"he gets away with it and is called a 'genius' by both listeners and critics because he is white."

I totally agree with you
a. eminem's lyrics stand on shock value. he can rhyme, but his hooks are SO FUCKING CORNY. like in Stan, with the advice and everything, or Not Afraid. major eye-roll shit. it doesn't even come off as sincere

Maybe if society truly committed itself to being as sensitive as people like you claim it is, women wouldn't face a 1 in 5 risk of being raped in their lifetimes. What he said isn't the same as if he acted like Bill Cosby, but it's still part of a process of dehumanizing women that's been going on for millennia.

He's such an expert attention-monger that sometimes getting upset means you fell for his schemes.

"I don't think anyone, anywhere, not the music community nor anyplace else, is saying that Eminem is the best or even one of the best."

Right, they're the same ones that think we should throw away Snoop Dog's albums "cause he's a pimp".

So true. It's horrifying how easily people dismiss his extreme and blatant misogyny due to "talent". How would this scenario play out if he was black? Probably very differently.

It's amazing how patient so many people are when it comes to misogyny though. Like even after all the sadistic rape lyrics people are finally starting to sort of, slightly, maybe, kind of say they are thinking about not respecting Eminem so much, maybe. And that's often just because it's 'getting old' not because they…

He's been doing the misogynist thing for so many years now, I would argue that the "therapy" isn't working. Like, y u still so mad at women, Em? Perhaps take up painting instead?

Oop! #whiteprivilege is when a white male rapper can write the most violent, misogynistic, racist music and be labeled one of the best, if not, the best rapper to ever exist. White people will look at Eminem and say that his music has "meaning", but say that other rappers (i.e. black rappers) write nothing but…

Or he could just treat women well because they are people and not "somebody's daughter." Empathy should not be this hard, guys.

I'm not sure how my marital status is relevant. Some married people will look at the Cosbys and think wow, why is she married to him?

I judge the hell out of Mama June for blinding herself to her daughter's molestation. It's not a lot better when it's other people's daughters your husband is abusing. The silence of the women in their lives, when they have reason to know, absolutely allows these men to get away with predation.

Which means Bill Cosby gets to rape all the women he can get alone? Come on. Marriage is not some sacred union that allows one party to do whatever the hell he or she wants while the other stands by. She doesn't have to respond to these allegations but I'll be damned if people don't examine why someone stands by when…

"But passing negative judgment on the actions of a celebrity's partner—who did nothing wrong..."

Not sure I understand your question. Does it matter in general? In general, yes, because it contributes to rape culture, which I believe is a thing that exists. Does it matter in particular? Yes, because she may have been able to serve as a witness, if she knew something.

This is a great article, but is it possible that she thinks, like so many, "well, it's not so bad what he did. Those women were bad, and they deserved what happened to them." It is possible.

Pregnant woman is pregnant.

Dead at "ashy black people." Lol, so glad you included that phrase; not only for the sheer joy of laughter, but because the Smith kids make conservative black people extremely angry. I really just don't get it.