I know that feel. But if there’s a silver lining anywhere here, it’s that we are making progress. The mere fact that we have to hear these heart-wrenching cases on the regular means that people are actually paying attention, and the conversation is happening. There was much more silence 15 years ago. *internet hugs*

I absolutely hate the argument that when a young man rapes it’s a something that shouldn’t ruin the rest of his life. That when he’s 60 and has had a whole life’s success behind him, that one mistake or criminal activity that he engaged in will be a blip on the radar.It’s so fucking medieval. This isn’t throwing rocks…

No way I can watch this. Stories like this are why my own teen daughter refused - REFUSED, screaming and crying - to report a guy who not only assaulted her while she was drunk at a party, apparently the fact that she was drunk didn’t make her incapacitated enough for him. The asshole also shot her up with heroin,…

Yeah, they’ve done studies showing a lot of people have very mixed-up views about what constitutes rape. I remember in junior high all the girls got a talking to about self-defense and how to avoid rape, in PE class. They even cautioned that we should expect to be judged for what we wear. The subject was never…

Our legal system makes no fucking sense. One of my staff members has a son in prison for a minor drug offense/breaking probation and is having his life derailed for what was essentially bad life choices that just effected himself. These horrible men ruin two young women’s lives, one of whom committed suicide, and…

THIS IS THE CORNERSTONE OF THE CONVERSATION. Thank you for bringing it up. The idea of lightly punishing juvenile offenders, or young white male offenders (“the frat boy rapist”) reinforces the idea that all men are, in fact, rapists, and their sexual urges and violence against women cannot be controlled. Their…

I’m so glad to hear that! Last year in my daughter’s elementary school a 6 year old girl was sexually assaulted by a 7th grade boy and the principal had the nerve to say to her parents (we know because we’re good friends with them), “I can see how you would be upset, however she did seem to be enjoying the attention…

First off: I’m a guy.

There is an excellent article on Daisy Coleman in the Kansas City Star. Dugan Arnett is the author. It will make you rage and then you will want to drink. There was video of the assault, y'all. And still the 14 year old girl is the slut who got what she deserved (!). I hate this town. I hope they enjoy their…

I really shouldn’t be laughing at this because this story makes me want to throw my laptop at my nearest coworker but damn it if this didn’t make me chuckle. Thank you, Sipowitz...thank you.

Well. what was the *house* wearing? Was it all laid out waiting for it like some slutty ranch, or was it trussed up and teasing like a Victorian?

Netflix has actually created a pretty pretty large budget around this film for activism and education (someone I know is leading their organizing efforts) so while fatigue is understandable, there are those fighting this fight—beyond the cultural contribution of simply documenting this—and this film will be shown in…

Yeah... no. Rape is not a “youthful mistake.” If it were, would adults do it? Would it be something you grew out of? No. Those Judges should be no where near the bench.

It’s incredible to me that we have individuals serving life sentences in some states for non-violent drug offenses, while rapists, who are violent criminals, often receive little more than a slap on the wrist. It’s shameful and infuriating.

Daisy Coleman’s family was harassed out of their town, and their house was burned to the ground.

The boys who raped her, filmed it while it was happening, and then distributed it around social media were arrested after Potts killed herself. In the end though, I think the harshest penalty any of them received criminally was 1-2 months in juvenile detention. I’m not sure if they’re required to register as a sex…

Apparently they were also all convicted of sexual battery and got 30 days in juvie. Not. Enough.

What happened to Daisy Coleman and her family is beyond awful. The fact that, even after being run out of town and having their home burned down, the little scumbag got off with a slap on the wrist is even *more* infuriating.

Nextflix and rage.

omg, she killed herself?