I have no doubt he was guilty on all 36 and quite a few more. Given how little rape is ever legally punished in our society, ESPECIALLY against women of color and women with records, and given how long the damn jury took, I thought he was going to go scot free. The amount of relief I feel is physical at this verdict,…
First off I love the phrase “fucking basura” and I thank you for bringing it into my lexicon.
Or is it that they cannot feel for anyone but themselves?
Watching that monster cry and shake was the closest thing to any kind of justice I’ve felt in a long while. Fuck him and may the brave women who shared their stories find peace.
Seeing people who have callously committed horrific acts on other people start to cry when forced to take (some) responsibility for their conduct always makes me hate them even more.
Time to celebrate! My rum and Coke will be dedicated to the guilty verdict... Who else is in?
That’s about the size of it. Abortions won’t stop just because clinics close. They will just become incredibly unsafe, and women will die or be maimed as they attempt to terminate these unwanted pregnancies. The well-to-do will always be able to get their D&Cs, but the poor and desperate are the ones who will suffer.
When Roe vs Wade led to the legalization of abortion, I remember my mom - a relatively apolitical woman - practically weeping with joy. She’d had me very young, and I’m sure she toyed with the idea of abortion - but it was illegal and dangerous. How dangerous? As a high school student, she’d driven a girlfriend across…
“Look, making them illegal doesn’t mean people who want them won’t just get them illegally.” -guns or abortions?
Imagine if Texas treated abortions the same as firearms.
I hope more than anything ever in my life that she was paid to be there. Not only because that means Trump has to pay people to make him look like he has diverse support but also because she was paid to give zero fucks and read her book. Can she start a book club? Can we pay her to sit and read during all the GOP…
Indeed. However, I should think that a comprehensive “No Cheating or Beating” policy would go a long ways towards making sure everything stays attached...
One would think that after such penile-located trauma, Mr. Bobbitt would make like Fleetwood Mac and go his own way. But as Lorena tells Harvey, John Bobbitt has attempted to make contact with her more than once over the years.
She took his hand and made his hand type “yes”.
I read this article and came away feeling that Stubblefield is deeply sick and deluded. She’s always been professionally interested in how privileged people intrude upon or violate disadvantaged people (especially in racial contexts) and I think she may truly believe that this was somehow empowering to DJ,…
OK. Using ‘mental age’ to indicate someone’s functional level is not cool. It’s ableist and you shouldn’t use it. But Facilitated Communication has been proven to be used fraudulently on multiple occasions. With the right user and the right interpreter it can work and give nonverbal people a more effective means of…
Absolutely. I read the linked article when it was published and it is ABSOLUTELY clear that she was, even if subconsciously, inventing all of his communication. As his family notes, his “voice” when using her as a writer reflected her interests, her passions, and not his own. There is absolutely no evidence that he is…
Why is the headline a question? She had sex with someone who was incapable of consent, has the mentality of a toddler, and who had no capacity to resist. Who gives a single fuck if she’s the “mother of two”? She’s a rapist.