I hope this coming to light and that people are hearing her eventually brings her some peace. I hope she does not suffer any legal consequences for speaking her truth.

It’ll cost her the legal fees when he sues her (which will surely be a lot), but he’ll absolutely lose. NDAs cannot cover illegal acts.

Yeah, it throws me for a loop when people hold up Buddhism as a peaceful religion, given how consistent the amount of violence and ethnic cleansing in majority-Buddhist societies has been with the rest of the world. There’s no such thing as a “religion of peace” on this planet, religions are only ever as peaceful as…

I believe it was Stephen King after Newtown who observed that (paraphrased, I can’t bear to scroll past Alex Jones inspired google hits to find an exact quote) “now begins the slow, luxuriant lapping up of the victims’ tears by the media.”

Yeah, it’s easy to point the finger at religion, and I am not denying that many horrific things have been done in the name of pretty much all religions ever, but I think it’s more of an issue of tribalism. People have historically tended to be quite religious, and religion is an easy way to enforce social mores and…

Communism dehumanized entire.groups of people. So did fascism. So did the whatever it is the US was following with blacks and native Americans. So. It’s human beings who are horrible to each other no matter the ideology.

What makes the fall so much harder of course is not only was she a victim of the State which she is now the head of but that she’s a person who for so long campaigned about principles and has sadly forgotten many of them in the name of “electability”.

I was in Myanmar just before the election, and the English language local press was critical of the NLD on this point. The Burmans really, really hate the Rohingya, so it’s not at all surprising that the NLD isn’t supporting them. They rely on Burman votes. There were other hardline “Buddhist” parties campaigning on…

I used to joke that if I ever did find religion, I’d choose Buddhism. Then I heard about Myanmar. Now I’m just thinking Cthulhu is the way to go.

The rest of the world has such a peaceful view of Buddhism, goes to show that any religion taken to an extreme is dangerous.

And after thousands of people are dead and the killing tapers off, we’ll all read long-form pieces in The New Yorker about this, Netflix will produce a documentary on it, and a movie about it will win an oscar and everyone will say “Never again...”

Ben Affleck seems to have been the perfect choice for Nick in Gone Girl.

Yes, a friend of mine in prison was on tenterhooks hoping to be able to work in fire safety. To be outdoors and to make a contribution were high on her list: also learning skills that might lead to future employment, and contribute to earlier probation. They should be paid a decent wage, no question. But she had far…

Idk who i hate more: you for sharing these or her for posing for these

Lauren - whatever ads Jezebel is sticking into the middle of articles is holding the article hostage. You cannot scroll, you cannot reply. I have to keep refreshing the page to get rid of it in order to read articles. Thought you’d want to know.

Plus, it’s rewarding.

Right, if you know anything about how prison labor works and have actually been inside a prison (I been inside several) you can see why they would jump at this.

A few more balanced quotes from the NYT article were left out.

One really simple example of the whole shear stabilizing panels concept are the chintzy looking cardboard.fiberboard panels they include in furniture kits (typically for covering the majority of the back panel on a dresser). Without this panel installed the entire structure is weak and unstable, with the panel…

I felt the Oprah thing was kind of exploitative, though. It’s one thing to see someone flailing and take them aside, ask them some difficult questions and offer to help, another to milk it for ratings which can’t really promote recovery.