Kesha is someone I started out thinking “No.” about and was completely wrong. Team Kesha here.

“as her career tick-tocks away”

No kidding. I’ve never managed to get through an entire episode of that show. I do not get the love.

I stepped in dog shit a couple years ago.

Yep, it’s been around here in the U.S. for ages.

Nightmarish, truly.

Wait, people don’t know that the Bubonic Plague is in North America? It has been for some time.

He was asserting dominance by forcing his frequent displays of “affection” on her.

Yeah. I am glad to see her on her way to becoming a regular celebrity, though. She’ll never be a regular person, and I’m well aware of all the privilege she has, but I was so proud of her for the way she pulled off that divorce.

I worked on that analogy for weeks.

“... is like spending 10 days trying to lose a guy you could easily get rid of in one.”

Yes.

I believe Plumpy’Nut is a nutritional supplement, that has had great success in building up children in famine-ravaged areas. That, or it’s a Pokemon character.

America has redefined property crime to a type of violence. It’s pretty ingrained in the culture. White collar pure monetary theft is treated as a much lesser crime, even when the amounts are far greater. Almost as if the poor face harsher sentences for the crimes they are likely to commit and the wealthy face more…

This! It is unacceptable to allow this type of behavior to be just a normal part of our corrections system. We wonder why recidivism is so high or why so many criminals become more violent after they serve time...

Yes. Rape is not ok out of prison or in prison. It is not ok because they are criminals. Why do we let this continue?

Everything about this story makes me sad.

Yep. Hence why I think what this judge said is completely reasonable.

Well, that’s a different issue - and one that is also problematic.

It’s concerning that everyone accepts rape as a normal part of prison life rather than an institutionalized problem that is largely ignored by prison administration and the press (unless it's a joke in a movie about not dropping the soap).