I know what you mean. This is very triggering for me too but when I found out he was found guilty, I literally screamed in joy. One rape victims justice is all our justice. We are together in this. Peace and love.

I’ve kind of avoided this story for triggering personal reasons, so this is the first time I’ve read it. I’m crying for what that girl and her family have been put through. I hope they find peace and healing.

Here’s the simple fact: The Washington Post did journalism the right way, and Jezebel did not.

Corey Haim’s face in that photo above is breaking my heart. Rest in peace, Corey. (And I hope Corey Feldman finds some peace in life too.)

Christ, you admitted it was the wrong thing to do and feel (a little) remorse over doing it. Apparently all these people calling you a hypocrite are perfect angels who have never done anything wrong in the heat of the moment.

There was definitely a time when sex with a 14 or 15-year-old would have been considered mildly transgressive, but not pedophilia. Read about the famous “baby groupies” of the easly 1970s L.A. rock scene, or check out the original cover for the Scorpions’ Virgin Killer.

I think he’s saying everybody has screwed up. Not that everybody has screwed up in this particular fashion.

Creep and all, I love his writing and I would have read the shit out of that profile and I wouldn’t give a fuck if someone profits from its publication. Which is not to say that I agree with his sympathy for Spacey but I believe in letting people have dissenting opinions and I like to read things I don’t agree with if…

Mowing your lawn with a riding mower is more like going on a ride at Disney Land than actually doing yard work.

Back when I was a philosophy major in college (I know, I know, just stay with me), one of the most important tricks to reading the text I learned was to straight-up forget everything I knew about the life of the author. And the reason why you did that was because if you start reading the personal life of the author…

Riding mower doesn’t count.

Violence against women by men should be considered a hate crime.

One of the major commonalities with these mass shooters, besides being male, is having a history of domestic violence. I hope that this is a wake-up call for some people to realize that domestic violence isn’t just a “women’s” issue, but a societal issue that needs to be taken seriously. Just like all other issues…

I think your primary obligation is to keep your children safe. Not everyone has a grandfather that is a safe person, and you are not causing your children harm by deciding that their grandfather will not be part of their lives. If you want the benefits that grandparents can provide, maybe making friends with elderly…

If you can avoid him, do it.  Sooner or later your kids will know what he did and then your willingness to let him interact with them will make it seem that, on some level, you were okay with his behavior. No explanation will ever convince them more than your actions. You’re their parent and seeing you stand up for…

This is a tough one and I’m sorry you have to deal with it. I have no advice except maybe pivot a little on your statement that you worry you might be robbing your children of their grandfather. In truth your father robbed them of their grandfather with his despicable actions. You did nothing to deserve this. Good…

This hits close to home. My father (a former minor politician) was in prison 3 times (!!!) for the same thing. He says it’s an addiciton, his therapist says it’s an addicition, and my mom and 1 sister buy it hook, line and sinker.
My other sister and I haven’t had contact to him in years, but he’s trying to slink back…

You are right he isnt a sex addict. He is a predator.

The same reason any evil or self-interested person is willing to hurt anyone else. They don’t care about other people. That kind of person doesn’t care about issues that affect other people, as long as they can stay ahead of them. For someone like that, why bother supporting gender equality by refusing a job, when you…

That whole saying about special place in hell for women that don’t help other women applies here, and also an extra level of hell for those that actively seek to destroy other women.