Glad you made it back to us Mike. 

I’m struggling between “don’t feed trolls” and “everyone needs to see this"

Congratulations on leaving what is easily the most deranged comment I’ve ever received in my year of working at Jezebel lol. 

It doesn’t matter what size your labia is with this outfit. It matters whether you plan to move your legs more than one millimeter apart while wearing it. Because if your legs move, your labia move, and that bodysuit will end up cutting you in half in a way that is so painful that, you, being a man - can’t even…

not for use with jumping jacks.

While this is true, I think we also need to let go of the idea that the good/kind actions of abusers are all simply part of a veneer crafted with the intention to deceive. I think setting up that caricature of predators help contribute to people’s disbelief of victims because under that paradigm, they have to believe…

That’s what bothers me so much about statements like this. We need to get rid of the notion that abusers are monsters lurking in the shadows. They’re people we know and sometimes people we like. Saying “Oh that person couldn’t have done something terrible because they were not terrible in front of/to me” is part of…

There is not even a shadow of doubt that Michael Jackson could be a kind, loving and generous friend to many including Diana Ross. I believe all of the accusers agree that there was a period of time when Michael Jackson was all of those things to them too.

I logged in to Facebook for the first time in about 2 years, I learned about Legacy pages (for people’s fb after they die) and discovered at least 2 people from high school and 1 from college are dead. For point of reference (I’m an old but not that old), high school and college were in the 90s.

Just drunkenly stumbled past this.

That looks like a BLAST! Wow! I also like that you get a complimentary drink upon arrival. ;) I hope you have a fun and that the weather (and fuzzy residents) cooperates.

I’m going to cook pork chops as my first meal :) 

Thank you Andy. I was worried about you last week, you had a person in grey make some comments, I nearly replied to them  about how rude they were but didn’t want to give them the time of day, I kept an eye on the comment thread in case it went further to jump in. You’re a valued Jezzie and I for one am always pleased…

Hi Jezzies, still waiting to go view my new home but apparently the keys will be back from maintenance this week. I’m overly excited and can’t wait. I’m going to need so much stuff when I move in, but over time I can get it. I did treat myself to some pans and baking trays today. I’m so excited I’m going to be getting…

GUYS. I had a date the other night. An actual, proper date. And it went so well!!! I’ve known him for a few years then finally got the courage to ask him out. We had a great night, I haven’t laughed that hard in forever! He’s brilliant, but there is just one teensy “problem” - he’s 9 years younger than me. Eeeeeekkk!!

I'm rather fond of McGyver the red tegu.

Duckling went to Colorado and met their long-distance girlfriend, and you guys THESE KIDS ARE TOO CUTE:

Right? “His sexual needs were his sexual needs.” I can’t even wrap my head around how a person can just say that when the “need” in question is sex with children. Children’s needs—safety, not being raped, not having a trusted adult manipulate and abuse them—greatly outweigh whatever sexual needs Jackson had.

But it doesn’t sound like she doesn’t believe Jackson’s a child molester, it sounds like she thinks Jackson should get a pass because they got to be in his presence and Jackson as much a victim as them because... the parents?

She’s talking about it like it’s just some weird fetish. I just wish the interviewer would…

I’m honestly not too surprised over Streisand’s comments. She, like my parents, probably believe that all rapists hide in dark alleys at night and strike at random and all pedophiles are complete strangers who wear trenchcoats and sniff bicycle seats. A sexual predator is never someone you know, but if it is, then…