She is the Introverted Oprah we don’t deserve

I am genuinely horrified that anyone is covering who a goddamn 13-year-old is “dating.”

Don’t think that’s going to happen. Word is her parents are the epitome of ‘stage parents’ and enjoy the money.

Her family is apparently terrible.

From what I understand, her family is part of the problem. :-(

Not quite what you’re looking for, but have you heard of Happy Valley? It’s a BBC series about a (female) police officer who has to solve a kidnapping* of a young woman, while also dealing with with the fallout of her own daughter who had died by suicide - the daughter had also been raped. It is somewhat graphic, in…

Isn’t this 3 Billboards? I’m eager to see it because of that...

Your description reminded me of TV show called Happy Valley (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3428912/), which might correspond to the plot driver you describe above. It’s about a police sergeant, Catherine Cawood, working in a small, Yorkshire community and whose daughter was raped, and later committed suicide due to the…

I’m so sorry and I wish an adult had helped you when you needed it most. It’s so unfair.

Absolutely. I would much, much rather potentially rock the boat than not say anything and allow a child to continue to be abused. I think many times people are too swayed by the voices who cry about “accusations ruining people’s lives” to actually act. While I’m sure being investigated for something like this is…

I did this about 10 years ago. Living in an apartment complex and noticed some shady goings on with the people across the courtyard. Kids in and out but never for long and the kids looked unclean and hungry. Went on for awhile and finally I needed to do something. Called the police. The place got raided. Turned out…

Here’s a fabulous Tweet in response to Flanagan’s article:

another thing (it’s a good thread)

Love how the woman who wrote that article begins by saying she’s “too old” and doesn’t “get” the stories that young people tell about their sexual experiences these days... then proceeds to give her victim-blaming trash fire of an opinion piece on this story anyway.

PROTIP: Caitlin Flanagan’s byline = close tab.

that article gave me an aneurysm.

Yeah, I’m waiting for a post on it from Jez. Also I just read an Atlantic article called “The Humiliation of Aziz Ansari and its...its a real doozy. Hoping to hear from Jez about it.

Yes! I was being hassled in public at a music event by some old dude who “was just trying to be nice why are you getting mad!?!?” yet wouldn’t leave me alone. Dozens of people were within spitting distance of us but I couldn’t catch anyone’s eye for assistance. Some amazing petite woman about 7" shorter than me walked…

Just like Yoda wanted to think of himself as a cool lovable muppet and not a CGI mess.

My parents lived near that building 50 years ago and my mom was OBSESSED with trying to spot her. Then one day, my mom was pushing my brother in a baby carriage and Greta Garbo was walking towards them. As she passed my mom, she said, “you’re baby is beautiful”.