I've been holding on to this gif for a long time, not sure where I could put it. Now I know. I'll just leave this right here.

I'm sorry if someone brought this up earlier, but am I the only one who is struck that this boy is being given an interview at all? I'm not trying to be polemic. It's that the courts heard his case, and he got a light sentence. Regardless of what we think of the sentence, the courts should be the only place he…

I'm living in a country now where sex-ed is nonexistent and parents don't talk to their kids about sex, so no one knows what consent is. I've heard stories from friends who have been penetrated vaginally without consent because their boyfriends thought consenting to making out was a green light for everything, or…

I know that when I'm sick beyond belief, all I want is to be penetrated and capture the moment forever in a photo.

It's too close to the weekend to go on the normal consent rant. As you were.

The fucking sad thing is that unless parents actively work to counteract the influence of rape culture in their own homes (which clearly didn't happen in this young man's household, as his parents are STILL making excuses for him and for themselves), rape culture will do its work to teach kids like him that this…

"I will say that I always believed Rehtaeh would make an imprint on this world. I just never imagined it would be at such a young age and it would cost her her life."

They raped her and they murdered her and it makes me uncomfortable that what they did is being described as sex "with" her when "with" connotes something exchanged or shared. Sex was "done to" her and the fatal result was less a choice than an inevitable reaction.

I will scream this from the mountain tops for all my days. Comprehensive sex ed is as necessary as a math class. We should be talking about consent and bodily autonomy with kids from day one.

UMMMM UNDER THE CRIMINAL CODE, HAVING SEX WITH SOMEONE WHO IS IMPAIRED IS FUCKING RAPE.

Rehtaeh.

I know I'm in the minority on Jezebel about this but...I don't really care. She works for a church-based organization. It's far from shocking that they would care about this and fire her for it.

You're forgetting the umbrella rule here:

Taylor loved it too.

it's amazing and i love it and i love that they made it out to be be like TAY EGGED HER ON i bet lorde was like, AT MOST, uh they all know i'm 17 right and taylor was like girl whatever live ur life and that was literally it. AT MOST.

also i was super into that lorde & taylor story. pls write me more fanfic.

Be careful, Lorde. It's a slippery slope; you don't want to end up like Becky.

They look so beautifull and cool and strong. I can't even deal!

Did you tell [your dad's now-ex-girlfriend] about the nature of your relationship?

Hmm ... It's almost as if men have this entire system set up in such a way that they can never lose. But i'm just a paranoid feminazi so what do i know!?

Obviously that doesn't apply to males! Men/boys should have the legal and moral right to get drunk and do whatever the hell they want, while women/girls should be responsible not only for their own actions when they drink, but also for anything any men/boys in their general vicinity choose to do to them. Suggesting…