An not insignificant portion of people feel that whenever someone says they have been raped they should be believed unconditionally and that even asking questions to clarify the situation constitutes victim blaming.

some were victim blaming and saying, "why didn't he say no?"

You can question the victim's actions without assigning them responsibility for the rape or the rapist's actions because those are two separate things. It's not a complicated thought.

It is not victim blaming to ask questions. Victim blaming would be saying, "Shia deserved this because of who he is or what he was doing or what he was wearing." Or saying, "You didn't resist so it's not rape." Neither of which Mo does.

Wouldn't dream of it. In the end the difference will be that if someone asks me why the officer should have been indicted, I'll have an answer whereas you'll just have the same empty opinions you have now.

If you can't distinguish between the evidence creationists refuse to acknowledge and several thousand pages of testimony you can't possibly have read, there's not much hope for you. Sorry, I don't have much faith in the "coverage" which has been wrong numerous times.

Are you honestly this stupid? Who's standing up for anybody? Deigning to figure out what actually happened doesn't constitute defending anybody.

I'm not playing "devil's advocate." I'm suggesting that you look at the presented evidence because it's available. I'm sorry that you can't distinguish between someone saying "let's be angry and right" and someone saying "there's nothing wrong here."

If anyone wants to take 10 minutes from forecasting race war and the end of times, the evidence presented to the grand jury is all here.

Campus harassment/bullying, yes. And they ought to see that charges are pressed if the bullying raises to the level of assault (which it sometimes does.)

Because everyone on Jezebel was a member of the grand jury and is familiar with all the facts of the case, duh.

Exactly what do you think a grand jury is? The evidence has been examined by 12 citizens and they didn't find enough evidence to initiate criminal proceedings. And apparently comprehensive records as to what went on are being released. Why don't you wait until there's time to go through it until you demand a trial?

I'm all for anti-bullying measures and education regarding consent and what not, but I still don't understand all the pressures being put on schools to deal with what should be issues for the legal system. That's where the outrage ought to be directed.

It's regional/cultural. That's not to say that it doesn't happen everywhere, but that it more often happens in particular places.

Who the fuck doesn't like watermelon!?

We live in a culture, in many cases, that still calls a father taking care of his children "babysitting" rather than "parenting."

That said, I don't know why they are still bothering to do a study like this one, since I remember reading one just like it fifteen fucking years ago

Where did you grow up that an apple was your only vitamin intake for the week? There are plenty of people who have eaten healthy food for the entirety of their lives. I'm going to go ahead and say that Oliver's kids probably have easy access to apples.

because it always reinforces incredibly narrow standards as to what constitutes a "bikini body." Of course Kazanstev has every right to feel empowered and be proud of her body. She should be! The problem is that there is one type of body people can be proud of: a pageant contestant's body.

who just happens to be considered one of the most brilliant people on the planet today.