Why anyone beyond her immediate family cares about this girl's uterus is another, deeper mystery of American culture, one beyond the purview of a Friday-morning blog post.

Cue everyone who hates tattoos coming in and commenting about how they're ugly and stupid and the decision to get tattoos is all about wanting to be "cool" or "different"...

Folks, suicide threats from abusers are also abuse. It's a manipulative tactic, whether intentional or not. If you are in this position, or are witnessing someone in this position, call 911 and tell them you have a suicide threat on your hands.

Except human men LOVE being called bad boys, so I'd probably just employ a cattle-prod for reinforcement.

BAD. BAD BOY.

Like obedience-training for dogs or babies. "NO!... NO. NO. NO. nnnnnnnnNO. ..... NO. .... NO. .... Look at me: NO." And keep your finger pointed at their noses, to get their attention. I guess you just have to repeat it till it sinks in.

it's insane how so often, when we get stories of men seeming to actually Hear Something when an issue like this comes up, it's in the context of having a super basic statement repeated firmly, multiple times.

it feels important to post this now

Nope, mostly because porn actresses are looked at negatively. The fact that they're, you know, human gets thrown out the window because apparently sex workers aren't actually human. This prudish country needs to pull its head out of its ass.

This is a domestic violence story ESPN should be airing. If any case would, this has the potential to open the most blind eyes about domestic violence. However, that's not going to happen on many outlets.

Hilarious. A post about dometic violence and you big up with a reply that is both homophobic and trivializes prison rape. Well done sir.

The difference between Christy Mack's photos and the Janay Rice elevator video is that we have Christy Mack's permission to view. That is a huge huge difference that we need to acknowledge.

Not to belittle what happened to her on any level because it was absolutely goddamn appalling, but I'm amazed at how resilient the human body is. When I saw those pictures after the attack my first thought was "my god, that monster mutilated her and she's never going to look the same," but she's still beautiful. I…

I think it's pretty brave / awesome of her to post these updates, especially with photos. Ray Rice videos aside, domestic assault is usually something that is hidden behind closed doors. And it extends way beyond just the initial act; recoveries can take months and people are usually left with permanent injuries. It's…

Wow,that was straight from the heart...and bold. Kudos to Carter for taking a brave stance on the subject.

The man raped a group of women and people set up a go fund me for him? Not only that but people donated thousands of dollars to it? I wonder if these people would have been so giving with their money/support if the victims were white women (probably but the support definitely wouldn't have been to this level)? This is…

Very good point. Sorry for your experience, but that kind of insight about how it's actually DAMAGING to view it as being only between the couple or the family is really a powerful point that needs to be made over and over and over again. Because honestly, it takes a lot of empathy to understand it that way, and if…

In my very personal opinion (based on experience, as a child, but an opinion nonetheless), one of the biggest reasons domestic violence is rarely appropriately punished, and one of the biggest reasons women struggle to leave, is that domestic violence is seen as one of those things that is personal and between the…

You know, I will admit there's a part of my brain that goes, "Well, it IS between them, and it's not wrong for two people to work things out even if they've gone horribly wrong. And we can't all sit in judgement of someone else's forgiveness because that always happens on a personal level."

But then I think...that's…