasn’t appropriate for the workplace.

The lording of lighter skin is a common thing growing up in Nairobi. Being called ‘black mamba.’ The slow burn of recognizing something else is better than you.

Prettier people always have an advantage in life, black or not. Just maybe the focus should be on the 95% of us not one of the beautiful people no matter what their race.

The idea is that, if she consented to sex in other cases, she is likely to have consented in this case. In court, such evidence is generally barred by “rape shield” laws, though evidence of a relationship with an accused assailant can still be admissible, or evidence going to motive for fabrication (such as, if the…

This is such an awful and sad story.
My kid was assaulted on her campus in the UK during her first year - and it was a matter for the police, not the university. The perpetrator was caught, tried, convicted and sentenced. She was offered counseling, and had visits from female police officers to support her in coping.…

I stand with her in principle/Come at me bro.

What? Est is real?!? I thought the writers of ‘The Americans’ made it up to parody self-help seminars.

Of course not. I may just be overly idealistic. Personally I hate arguing and generally, if I come across a mansplainer my own knee-jerk reaction is to just get out of there. However I also have an aversion to changing the conversation from “this argument is bad” to “this argument is tainted because of it’s source”.…

I’m so glad not everyone reacts the way he does.

*sigh*

It’s vague because the totality of the subject is kind of enormous, and I’m honestly not sure where to start. Again, I may have to be vague, because any more detailed discussion would either be limited in its application to one specific aspect of “rape culture”, or would necessarily be epically long. However, one…

You say that the family’s reactions are perfectly natural given that they’re experiencing extreme cognitive dissonance and are the product of a culture that treats rape as an extraordinary circumstance (magic, as you say). This is certainly true, but in your account of our culture, you seem to be suggesting that men…

Totally fair enough. I’m not saying you should feel bad for him. I’m saying the dumb comments about ‘not eating steak’ are dumb, because they are. They’re trying to say his father was simply saying he lost his appetite, instead of what was actually being conveyed, by way of an illustration: that his mental health had…

On what grounds do you assert that he will never care about his victim, be ashamed or experience genuine regret? Seriously, stop. This stuff - what you are doing - is part of the problem. People were FURIOUS that a father would defend his son, for God’s sake. How can people not understand that ALL OF THIS is about…