Around 2:40 a.m., she recalled, “I went into the backyard just for a little bit, and then I came back in and there was a man selling diamond watches and necklaces.” As she was admiring one item in particular—a diamond cross necklace—one of Brown’s friends freaked out. “I did not pick it up. I did not touch it, take…

Who needs evidence of bad behavior, access buying, and influence peddling when you can just assume it from the start? That makes writing articles SO MUCH EASIER.

Yes, the behavior and the mindset need to be called out, because that’s the only way they can change. I can’t in good faith call someone a monster who is doing what we tell boys it’s okay to do.

Exactly. Someone on this thread said that most men don’t rape, but 1) I’m not sure about that, and 2) a hell of a lot of (most?) men, particularly young men, don’t really take no for an answer, cajoling, pressuring, manipulating, gaslighting women to agree to sex when they don’t really want to have sex. It’s not…

I think it is ridiculous to hold Nate Parker as some kind of extraordinary rape monster. If anything, this saga shows that he’s not at all different from the vast majority of men because pretty much any man, particularly a young man, is capable of rape in similar circumstances. He’s not special or especially bad— he…

I would like to exist here. Please exist me!

Do I exist here?

I do not exist here.

Do I exist here?

Oh wait! Maybe I am ungreyed!!! Yay!!!

I’m hoping to be ungreyed. It’s funny how after all these years with this system, no one knows how to go about getting ungreyed with any consistency.

WOW. Did not know this. Thanks!

Turns out she did commit suicide in 2012. http://variety.com/2016/film/news…

Frustrated by the convention’s lack of clear guidelines for handling sexual assault between the delegates

You’re most welcome! In the meantime, if your food situation gets dire, check to see if there are any non-profit emergency food banks in your area. I believe some of them (all of them?) are “no questions asked” with some restrictions (for example, needing ID and proof of the number of people in your home).

Check to see if there is a legal aid service in your area. They might be able to help appeal the denial of social services to you and your kids.

Hmm. This is terrible. It’s possible that she did give consent to Parker even though she was very drunk (and back then, drunk consent was consent) but it seems clear that she didn’t consent to having sex with the other guys. How completely shitty of him to invite others to participate. Worse, he seems entirely unable…

“Short term sacrifice”? You mean the “short-term sacrifice” of raising a baby you didn’t want after SCOTUS overturns Row v. Wade? The “short-term sacrifice” of having your family members deported? The “short-term sacrifice” of giving Nazis, white supremacists, and xenophobes a platform and a sympathizer in the White…

GO READ THE POLICE REPORT. The pictures referenced are IN THE POLICE REPORT. Look at them for yourself and you will see they are not porn.

Skip what is *says* and go look at the report yourself. It includes the images the cops describe, and they are not even slightly child-porny. They are artsy, risque, BDSM-y, and feature young people, but don’t in the least ring the “OMG THIS IS CHILD PORN!!!” alarm. You will find worse on the runway at Fashion Week.