And even now with such a BLATANT example of white privilege we still have people claiming that there’s no white privilege.

White privilege is having agents of the state and a presidential candidate protect you despite being an incestuous child rapist. Imagine if this dude wasn’t a white guy. It’s truly baffling so many people are unwilling/unable to have a modicum of empathy for people like Tamir Rice but are more than willing to defend…

Yeah, it’s strange, as an adult I have no idea why my kid brain just knew to go to his dad instead of her parents, and she knew what had just happened was wrong, too. Had we gone to her parents, it could have gotten really nasty between neighbors and been more traumatic for her.

I grew up on their planet, so I actually speak their language. It hurts my soul.

The indoctrination that his parents put him through could be considered sexual abuse. I think imposing sick attitudes toward sexuality onto children from birth is actually imposing adult sexuality and adult sexual expectations onto them. Growing up in that environment, coupled with the fact that he was always taught…

It makes me so sad to think they were forced to smile for the cameras and be alone with their brother who hurt them/talk about how wholesome their family is the whole time. It also makes me feel really sick to think of those girls giving interviews about how they aren't kissing until marriage when a family member…

This. I read an especially frustrating fundie blogpost this morning about how Josh was “saved by the blood of the lamb” and all the usual Christian BS about Jesus forgiving sins and repenting to God. But the worst was how the author seemed to think that it wasn’t a big deal, he was a “child” who “made a mistake” and…

Those of us who’ve experienced the fallout of molestation within religious families, back me up here. The religious institution will almost always take the side of the abuser, even elevate them as “forgiven by Jesus himself and is now saved,” and practically excommunicate the abused, especially if the victims are…

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What this guarantees is that he will be asked, directly, under oath about the sexual assault and he must give a direct yes or no answer to the question. That might not seem like much, but it’s a big step from lying to lying under oath.

and for stuff like this (basically anything involving genitalia men or women) they have paid volunteers

Attention, parents of millennials (or tail-end gen x-ers as it were): nobody can effing afford anything-weddings, babies, rent, food... Help out with all those labor rights you worked on rolling back and then we can talk. Maybe. “Finally” got married to LT partner at 33, very low-key deal, and still have not produced…

Jezebel: where people go to pick apart women’s bodies.

I have no idea. Is it like an ego thing? “This was MY dress. I will be the ONLY one to wear it?” Or just incredibly wasteful, like we can care about conservation & reusing/recycling/upcycling all the time, but not for weddings because they’re sacred?

“So… you’re still abortion-minded, even if you happen to be tubally pregnant?” she asked.

Oh, cool. It’s not like hundreds of years of colonial powers carving up Africa like a turkey without regard for preexisting cultural norms has led to instability that continues to this day. How sweet that this man and his daughter get to continue the tradition of european-descended folks claiming foreign lands without…

if you give money to this man’s kickstarter, here’s an idea: why dont you just give the money to me? you’ll be wasting your money just the same, PLUS whatever i’m planning to do with your money is going to be much more entertaining

I had a coworker at my last job who was routinely furious that, even though I was fat and she wasn’t, I still allowed myself to enjoy food while she subsisted in Lean Cuisine and fat-free yogurt. It made her SO angry, and she just couldn’t shut up about it—she’d hover around my cubicle at lunch time and make comments…

But, she didn’t say that. She actually alludes to what slavery was in her first tweet. Her word choice was unfortunate (“invented it as such” should read “transformed it as such”), but not completely incorrect. Chattel Slavery of the Americas is a truly White/European invention. Slavery is as old as tribalism. If you…

Slavery in America is totally because of White people. Slavery in Europe is because of white people.