I'm sorry, but is no one pointing out that this woman was a callous racist who joked about the deaths of Palestinian civilians? One word: karma.
I'm sorry, but is no one pointing out that this woman was a callous racist who joked about the deaths of Palestinian civilians? One word: karma.
Since does not being an expert on something mean you can't speak out about it? if that's the case, then Jezebel's and Gawker's content should decrease by about 75%, and Hamilton Nolan is no longer allowed to write his economic polemics. And isn't this kind of the nature of twitter anyway? Isn't this the way social…
So you felt so strongly that you felt the need to respond twice ...? Anyway, neither you nor I know what instagram's process is like when it comes to "inappropriate" photos. At least, I don't. But what's the point of getting up in arms over or reading deeply into something so insignificant? The issue was probably…
Did you really feel so strongly about a mommy blogger having her instagram deleted that you really felt an all caps sentence was necessary? Good to know. I don't know how instagram came to its decision - maybe people aren't the ones making the decision as to what's inappropriate. Maybe it's all automated. But really,…
I didn't have to read deep into the comments to respond to JT.Haze - hers/his was the first comment to appear when I read the article. Not sure what you're trying to imply by that. I'm not even sure what the point of your comment is. No one is talking about kids being kidnapped or sexually assaulted. I'm just saying…
No, obviously Jezebel hasn't posted child porn. We all know what the context of the photo is, and we know Jezebel hasn't reproduced it to help perverts get off. But I'm saying that, within the context of Instragram's flagging process, it's understandable that moderators would have gotten some reports about a…
This isn't really about puritanical Americans' approach to nudity. The possibility of child porn is the most likely reason why people flagged this woman's photos as inappropriate. Instagram probably deleted the photos because they might have been child porn. That's sensible and responsible. Did they take it a little…
You're right, I stated my point poorly. What I wanted to say was that there are plenty of atrocities that you cannot pin solely on religious animosity. It's ridiculous to cite religion as the chief cause of the Rwandan genocide, or American slavery. Sure, people might have made religious arguments for slavery, but…
Thanks for explaining! Makes total sense. And Lauren Berlant is awesome - I saw her speak in Oakland a few months ago. She kept staring at me and I thought I was going to implode.
This is my first time posting to jezebel, and I'm really surprised at how cordial discussion on here is (at least in this instance). So weird after getting used to gawker nastiness. So ... thanks for not being rude!
How do you arrive at the notion that "radical feminism" (I'm not even sure what they means) isn't feminism? That group that HermioneStranger listed includes Adrienne Rich. Call me crazy, but I could have sworn that Adrienne Rich was kind of super important to feminist thought.
Come on, be better than that. I could just as easily tell you to Google "scientific justification for slavery" - you'd get plenty of results, believe me. Try reading Jefferson's "Notes on the State of Virginia", wherein one of our founding fathers lays our "scientific" justification for slavery. Science buttressed…
[This is long. I don't make any apologies. Don't read it if you don't want to.]