Because that hed gets the most clicks. That's the end of the analysis in the Gawkerverse.
Because that hed gets the most clicks. That's the end of the analysis in the Gawkerverse.
So the premise is that white people shouldn't worry about problems that mostly affect black people? Or that it's offensive? Or should invite derision?
Obviously this was inevitable. However, what's with pegging him as some "white guy"?
You win an internet and my heart.
"And while no johns have been named in this case, isn't it strange that this successful businesswoman is in jail while the dudes who paid for sex are not?"
"[Rush Limbaugh is] a professional troll, after all, making a living throwing tantrums so that the flaccid men tuning in can feel vicariously important and vital."
"They pull the same thing John Stewart does. Go back 4 years to find one sentance Romney wrote that they can find fault with and run with it for 15-20 stories . . . ."
Right. The FDA just ignored all the evidence because Dr. Sharma said it was cool. Stay classy, Jezebel.
Indeed. And it's not just any company: Bimbo USA is the biggest bakery company in the US, and it recently acquired Sara Lee. Its other brands include Mrs. Baird's, Entenmann's, and Thomas's (you know, the English muffins). Obviously, the parent company has massive worldwide holdings, as Scribbler mentioned.
"As far as the reporting of the piece, I reached out to the chair of the department before I wrote the original post. Until she responded, I had only the Targum piece to go on. Now that I have her response, I've posted it. We don't retract posts at Jezebel, but we do issue updates as the situation warrants, and that's…
OK, now I'm outraged!
Uh, wtf? You need to retract the original post on this incident. You also need to change the headline — "Rutgers English Dept. Responds To Racist Email"suggests that it has just done so, which effectively doubles down on the misrepresentations in the original post.
Timely and important. Thank you for this.
On what does the author base the conclusion that Wiig was "made" to do anything?
How can you write all of that without even once considering how would we react to this story if Conrad Murray was a woman?
I'm still waiting on that link.
Link? And, sure, you'll find people saying anything somewhere these days. As people have mentioned, all kinds of awful things have been said about the victims in this case in various corners of the internets. In any case, I thought it was the (almost universally criticized) NYTimes article that was your main…
Show me an example of people blaming Don Peter's (older) female victims?
"acknowledge that these things don't happen in a vacuum and that for every rapist caught, however late, many more go free"
Work with me here. Spend a few minutes thinking about the differences between a gang-rape of an 11 year—awful as that is—and the repeated abuse by a single adult of potentially scores of children over decades, children that the abuser contacted through a foundation that was perhaps established in order to enable that…