Serious inquiry: what would have been the best response from outside nations after the Nigerian government ignored the kidnappings? I recognize that getting all 'Merica on their asses is problematic, but I haven't seen an alternative presented. Diplomatic relations? Funding Nigerian-based NGOs?

Or Spanish Harlem.

Maybe they just couldn't get their kids no sleep until (they called them) Brooklyn.

It's better than naming your kid Bronx.

I'll be happy to kick them hard in their yam bags. You know, to raise awareness for testicular cancer.

I would also add that some schools actively discourage survivors from going to the police becuase they don't want the publicity, for lack of a better word. This was often the case at my undergraduate institution.

Okay, well, why don't you look up the rate of rapes vs imprisoned rapists, and get back to me.

No, they explicitly described the finding and the venue in which it came about. And seriously, it's no longer an "accusation." I get that you don't have a lot of respect for the tribunals (I have my issues with them as well), but students agree to be bound by them when they go to the school, and that's what…

When someone says, "I hate how men catcall me" it's not even necessarily implied that it's all men. It merely says that men, of some discrete number, catcall her. If you change it to "I hate how ALL men catcall me," then the language is necessarily problematic.

It doesn't matter how many times I read about 3D printers or how much people try to explain them to me, I'm still completely baffled by them.

There was a hearing, and he was found culpable. Allegedly is not reserved for the conclusion of criminal trials. The act that was alleged was adjudicated by the college tribunal. It's no longer alleged, it's been decided.

Not *ALL* Earths!

It makes me sad to hear that you feel that your drinking may have been a cause of your rape. That's a really wonderful example of how rape culture teaches victims to blame themselves. The fact is that even if you were so drunk you were in a coma, nobody has the right to assault you, and if they do, that is 100% their…

I think the problem with that logic is that there is literally always something the victim could have done to not get raped. Example: I wasn't drunk when I was raped, but I was at a concert. If I hadn't gone to that concert, I wouldn't have been raped (that night). We can't know which night is the night we get raped,…

Please do not blame yourself for your attacks. Women are raped regardless of the amount of alcohol they consume. Rapists tend to use alcohol as a tool to commit the crime. You did nothing wrong.

I think it stems from the fact that one of the witnesses for the defense actually said "because of the way [Rizzo] was dancing, there was no way she wouldn't have consented to sex." Which is an extremely common kind of sentiment used to blame victims for their own rape.

I believe you when you say you're not trolling, but like 90% of the godawful things enumerated in this article - the mishandling of the case, the accusations being slung at her - had absolutely nothing to do with alcohol.