Huh? She gave both obvious verbal and non-verbal cues. And what needs to change is men need to start ASKING for consent, not using a lack of an explicit hard “NO STOP NO STOP!!!” as a way to try to push further.

Umm No. Men should learn/listen to non-verbal cues. We all give them off men included.

the slapping and yelling wasn’t because women were better, stronger, gutsier, or grittier in the old days: this struggle was tied up inextricably in female purity and the stakes a woman faced in her eventual, and all but obligatory married life—where, by the way, once there, she had no recourse should her husband…

We’re expected to simultaneously believe that men are the arbiters of all logic, reason, and leadership ability while also understanding that men are dumb idiot babies who can’t understand or recognize obvious discomfort or the basic idea that “if you have to persuade someone to do something, they don’t want to do it.”

It’s difficult to effectively communicate that I believe Grace, I think the #metoo and #timesup movements are not working as well as the should be, and that I don’t think Ansari is a predator in the sense of the men who’ve been called out before him.

On verbal and non-verbal communication:

the editors of Babe were . . . courting a bad faith conversation

There was some overlap in commenters yesterday who posted their tributes to O’Riordan, and then went on to participate in a thread about how your M&M preference is indicative of your mental health. This was pretty frustrating to read, since I have firsthand knowledge of the fact that when a healthy young person dies…

I keep staring at the sweater and thinking, “How luxurious...”

Sad for you.

Hey diabetes! Just stop it!!

Eliza Dushku shared the account of what happened to her while she was filming “True Lies” at the hands of the director, Joel Kramer:

“jumping out of windows”

I believe him. I was once 30 minutes into a lesbian date before I realized what it was (I’m straight). I thought I was just meeting a new friend for dinner and jazz until she started rubbing my knee. She was a lovely person and I felt so simple and stupid for putting us both in that awkward position.

I can’t count the number of times I’ve innocently shown up to a sex party and it turned out to be a business meeting. I feel Musk’s pain. :(

Well, my kids’ school has some explaining to do about last Easter!

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I love Jamil as I love everyone on that show but my heart still belongs to Janet.