I have a theory that they actually designate a few scenes where he needs to be extra big, shoot most of the film with him in reasonably good shape, then take a break from shooting while he bulks up for those last few, and shoot them. There are scenes where he is distinctly 20-30 pounds heavier than in the prior scene…

While every word you wrote is true, I do see a reason for this discussion. It's about where to apply the resources of activists.

"But as is the case in all these stories, there is one thing Nungesser and Sulkowitz agree upon: the University they both chose to attend has failed them. They just each think that happened in different ways."

And I see it's fixed. Wow. Thank you for the quick reaction. :)

You realize you just ran the name yourselves, in that quote? Please black that out and don't participate in what this ass is doing.

I am not familiar with the UVA campus, myself (I took the prospective student tour 20 years ago, but frat row wasn't part of it). But I have been on the campuses of several big Southern state universities, and on all of them, the frats were clustered together on a single street in identical-looking houses. It would…

It's also true that this is still unfolding. Everyone needs to take a big step back and give it time.

I'm a straight, cis-, white man, age 37. Most of the conversations I have end up being with other straight, cis-, white people, many of them male. There are rooms in this world mostly filled with straight, cis-, white men, and I can get into them.

If we've agreed as a culture that 'she didn't fight back' isn't proof of consent, then the fact that he didn't stop it isn't proof of consent.

1) This is brilliant.

I have taught comprehensive sex-ed to 14-year-olds twice. I will say this — many of them DO get their idea of what sex is like from porn, and many of them do have very unrealistic expectations because of that.

I agree. I just think it's important to acknowledge that this particular case is part of a larger cultural divide that plays out over whales constantly. Look into Japan's whale hunt for "scientific research" and how much of it ends up in restaurants. It's a controversy even within Japan these days, as I understand…

They did not unknowingly serve sei, or serve it posing as sushi. They went out of their way to get it, it is considered a delicacy in Japan (though there is a generational divide there where some older people eat it and many younger people consider that a problem), it wasn't listed on the menu but was produced only…

Man-to-man, you need to reconsider this argument. Just do the math. How much do you have to spend, compared to your female colleagues, on wardrobe?

Forgive my ignorance, but I'm not going to go over there to find out and give them the click — don't 4chan users have usernames and such? It seems like there's an electronic trail of evidence here to establish your point easily enough. Even if he created a throwaway for this, how hard is it to crack most of those?

Sadly, you're right. We get more celebrity gossip, less intellectual discussion, and the occasional reactionary white feminist piece with little serious analysis behind it. Today's been a disappointing day, but this piece was phenomenal.

You seem, to me, to be saying that whether or not what Lena did was wrong is dependent on her sister's public explanation of it.

I see the same. I assume that, in light of the comments, it's been taken down. It will probably be reposted in revised form later. But let readers note, anything that appears here after 1:30 Eastern Time or so is not what the comments until now have been responding to. The link currently goes to a headline with no…

No, it doesn't matter at all.

Thank you. I had never heard that story, and I suppose I didn't need any more evidence to give her up after this, but I deleted the last Dresden Dolls track I had held onto after reading that. And I'm upset with myself for holding onto it for that long.