I almost never visit Jez anymore and this crap is why.
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And how does a person respond to something like this? How does a woman who started reading this website as a teenager, who used to seek refuge here when her ideas about gender and equality were shot down by her friends, peers, and sometimes even family, who for some reason imagined this place as being a center for…
I agree with you that there needs to be a degree of intention weighed in in the ruling of the court. However, and this is where my mind starts to implode, we have had a law called "in good faith" that has acquitted people who have unknowingly been buying stolen property. Ofc that happens a lot at Blocket, the Swedish…
I'm no lawyer, but in one of the most serious situations imaginable — the death of another human being — there's a term for a murder you didn't intend. It's called manslaughter, and by its very definition, it's a crime you can be found guilty of even though you didn't intend for anyone to die.
Any time a person says to me "I'm just playing devil's advocate here",I tell them "well, then, stop". If you're not trying to open my eyes to a truth or perspective you actually believe, I don't want to hear it because I'm not interested in just being baited. If you are, then own it and tell me so so we can have an…
Exactly. On Shakesville I hear it framed this way: Are the jokes you're making more likely to make a rape victim comfortable or a rapist? If you answered RAPIST, you've got an issue. If you make a joke and a rapist thinks, "Yeah, this guy gets it!" and you're not disturbed by that alignment enough to change your…
Those diamonds WANT you to have them. They are INTO IT. The thought has not occurred to me that the diamonds do not already belong to you. Therefore, it is not stealing to take them.
I had to turn it off last night. I've written about rape in my own work, and I know it's a reality and I think it's an important subject to explore, BUT. As I said to my partner-spouse (husband feels super weird still, sorry) today, rape as a plot device simply to set up an emotional fallout—and, I agree with a lot…
Not rapes that were intercut with exquisite opera music to punctuate what a BIG DRAMATIC MOMENT the show was having. Fuck this show.
I read Anne Frank's "Diary" as a young girl, over and over again. When you get to the end, and you read the closing notes - when you find out that her life ended almost as abruptly as her diary - you feel a great sense of loss. Like you've lost a friend, somebody you'd grown to know and appreciate. A vivacious,…
My sweet Melissa McCarthy: Somebody finally styled her right.
This looks like what Andy from Pretty In Pink would wear if she had to go to another prom.
I think women who reject men solely based on height (what's so fucking magical and awesome about 6' anyway?) are just as shallow as men who reject women based on weight.
Well actually the seats vary by plane. So they have a little leeway. They dont have to make the seats the same as first class, but an inch or two goes a long way. I am a size 16/18 woman so I fill a seat to the max. I found however that JetBlue economy has VERY comfortable seats that didnt make me feel like i was a…
It's gotten to the point that it's more of a necessity than a luxury to increase seat sizes on planes. Literally, if the standard way of getting to the toilets from a window seat is by walking on the armrests (which it is), there are some serious health/safety risks that are just being ignored.
Well then maybe airlines should let some of their precious fucking profit get eaten into. The Air Transport Association, which makes up 80% of all air traffic, made nearly $13 billion profit last year. They're estimating that they'll make between $16-19 billion this year. I think they can afford to make their seats a…
What an asshole. The jerk who wrote that shitty letter, I mean. Let me just say, as someone who's bigger than your average person, flying is no picnic. It's incredibly stressful. I worry every time that I'm going to have trouble fitting the seats (which are tiny anyway) or that I'll need a seat belt extender (never…
looks familiar
I mean, technically it's "Keep Sweet" it just reminded me of it in a way that would not make me want to eat candy. But yeah, definitely for a candy display!