That’s what made Princess Diana’s handshake with an AIDS patient so important. The woman had a lot of problems, but that one act did a world of good.

I have, and the stories..... afflicted men, emaciated: stacked head-t0-toe on gurneys in hospitals corridors, left lying on blankets on the floor, in their own feces. No nurse or Dr. wanted to touch them. Some had relatives who would bring food and clean them up. god, but humans have given me so few reasons to love…

But that’s what’s so great about science! It literally doesn’t give a shit what I think about it! It just is.

I fucking love science!

It may make you feel a little less ill if you read the whole quote. The one linked in the picture is badly out of context, as the judge actually says (to paraphrase) that courts must be very careful not to presume that there’s anything like a perfect victim and that people act very differently after being sexually…

Yeah :( I just edited my response to say basically the same thing. I 100% believe Ghomeshi did it, but I think the judge’s decision was the right one, legally, because the prosecutors fucked this one up so badly.

That definitely mediates the horribleness of the statements as contextualized above, and I`m pleasantly surprised that the judge acknowledged the complexity of human response and warned against assumptions re: ``perfect victimhood``. I`m not surprised at the verdict though. I absolutely, 100% believe that Ghomeshi is…

I went and read the actual decision linked in the article and it might make you feel a bit better to know that that quote is actually taken pretty badly out of context. While I still think the judge is totally wrong, he actually is very clear to qualify his statement. The full paragraph is:

Of interest: The porn industry is quicker to drop someone over allegations of rape than the NFL or NCAA.

I mean - yeah Guy Fieri is an easy target, but “if Ed Hardy fucked a juggalo” is awesome and hilarious

I was curious as well, because I’ve found the same thing. Ina’s recipes are good and they work and it’s not like they’re pretentious or anything. Apparently this is what Bourdain actually said about Ina. It’s condescending, which Bourdain often is, but it’s not actually insulting.

Adam Richman is an asshole and I liked him much better when he was fat. Anthony Bourdain should feel free to make fun of him. Guy Fieri is an easy target- Bourdain needs to raise his insult game.

No! See it was a joke! You thought you were drinking a non-alcoholic beverage haha cause you’re an alcoholic haha and your dad drank himself to death haha and you’re trying to stay sober. But I put rum in the drink there when you went to the bathroom haha. And then you didn’t know you were drunk so you drove home and…

It’s straight up insanity. Kid Electron’s classmate started up with an all-star cheer program, and her mom’s been putting pressure on me to sign up Kid as well. It would cost more per month than her school tuition, and that’s not including the mandatory practice uniforms, two performance uniforms and assorted poms…

A (mostly) heartwarming special weekend edition BCO? Pinkham, you’ve given me the best birthday present I could ask for!

Not directly related, but I always found interesting how Colonel Sanders (or “Uncle Kentucky” as he’s known in Japan) is viewed in Japan.

My favorite anecdote is how celebrating Hanshin Tigers Baseball fans threw a local Colonel Sanders prop into a river after winning the Japan Series title in 1985... prompting a…

guessing he’s queueing up the inevitable argument where he says he wasn’t convicted of rape-rape or real rape or whatever this year’s free space in rape apology bingo is called

Whenever I read ‘Pageant Queen’ or even ‘Pageant Competitor’ I immediately think ‘there goes another woman who thinks her sex is her only ticket’ so, while this absolutely horrifies me, it doesn’t shock me. Perhaps she rationalized that eventually the young girl was gonna have to resort to this in one way or another.…

There is not a hole deep enough in which to drop this...person.

I saw this on the news the other day. The judge took the contempt part to heart. She was dripping icy scorn. The quality of mercy was completely absent. And the woman’s pleas as she was escorted out were heart wrenching. I know it’s important to press charges. But there is no way that this woman wasn’t re-victimized.