I feel kind of dirty participating in a "sponsored" thread, but in the interests of both history and science ...

truly terrify outcome!
such results!
wow

I got about a paragraph in and this suddenly started to read "blah blah woo woo, bullshit bullshit malarky."

I'm sorry, I understand why people are upset about the photo but.... As someone who was abused as a child and teenager, and watched this happen on at my father's behest to my mother and brother my entire life as well.... Fuck all the entitled white assholes on here who are making that the MAIN POINT OF CONTENTION. …

He can't be identified from the picture, and I think publishing it really drives home how bad the abuse was. The stepmother says the story isn't true, but if a child in your care looks like that there's no way you aren't being abusive.

She should have the other children removed from her custody until the courts hear the case. These other children could be in danger.

I disagree completely. There is nothing identifiable about the child in this picture and I wouldn't put it here if there was, trust me. But showing this photo adds a very powerful visual element to this story that hammers home the severity of the situation that words just would not be able to do. I say that as someone…

Snacktastic has a great post below, but her gist is "do something." Become a foster parent, or volunteer as a mentor, or give money to an organization that helps vulnerable kids. All good ideas.

I would urge all the people who feel rage to consider using that anger to try to make some difference in kids' life. I've worked on enough custody cases to tell you that this level of abuse is not uncommon. If you have the resources to do specialized foster care, consider it. If not, work at volunteer at Boys and…

As much as it is horrifying to see a picture of the child (whose identity is not revealed); it brings home that this is what child abuse looks like. It makes it real, and shows the child so suffering. In a culture in which we generally only see mugshots of the abusers, it might be helpful to demonstrate the real…

I keep going back to what it must be like for that teenager to have to try to find the strength to speak up and fight back in that situation. He was literally fist fighting his stepfather when cops showed up.

I don't know which women's bathrooms you've been in, but I would say that 99% of the ones which I have used have a space large enough to crawl through under the door, and gaps at the edges of the door and walls large enough to look through. I would *not* be comfortable with men wandering through. Most men would…

Holy shit that's where I'm in school.

The saddest part is I am a rad single chick in this guy's age bracket, so I know most guys his age want younger women. But they usually just want a nice 22 year old receptionist who would never dare disagree with him ever ever, not an honest-to-god minor. Way to go for the gold, bro. I guess when women your own age…

Yeah, I fall asleep on the train into work every morning. Every morning, there's at least one person sitting next to me. And I have never once woken up with my hand on someone's junk. Because that is not a thing that accidentally happens to people! And if it is, like that sexomnia thing that some people have where…

For sure - this is just about harassing someone. These stories are so funny (NOT FUNNY) to me because they always revolve around someone who was causing no problems. There was no scared cis woman in the bathroom who reported this trans woman, there was no sexual assault because a man dressed as a woman, claimed to be…

Can we play fantasy casting for the film? Because I really see Matt Smith in this.

From the article: "They didn't misbehave. They didn't cry out. They didn't run around. They didn't make a fuss," said Schwab, who emphasized the shelter is required by law to report abuse or suspected abuse.

it still pales in comparison to the cultural impact of Star Wars

I can't be a conduit for any Gawker overlords though, because my conduit dance card is already filled being a spiritual vessel for the great Mr. Burt Reynolds.