Ugh, people who think that forcing a senator to resign over multiple accusations of sexual harassment and assault is what “the left eating itself” and “throwing our own to the wolves” looks like. Especially since it seems to be coming from many commenters who, in other instances, very frequently are critical of the…

They should have just thrown in 2-3 cis men, not announced anything about how this was being led by women and gender minorities, and just let the festival promote the artists’ work by being awesome. They’d reach a much larger and more diverse audience that way. This way, they’re preaching to the choir.

Yes, but the thought is “I don’t really respect my loved ones.”

The backlash that is to come is exactly why anyone who has been waiting for the right time to accuse a known predator within their industry should do it NOW.

One of the peculiarities of the debate around race within feminism is that a shocking amount of the women who were big names in second wave feminist theory were Jewish. Betty Friedan, Susan Brownmiller, Robin Morgan, Shulamith Firestone, Gloria Steinem... the list goes on and on. Normally, that’s not actually super…

I adore Hayley Kiyoko, she does great work.

I agree, and it’s a longtime frustration of mine that Jezebel doesn’t hire LGBTQ women to write about LGBTQ women’s issues (save for Kat Callahan, and I believe one of the current female Jez writers has vaguely mentioned making out with women??) - but they did have that period where they were crossposting articles…

Yeah, the trick to finding out both if someone rapes and if someone has been raped is definitely to not actually use the word “rape”, but rather a definition of it (e.g., “have you ever forced someone to have sex with you?”/”have you ever been forced to have sex with someone else?”). When reporters don’t know this, it…

Some schools are awful and discourage students from reporting to the police. But also, rape victim students should have the opportunity to say that they aren’t really interested in pursing criminal charges and don’t want to have to go through a trial, they just want the school to agree that they can change dorms and…

Is there a specific brand/model you would recommend for cold-brewing loose-leaf tea in the fridge?

That’s why it is imperative that gay women buy and wear shirts of Mariah posing pin-up style in front of a rainbow.

“I’m going to say it—Rape isn’t an absolute bad, because the rapist I think probably likes it a lot.” You would think so, but fun fact, it’s really common for rapists to have trouble staying hard and finishing when they’re raping someone (as if they were raping more for the power and control than the lust), so, it’s…

Based on some Groupthink polls, two or three times a week is the average amount Jezzies shave. And while you would think that the amount of ire that shaving receives would mean that many women on here don’t shave, this is not the case; Jez is feminist, but straight, and so they just bitch about shaving without doing…

So it’s a Charmed reboot, but about 3 unrelated women several centuries ago... When did it stop being cool to just say you had an original story in an existing genre? Why are they trying to make this a Charmed reboot?

Yes, I know; I’m pretty familiar with rape statistics, including many that Jezebel/feminist blogosphere don’t write about. And, pretty consistently, studies find that between about 1/4th and 1/6th of women have experienced attempted or completed sexual assault. Breast cancer was considered an epidemic at 1 in 8 women,…

No, not really. People consistently doubt rape victims because they do not want to face the reality of a rape epidemic, not because they cannot comprehend that the occasional super fishy, wild accusations by victims who refuse to prove their own existence during political elections would be an outlier. “No false rape…

The reason I think this allegation is false is because it doesn’t fit in with all the other allegations of sexual assault. The other allegations follow a fairly similar pattern: Trump sexually assaulted, but didn’t rape, women who were subordinate to him in a professional context. He pulls skirts up, but doesn’t pull…

I feel super conflicted about this. It’s sad to see the biggest site for publishing lesbian voices get shut down, and doesn’t make things feel any more diverse.

Yeah, it’s kinda one thing to get all offended when you’re dealing with someone who’s notoriously private and kinda “I’m gay, ask me about it never”. But Wambach is clearly interested in sharing her story with the intent of bringing greater awareness of what being gay is like (for her).

Some people know their sexual orientation immediately and without experimentation, but a LOT do indeed find some hands-on experience to be extremely helpful in figuring things out. So long as the question isn’t asked in the context of “can’t you try heterosexuality again, just in case THIS time you like it”, it’s…