What’s to understand? Protests that bring out thousands of upset people will bring out people that are so upset they make poor choices, and people who aren’t really upset or there to protest, but are using the chaos as cover for bad behavior. It’s not like any protest starts with the mission statement “we’ll block…

Just a note: even if you buy the “holding a gun” story, NC is an open carry state

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn. This is the exact kind of celebrity gossip that I need to balance out the horror that is this election year.

Why don’t you take a moment to think about this callous and irrelevant remark?

It’s worse than that. I think the cops are trying to say “Look at what we deal with every day, aren’t we heroes? Don’t you feel bad for us?” They are using a child’s circumstance to elevate themselves, that is highly cynical.

What I don’t get is why this walking pneumonia diagnosis isn’t proving to everyone what a fucking badass Hillary is. She hasn’t slowed down and she’s been seriously sick. This is some serious dedication. My 22 year old brother got walking pneumonia and he missed finals because of it.

It’s possible that she’s asexual or has a very low libido, and due to the conservative background she comes from believes that all women are like that, so the only reason they have sex is because men want it (doesn’t really explain women who have sex with women, of course).

Yeah I mean I feel like this lady thought she’d get more intrigue by a click baity title. There’s nothing inherently feminist about abstinence, in fact I’d say if your motivation is based on a commandment from a patriarchal religion then there’s an argument to be made that it is not feminist at all. I really don’t…

Feel free to disagree with me. Here’s my take. Choosing chastity as a woman isn’t feminism. Choosing chastity as a woman and having the right to not be judged as less or more of a human being because of it is feminism.

No one is asking for the university to test the kits. I don’t know where you got that. I don’t want the university to be the equivalent or take the place of actual law enforcement, I’m just saying that yhe there is a reason that universitiesare involved. I was raped by a TA in my department. That made attending class…

If colleges didn’t have people living on campus, it would be simpler. But a university does not simply provide education, it is also home to many students for at least part of the year. A college does need to provide some services aside from education, but right now I think it is not reasonable for most universities…

acorn is definitely not the “hysterical” one in this discussion

I just bristle at the idea that certain of people should have access to a “more comfortable” environment to administer rape kits than the average person.

A significant number of people who have been raped are ambivalent about police involvement, particularly in the immediate aftermath of the rape. (And for good reason. The criminal justice system is very, very hard on victims of sex crimes.) Getting medical attention, and getting a rape kit done, should not require…

When I was raped I went to my university clinic. It wasn’t even another student or anything, I just went there because I knew it’d be free to get STD tests done. It honestly didn’t even occur to me to go to a real hospital.

They don’t have power to criminally deal with these issues, but they absolutely should have the power to suspend/expel students found guilty of conduct violations. This is why/how these issues relate to Title IX, because it is very clearly not possible to maintain an equitable learning environment if victims of sexual…

It kind of drives me crazy when working from home is offered as a parental leave benefit. I understand it offers a lot of flexibility, but it doesn’t solve the main problem of child care. It’s not like you can skip day care and take care of your child all day and work your job. I mean, how could you do conference…

Those open carry dudes are co-opting the situation to advertise their 2A agenda, preying on fear.

Also, amidst the indignation at her getting a new job, it’s worth pointing out that she had tenure at Missouri and is non-tenure-track at Gonzaga. That means a huge pay and benefits cut. Given the tough academic jobs climate, she’s unlikely ever to get a tenure-track job again, so her career has suffered permanent…

Were we hoping her entire life would be ruined or something? Protesters are getting dogs sicced on them in North Dakota, it might be time to move on from this lady.