That’s a good point. She didn’t get anyone put in jail, she just had the national media and millions of online commentators discussing these kids in the worst possible terms, ensuring that their names will turn up Google searches for rape for years, if not forever. She really didn’t do much harm and we should go easy…

David Bowie actually slept with a 15 year old and nobody cares. Weiner sexts one and we talk about him like a gross pervert/monster. The only meaningful difference I can see is that David Bowie was very cool and Weiner isn’t - but I’m not sure we should just privilege people for being cool.

Was Ivana making dinner? Am I supposed to believe Donald Trump doesn’t have a cook?

Still confused. Jez delayed the story because of his v important film, yet you folks haven’t offered up a “sorry for participating in rape culture” apology yet.

Obviously this post will be banned again, but Jez still #believessomewomen

Whereas it does go away for other violent crimes? Attempted murder, murder, assault with a weapon...?

Alright, so apparently none of my posts have been approved since the Nate Parker discussion. Classy, Jez. Good to know your mission involves silencing critics of your choice not to believe all women when the accused is a very important movie star. Working on a joint venture with Brietbart or somethin?

It signals progressivism. Same reason I have a bunch of friends who identify as queer despite only ever having engaged in or expressed interest in heterosexual relationships, or friends who say they’re “gender fluid” but, you know, aren’t. For some people it’s about signalling which camp you want to belong in, not…

Fun fact about David Bowie: He slept with a minor. Also he wrote a song called “China Girl”. Can you imagine if someone did that today?

So it’s cultural appropriation then, right?

Still confused as to why jez isn’t referring to him as something like “human trash” as in other assault cases.

Whoa, if you think your boyfriend could view you as nothing more than an ego boost in some short time, you should probably end it now.

“Instead of my usual, Wednesday night yoga class, I took an earlier class instead, because I felt it was important, as a Jewish feminist, and as a Jew, to be here to protest against the irresponsible use of this progressive Brooklyn space.”

That’s maybe the most jewish sentence I’ve ever read. (-signed, a jew)

Someone should have told this guy to record Space Oddity before he had sex with minors if he wanted to make sure Jez would still support him.

Holy crap.

Why is everyone okay with reporting this? Isn’t this the story of someone abusing the rights of another for the sake of shaming them and destroying their career?

If the headline were, “Powerful Successful Woman is Publicly Shamed and Loses Job Because Man Releases Private Sex Video of Her” wouldn’t we all react...you…

I’m so confused by this website. I would have thought “person uses sex tape of another person to shame them and destroy their career” would be a thing we would be against?

Why is any woman still talking to Chris Brown? Victim ain’t responsible for the wrong done to her, but I mean, it’s sort of like someone said, “Hey, Baylee Curran, through this door is a man who likes to beat women. Are you interested?” Who replies “of course”?

Nate Parker’s situation is still complicated though, right? He’s not a boil on the ass of humanity? Just want to make sure, cause his movie is really important, you know, important enough that Jez might not want to talk too much about his being an accused rapist lest it get in the way of his important movie.

Keep it…

You forgot to mention Nate Parker.

You folks wrote less disparaging things about Nate Parker’s rape apologia than you do for this?