I just want to nip something in the bud. THE PROBLEM WOC FACE REGARDING MAKEUP IS DIFFERENT THAN THE PROBLEM FACING PALE PEOPLE. PLEASE DO NOT COMPARE BEING EXTRA PALE TO BEING BLACK/A POC.

I don’t see this as any different than if she were kidnapped and kept captive. This was a hostage situation where the captor had the victim’s entire life to brainwash her. The boyfriend might belong in jail, but all of society failed this young woman who escaped captivity through her captor’s death. No different than…

10 years is way too harsh. She was a victim.

We have a 15-year old daughter and a 13-year old son, and I think it’s important that we all watch this together as a family. Boys need to get the message loud and effing clear, and girls, sadly, need to think about how to protect themselves from predators disguised as peers. The knowledge that these rapists take…