Uh. Patriarchy is not just men being in charge. It is the whole system by which men remain in charge, and women can and do become complicit in it.

But by hiding, "they" win too. I get your point, and I think there is something to be said for closing all social media accounts, but at the end of the day this family is getting attacked because their daughter survived a rape and DARED to talk about it publicly. Things are never going to change if we treat that as…

Please, tell us again how easy it is to just pick up your life and move to a new town. Jobs and affordable living situations just appear?

Go patriarchy, for raising young women with no empathy and support for one another.

I was worried this would happen, especially because Maryville's coverage has been minuscule in comparison to the Steubenville case (even on Jezebel; not that it can be blamed on the writers here, because I tried Googling for news on this case a couple of weeks ago and found nothing since the story originally broke.)…

Sure! I'm currently trying to figure out if this thing I proposed is actually gonna be helpful run the way I envisioned running it.

Yes. They didn't name the kid Black Romney, or Little Dark One Romney, they named him Kieran, a fairly popular name these days. Who really puts that much thought in what names originally meant? Or they could have named him after someone specific. Or, probably, they just like the sound of Kieran. My parents didn't…

Oh man, for a minute I thought you meant a GT Monty Python study group, and I got my hopes up.

I'm a little puzzled by the comments that are somehow weighing MHP's apology against any non-apologies by the fake-redneck guy on the duck show, as if there was some kind of left-right zero-sum game and "Well, fake-redneck guy didn't apologize, so MHP shouldn't either!"

So...Rent-a-Swag?

I see those totally differently than you do. That woman did a good deed that brought a little cheer to 375 or so people. Maybe her small act of goodwill inspired some of those 375 to do something nice for others.

Just his hand on her zipper........

Nope. Gonna watch this for the 3 millionth time.

I actually read that hyper link as "hang around and talk about sex" - to which the answer is a resounding YES. But cars, I have a man who does that incessantly as is.

I wanted so much to dislike Josh Groban but I just can't. He is adorable.

There is a difference between people looking at things you self-select to be viewed, and being watched while you go about your business.

The statement about her daughter "doing her own thing" baffles me. That kid's a toddler, right? That statement might make sense about a teenage daughter, but not a toddler for Chrissakes.

Everyone thinks that her not knowing what feminism is is hilarious or something, but am I the only one who finds it legit sad and depressing? One of my close childhood friends who grew up uber religious thought the same thing — that "feminist" meant "feminine". That ain't right.