She cares because:

I don't think that's true about Weiner, actually, at all. I would put her in an entirely different category of writing than, say, Sophie Kinsella, whose novels rely on tropes and stereotypes to push through retreads of old plots and stories. While I wouldn't say she's my favourite author, I do think she's a…

"A sex worker who was present at the parties testified in 2010 that the way she was treated at them made her feel "like an object."

I'm sad that he isn't charged with rape.

Why does the headline go after the judge, when it's clearly the legislator that failed the people of Oregon?

Elsewhere on the web there appears to be a lot of anger and hate directed at the judge, which seems completely unhinged. He doesn't make the rules, but applys/interprets them. If there isn't a rule to apply/interpret he's left with zero choices.

I know the judge in this case and he hates that he had to make this decision. But it is consistent with the laws on the books right now - which were enacted before cellphones with cameras existed. However, my understanding is that there is a bill being introduced this legislative session to fix this issue so the…

Due to the statute of limitations, Montag is only eligible to be charged with crimes that occurred after July 1st, 1996

There's an excellent series of posts by writer Quinnae Moongazer expressing similar sentiments. Moongazer emphasizes that a culture of outrage hurts the people activist culture is supposed to be supporting, by making them scared to participate in a movement supposedly set up for their own benefit. Part 1 and Part 2,…

I don't know, but going back and forth and reading his article, it seems to be playing out in real time in this comment section. Like where he says that opposing views are painted as bigoted and illegitimate.

Jia, honest question: If this article hadn't been written by a guy, what would you have based your rebuttal of his arguments on? Because I'm a woman but I basically could have written that article. I tend to feel the same way as this guy and I agree with him that while I agree with the generally noble intentions…

Me! I can chat with you! And obviously it embarrasses me because I just made a new burner account to chat about it.

Yay, thank you for this article. Vaginismus-sufferer here! I also have generalized anxiety disorder/panic disorder, and I've always described it to people as "my vagina also suffering from anxiety". But I have found it is definitely treatable. Not curable, in my case at least, but treatable nonetheless.

This is my jam. I have painful intercourse that is primarily caused by a fissure that keeps re-tearing. I have had the thought that I am "too small". I have yet to find a gynecologist to successfully help me in stopping the problem. At this point it may be psychological as well, in that I'm unknowingly clenching or am…

But according to the recently-released DOJ stats, college-age women are less likely to be raped on campus than off. Women are actually safer on college campuses. So shouldn't resources be spent to prevent rapes off campus, or everywhere, rather than on college campuses? Focusing on college rapes seems presumptively…

As of today, I am 5 days status post methotrexate therapy for treatment of an ectopic pregnancy. Although I certainly was prone to rage against shit like this before, my experience as a newly-minted "woman who is GUILTY of killing her (very wanted, but that's beside the point) BABY" has amplified my feelings about…

Disgusting. I hope, a few hundred years from now, the world looks on our era's tolerance of the barbarity toward women in heavily Islamic countries the way we look at the centuries of the slave trade today. It's the greatest human rights catastrophe since then, that's for damn sure. This kind of thing, which the world…

Calling Charlie Hebdo racist is just so fucking dumb, I can't even. Do you understand the concepts of caricature? Satire? Freedom of speech?

The fact that Charlize fucking Theron was being paid less than this relative new comer is mind boggling to me. She's a god damn Oscar winner for Christsakes.

Well she really needs the money, now that she has to support Sean Penn. When was the last time that he made a movie that more then 100 people went to see at one time.