That’s a better way to put it. Either way, this is really unfairly written, which is disappointing because Anna is usually such a conscientious writer;

“His lane” is human rights. I’d say this issue falls under that.

Right? This is the worst sort of purity policing that alienates similarly minded people and gives foder to reactionaries to make feminism into a bad word.

Yeah and I can’t help but to think how it will affect young men and women. Porn already has had a pretty negative impact on how youth access and process sex. I can’t imagine what boys will think if they know they can just throw some money at a girl and get what they want. It does strike me as entitled and dog knows we…

I agree with him. I think it’s fundamentally wrong for our laws to enshrine the idea that women are things that can be bought. By all means have laws that criminalize the buying more than the selling and do everything possible to help sex workers stay safe even while we say it shouldn’t happen, but I don’t agree to…

And unfortunately if you look at countries with legalized sex work sex trafficking has not disappeared... it’s just easier to hide. There are more men who want to buy sex than there are women willing to sell sex, and there are awful people willing to take advantage of that.

I’ll admit that I agree with parts of what he’s saying. I don’t think it’s as cut and dry as legalization = great, everything’s fine now. I’m definitely not down with sex workers being punished in any way. It also really doesn’t sit well with me that legalizing sex work perpetuates the idea that women’s bodies are…

I feel as though he’s coming from the right place. And unfortunately sex work is not something that has one easy answer. I fully support anyone who would CHOOSE this profession but the issue is that it is hard to separate those who didn’t from those who do. And keep people safe from being trafficked against their…

Yeah. At least he actually seems to care about the well-being of sex workers, which is a hell of a lot more than you’d get from any Republican.

I don’t think we should insult people for carefully thought out opinion pieces that slightly differ from our own opinions. This is a complex issue.

To be fair, there are a lot of feminists (especially from the previous wave) that would agree with him. So, calling what he is saying ‘awful’ probably isn’t fair. I don’t agree with what he’s saying, but that doesn’t make it awful. Awful is what Republicans do when they open their pieholes and pontificate about sex…

As far as I know, Aziz has a significant other. I think they live together.

Also, 18 year olds are the worst?????????

Now I can’t stop wondering about George Lucas.

She apparently only netted $51k from her acting income once her expenses were taken into consideration.

I would just annoy her by mispronouncing her last name as “Biz Markee.”

The sexual trauma inherent in human trafficking is devastating...breaks my heart. I can’t imagine this football player had any idea what terrible shape the girl was (and is) in, but, by all accounts of multiple partners in this incident and the up to 25 onlookers, honestly, how anyone can believe a 15-year old girl…

No, they were unaware of the fact that girls generally aren’t into being gang-fucked, especially with people they’ve only known for two weeks. Because that’s fucking insane.

Another heartbreaking detail:

Apparently the football coach winked at reporters when they asked why the team was suited up and ready to play? Dig into the comments. Lots of victim blaming, “they should arrest her too”, “teens doing what teens do”.

The trick is to read it, let your blood boil, and then coast that feeling until you can cope with the…