It’s hard for me to believe anyone would shoot first before checking their partner was safe, but I live in a largely gun-free society. I find this case hard to read (as well as upsetting).

If you are not South African and you are basing your opinion on his likely level of fear about home invasion, you are likely to be underestimating by a large margin. South Africa is a hugely violent society; murder during home invasion is terrifyingly common. People are shot for very, very little. Every South African…

Just a reminder that this whole thing would very likely have gone unnoticed if the woman in question hadn’t been such a terrific, talented writer and if she hadn’t had the bravery and determination to write such a long, damning piece of prose AND share it with Buzzfeed. This judge would still be judging away,…

Well, we know what happened, thankfully, because there are two independent witnesses and a ton of forensics. What happened BEFORE he raped her is immaterial. It is not possible for an unconscious person to give consent to sex. That’s it. The end. He was convicted on three counts of raping her because he raped her. I’m…

For God’s sake, not every single story has to be relevant to every single person in that situation. Creators make choices all the time. There’s a happy story to be told about someone who is injured in a horrific accident and ends up completely paralysed but still falls in love, lives a good fulfilled life, etc etc -…

That is just in no way Victoria Beckham’s original nose. This is why she wore sunglasses for approximately a decade, isn’t it? THE INTERNET NEVER FORGETS, VICKY.