Nevermind the threat of “Ha you’re not even pretty, I was being nice” or the more sussinct “ugly bitch” if you decline the wrong guy. 

Wow. I left a phone banking session at Planned Parenthood early this week because it is getting dark so much earlier and I had walked there. So this week I would have called probably another 30 or 40 people trying to encourage them to vote out a first term incumbent who voted to repeal the ACA. Hmmm.

So many responses are women wanting to do normal things but at night. It illustrates how much women have to modify or rather suppress themselves in order to feel safer.

I think this is—this is crazy town. It’s a smear campaign. I’ve been in the public eye for 24 years, really public at various points. Certainly, 1998, when I was in the Starr investigation, that was a very public year.”

Those suspicious that these women are only coming out now are either stupid or disingenuous. They are risking their lives, their families, their careers. They are coming forward at the last minute because they are patriots and they want to keep this man off the highest court in the land. 

I don’t think there is a “right” photo for a sexual assault survivor really.

The Republican modus operandi is always the same: They tell their slavish followers it’s a setup, it didn’t really happen, it’s all fake news, these are crisis actors hired by the Democrats to unfairly take down ________ (fill in the blank). We’re apparently living in a parallel universe, where everything liberals…

I saw Andy Borowitz perform live on Friday. Someone in audience asked him what he thought of the Kavanaugh mess. He said, and I’m quoting as close to memory as possible, “let’s pretend Christing Blasey Ford never came forward. In fact, let’s pretend we are in an alternate reality in which she was never born. Let’s…

As a woman her age, I read it as a) I’m nobody’s victim, and b) I could be YOUR wife, or sister, or co-worker. Also, not a sleazebag, not looking to profit from this. Just an ordinary middle-aged Mom who was assaulted like so many others when we were all teenagers. Although I also see your point, and agree it’s a…

If only she smiled....less?  God we just can't win, can we?  Be brave, stand up for what's right, risk your career and life, and still get told you're presenting yourself wrong. 

I don’t really see anything wrong with the photo. Most people smile in the photos.

I actually think it’s a good picture to submit.  She looks wholesome and cute.  Avenatti has handled a lot of cases and he knows how juries think. 

Take that up with Avenatti. Hopefully she submitted the photo:

He has more than Cosby. He was white and he started at 16. He was never going to be caught or punished. His victims must be in the thousands. 

At this point I think we can call this “Classic” Avenatti.  Threaten something damning.  Give them a chance to clear the air (or more likely hang themselves.)  Then swing the hammer.

These are really important points. It means she’s taking an especially huge risk in coming forward. I wonder if the Clearance-Yanker In Chief will get involved.

All of these women are so fucking brave for recounting their personal traumas. I am so pissed that people suggest that this is an organized, political hit job. The declaration in its entirety is so chilling and upsetting. Anyone who fails to see a pattern in his behavior at this point is willfully ignorant/in deep…

Everyone PLEASE READ HER STATEMENT IN FULL. All the headlines give the impression that she said something vague in regards to Kavanaugh - that she was raped and Kavanaugh might have been nearby and maybe was grinding on a few girls at a party (which is how the Republicans WANT to categorize it). Read the statement in…

There’s. NEVER. just. one.

Her statement is hard to read, and, importantly, incredibly specific and damning. She mentions other witnesses willing to speak, she’s worked in the government for years and holds multiple security clearances, and she submitted a sworn affidavit.