I agree. It is both problems at once. Cultures on campus make sexual assault an isolating event, and prevent students from finding a community because they don't want them to know that they aren't alone and it has happened to others. At the same time, it is epidemic across the nation; they can say it happens…

Sure, I can't defend or explain UVA's actions and while I can't defend the local chapter's actions I can at least explain them to the extent that if their members are guilty of a crime, which they probably are, then you probably shouldn't expect them to cooperate fully with an investigation.

The pledge of cooperation is from Phi Kappa Psi's national organization which, to be fair, would almost certainly not be aware of something like this if no charges were ever filed or even a university investigation undertaken. Big fraternities can have hundreds of chapters, all of whom will try to keep their problems…

I'm in the grad school here; there's a protest happening today, organized by undergrads, but it looks like a lot of faculty plan to attend as well.

I really hate when universities use the "problem across the nation" card. It's not that it isn't true, but it also seems like they are going "see? see? It's not just us! We don't have a problem, everyone has the problem!" because it means they can put off trying to solve it themselves and addressing their specific…

As terrible as the rape/sexual assault epidemic is across college campuses (as is the covering of these crimes up), the reason it happens is due to larger socioeconomic (or more accurately kyriarchical) forces at play in society. Some rape counselors out in the world warn survivors that (particularly with sexual…

Every single one of these universities is offering the same statement— is there a copy-and-paste "we treat rape as srs bznss, really honestly we do" boilerplate statement somewhere that they're all using? University Non-Reponsibility-For-Rape Bingo is starting to get like Non-Apology Bingo. For real:

UVA is the height of dude bro culture, and most of the guys there have parents with loads of cash to dole out to keep people quiet if necessary. This is sad, and unfortunately not shocking.

Right. UVA "takes seriously the issue of sexual misconduct," when it is in the media and might cost someone their fancy little job. Otherwise, not so much.

What I'm most surprised by is how Vladimir Putin finds the time to referee. That guy is everywhere.

Katz is wonderful.

So, she didn't outright say "Kimye are tasteless" but was pretty clearly excluding them from her category of "tasteful people" so... can we get Judge Kara to issue a Shade Court ruling on this?

The grays are my home. I have lived here for years.

Whoa, we ALL get a vote?! I was looking for a cute gif response, but then I remembered how little women are often represented in the Church, and gave myself sad feels.

This is not about the airing out of balls.

People who treat empty train cars & buses as if they are full make my hair stand on end in a special way. It's so creepy. I once had a guy crawl over me on a nearly-empty bus because he had to have the seat next to me. I objected and he started shouting about me being racist. Sometimes I just want to move out to the…

Omg, can I join?? I finished this article, remembered how much I plan to spend on family/friends and became awash in #CatholicGuilt. Is there a handshake? Can we quote Harry Potter profoundly?

Things that also bug me. When the train is filling up move to the center of the fucking car. If you value personal space, then move out of New York City.

Well, women (and men, for that matter) shouldn't take up an extra seat with purses or other bags. But I agree with you that the ball airer-outers are way more common than the space-hogging bag holders.

Nice article. A mix of cotton root tea, black and blue cohosh, was also used extensively in the U.S. as well. I do a presentation on this during a talk about women's health and family planning circa 1850. If you haven't read "Sex in the Civil War: The story the solider's didn't tell." I highly recommend it!