Between this odd story and the Ben Affleck nanny situation, I feel bad for actual nannies. I feel like more often than not, they are dealing with advances from their employer rather than coming onto the employer.

I don’t think she’s obligated to work with, or be around Dr. Luke—and I don’t think she alleged that she’s in imminent physical danger here. I doubt she’s alleging that she suspects he’s going to rape her again.

Or maybe Jezebel should ask one of their lawyer commentators for some assistance before drafting posts about legal issues. I’ve been volunteering for years. Just like when Gawker posted that awful article lambasting the aunt who sued her nephew for a broken arm without any context for why or how that could happen…

Jez really needs some legal advisors. The generalizations and misinterpretations for the sake of drama/outrage generation tend to undermine their arguments. I mean, the court isn’t exactly dry-washing its hands with evil glee while they kick back a few with Dr. Luke and Sony’s legal team and drown kittens in a sack.

This this this. Posted about this in the comments of another article. There is been no trial, there has been no verdict. People need to stop using those words.

The Court is NOT on Dr. Luke’s “side.” The Judge merely applied the law to the facts. As an attorney one of the hardest things to deal with are bad facts. They are what they are and we do our best to construe them most favorably to our clients but ultimately Judges have no discretion to choose a “side” they like. It’s…

Didn’t Jezebel post that same story? I seem to remember reading it here, and, that being the case, it seems like something the site should apologize for. It also seems like something the author is trying really hard not to mention.

Yeah, after this correction, where it seems like Meryl is not saying “white people count as diversity” (which is ludicrous) but “I can relate to films from other cultures because we share a common humanity,” (which is utterly uncontroversial) the people who need redemption (which still seems like a strong word) are…

I don’t see anything actually wrong with the comment now. She was asked if she can understand movies from certain cultures, and her response was basically, “I don’t know much about the intricacies of the Middle East but I think we all share some commonalities and I understand the humanities in those films.” Maybe I’m…

It’s a little more than “not exactly what happened.”

To be fair, why Killer Mike made the quote is important. It’s pretty handy to quote someone, that way you get all the effect and none of the responsibility.

It’s an important conversation to have, but it’s also important to remember that there is a feminist argument to be made for letting Clinton’s gender tip the scale between two otherwise very similar candidates.

It’s disappointing that Jezebel can get their knickers in a twist over #OscarsSoWhite but not seem to give a shit that #WhiteHouseSoMale

The whole “controversy” is a tactic by the bernie campaign to take away the legitimacy of a woman’s vote. It’s disgusting, especially the Killer Mike uterus quote, but it’s a old tactic that seems to be working, because no one is calling him out for it. bernie is even outright defending those misogynistic comments.

Yes to this. While I like that electing Hillary would be historic, I think she would be a better president than Bernie.

A “true feminist” might also think a woman president would be pretty fucking rad though, too.

Everyone seems to think that saying “I’m voting for Clinton because she’s a woman” really means “I’m *only* voting for Clinton because she’s a woman, and I obviously just haven’t *researched* enough and only vote on genitalia”

Don’t discount the vagina entirely. Having a black man in the White House was meaningful to people of color. It broke barriers and showed what was possible to young people.

I’m supporting Clinton because I think she’ll be a better general election candidate than Sanders and I think she’ll be a better president too. However I am also supporting her because she’s a woman. And everytime I see any sort of criticism of that line of thinking it just reinforces my belief that we have to…

“Where do rainbows come from? I guess we’ll never know.”