@PsychoCinematic: There are so many different places where sex is advertised as being for sale, the closure of that section of CL is not going to make a big dent in the trafficking industry. They're just going to move somewhere else, probably somewhere less democratic and accessible to everyone, and less easily…

@PsychoCinematic: She's a woman now. What I was trying to say was that there is no "more factual" here. The author of the piece is describing her experience. The woman on NPR is describing hers. They are both factual. Just because NPR's story is more compelling due to its disturbing nature, doesn't mean it should…

@PsychoCinematic: So, two pimps used Craigslist to victimize one woman and this is.... a horrifying anecdote. But not data.

@sweet tea vodka: Some women actually are allergic to birth control - specifically, the spermicide used to coat condoms. Are they still using nonoxynol-9? That stuff was originally used as hospital detergent.

@Ima B. Me: Actually, her mom held onto them. She said on Ellen that her mother scrapbooked and archived a lot of stuff for her.

@pichou: Disrespect of difference is a two-way street. I will give the Duggars the same respect they would give me and my same-sex wife.

@camrie: This is a good point, but those values are just as easily taught in an environment which is not misogynistic and doesn't stunt the children by giving them an inadequate education and stifling gender roles. I was raised with values of gratitude, authenticity, a good work ethic, and personal responsibility. I…

@Dunny0: Also, sometimes free condoms are the type that come with spermicide in the lubricant, and women can be allergic to that stuff. It seems like a good idea to provide spermicidal, lubed condoms, but it actually makes them less accessible to a portion of women.

@agsine: Thank heaven for (future) librarians like you. I probably will never be a librarian, but I will be a parent. I want my children to have the experiences of reading things which are controversial, and yes, even disturbing or frightening. People like you help to ensure that curious readers grow into fully…

I can't believe more people haven't heard of this before - this is a popular trick among outlets purveying insane fundamentalist literalist Christianity - there are people who claim to have been witches/pagan/muslim/gay/about to have an abortion, but were saved by Jay-sus and their lives were made perfect. They come…

Ol' Russ already has enough trouble getting into the country on account of his rap sheet.... I hope this doesn't affect his ability to live and work in the US.

@lodown is waiting for MizJenkins: Isn't that what happened to the black woman who killed her sons "because of an argument with her mother?" Even the comments here at Jez were full of; "Well, some people are just evil".

Wait, but Derri Velarde's attack was real, right? Does this mean that someone copycatted a fake hoax crime, and committed a real crime? If that is the case, Storro is even more irrepsonsible.

@Rote Zora: Samesies. I am converting to Judaism and am "old-fashioned" and "conservative" in many of my values and ways, but I am also radically pro-choice, trans-positive, and queer. Coulter and her sour-hearted, puckery ilk will never comprehend what or who I am as long as they retain their cripplingly narrow view…

@voteforme: For what its worth, I am a queer cis woman who is deeply invested in trans activism. I have never thought of the trans community characterizing gender as the object you describe. My take-away on the socially ideal concept of gender is that it should be individually determined - that no external force…

@kickingthecrap: This. Thank you. There is a serious lack of trans voices in mainstream media - it would be amazing if Jez was part of changing that.

@SparklyTempest: "I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words... When I was young, we were taught to be discreet and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise

@colormeroutine: According to an article posted upthread, she had him in a headlock at the time, and he was trying to get away.

@youthinkyouknow: Oh gawd Statham and his pecs and delts and whathaveyou. I want him to pick me up and take me to a ritzy hotel room and sit me down in an armchair and just throw banana cream pies at me. For hours.

@Lizaster: Even Madonna, who works out for 18 hours a day and can lift small automobiles over her head and juggle them effortlessly with her giant herculean arms, got pwned by a horse. Two horses, actually. Dominated. HARDCORE.