I'm embarassed to say that in the years of hearing Jezebel clarify they are "not a feminist website" while reading dozens of articles here decrying the fact that women with a platform distance themselves from the term, the utter hypocrisy never occurred to me. Great point.

I hate to be a snarktopus on a well done article like this, but... If Jezebel can deny that it is an explicitly feminist site (esp. When they use it as an excuse to do patently unfeminist things), then what right does this site have to bust others for doing the same??

I kind of wish Smith was playing Darcy. The role has become such a magnet for female standards of old-timey romantic hotness that I would like to see a quirky-looking guy in the role. I had thought from first spotting his picture when he was announced as the Doctor that Smith was kind of homely but he has a certain…

And he and Emma Thompson are married IRL!! They met while making Sense & Sensibility and are my favorite power couple in the entirety of creation

I teach at a university, which is a small part of the real world (maybe?), and there is no dress code for the students. I have students come to class wearing pj's and crop tops and hijabs and we have bright, meaningful conversations. Its about being able to present yourself as you choose and respecting one another

I mean, it's not the worst thing anyone ever said, but

"It takes a certain type of woman to invoke that kind of reaction from a man, I mean it's totally unacceptable what he did, but something must have started that."

I'm so sorry. I am a survivor of abuse, too (and white, middle class, had-everything-going-for-me-besides-this). I kept clinging to the part of him I was in love with, and each transgression seemed isolated. And I forgot about them, or got confused - because he knew how to manipulate my reality; he knew how to make me…

Lord have mercy and thank you for your point about "golddiggers." Shallow people attract shallow people. Men would have no reason to allegedly fear being used for their money if they didn't use said money to buy the time/affection/sex of women they're essentially using as arm-candy and an ego-boost.

Because she's a black woman who spoke her mind and didn't think she needed to kiss anybody's ass. The only thing worse than being black and woman is being uppity. She never apologized for her intellect or good-looks and therefore she's Satan's hand-maiden.

Have you ever noticed there are never mass protests and marches on behalf of black women brutalized by police or are killed by white people? How many people know the name of Renisha McBride or even really cared about the way she died? Whenever a black man dies at the hands of a cop or a white person, we hear his name,…

I was talking about this with my husband the other day and he said something to the effect of "But at least something good may come of all this." I thought about it, and realized I've said that about so many awful things. So often something horrible happens and we think, "OK, this will be the tipping point. Things…

I've been thinking about this for awhile and this happened to be the post that pushed me to comment. But I was thinking about it and I feel that maybe this was not the right place. A big piece of this article was about domestic violence towards black women and I don't want to gloss over or unintentionally shush that…

I'm confused: would that be a bad thing? Which part would be bad: that she's a sincere advocate for a worthy cause, or that she's taking advantage of an opportunity for a large platform from which to sincerely further her worthy cause? What would make you more sure, if she were less sincere, if her cause were less…

Seriously?

I'll let the OP speak for her or himself but a lot of black folks back in the day didn't believe Robin and felt that she was out to hurt Mike. Same with the Desiree Washington whom he was convicted of raping. Considering what we know now about his temper and mental health, I'm not sure why some folks still give Robin…

I am as loud, confident, and feminist as they come, white, middle class, educated, well supported and all that jazz. I had only a small taste of what these women experienced but I still find it hard to say it out loud and I still took him back immediately. She's totally right, when the man you love, the man who hurt…

This is why I think it's so intensely important to prosecute domestic violence as a crime of assault, instead of leaving it up to how the victim feels about it. Victims often become victims because they've been groomed to believe ridiculous lies — to really feel like they are to blame, or that this is how all…

Why the hate for Robin?

I'm from Evansville and have spent time in some areas of Posey County (although not where Joelle was found, for the record) and yes, there are some total creepholes there, as well as in some of the other rural areas.