Laying there like a sack is a huge neon sign, but he didn’t care. He wanted sex, and didn’t care if she did or if she enjoyed it. Yes, she decided to give in and it sucks, but don’t pretend he actually cared what she wanted. He was there for what he wanted and that’s all that mattered.

Not at all what this writer was saying but thanks for jumping to the extreme.

The last forty years has been all about girl power ladies! You won! You’re equal in this society and country, be all you can be!

Then be prepared for maximum grouch when you see the film. The writer took away her slingshot prowess and turned her into the damsel in distress.

The overriding sentiment around food culture seems to be “the more, the better.” Putting cheese, and bacon, and an egg, and poutine, and fries, and onion rings, and BBQ sauce on everything is considered a culinary feat. Sometimes the terms “foodie cuisine” and “glorified carnival fare” seem interchangeable. Putting…

Because the essay went viral and writers from all over are responding. She lives in Chicago, so it makes sense.

If you peruse the thread you’ll see I did not forget her slingshot prowess.

I tried Gerald’s Game years ago and honestly got bored. Maybe it will be better as a movie. But the kinky didn’t last too long in the book, if I remember correctly. I love King, but not all his work is for me..

Well now all vaginas are magical. Why else would countless poems, songs, short stories, films, and books be about trying to get inside them? We know and live the power, and yet middle school is just not the age for it to manifest. I think most of us would agree on that.

That’s a history class I’d love to take. Great idea!

Never heard of him till Drunk History, and I highly recommend the episode. It’s the one that made me and my husband a fan. Plus Jenny Slate tells the story of Coca Cola. And a drunk Jenny Slate is funny and adorable. It says a lot when I’ve learned about historical figures from Drunk History I should have learned…

Reminds me a little bit of Stetson Kennedy who infiltrated the clan and gave all their super secret bullshit to the writers of Superman who then made the clan of the firey cross the enemy of Superman.

You’re right about the slingshot, but in that moment when everything was falling apart, her magic vagina saved them. The only girl in the group, and that’s how she brings them back together, through sex.

I read IT was when I was twelve as well, and the exact opposite occurred for me. I thought it was odd it made me uncomfortable. They all had a power that made them special and hers was screwing her friends. To this day I still love the book, but that whole scene was jarring and unnecessary.

Yes, obviously that’s exactly what I said. Well done.

I know, the very phrase sexual misconduct is just another way of not saying rape. It’s infuriating.

They are not the same thing. Did anyone say suspension is adequate punishment for sexual assault? No, But going through the school is one avenue a victim can take to ensure safety on campus. Going through the police and courts first could take years which then requires the victim to see their rapist every day in…

Law enforcement and college honor code panels are not the same. One can get you thrown in prison and or put on the sex offender registry, the other can, at the extreme end, get you thrown out of school. Colleges are not and should not be beholden to due process for honor code violations. It’s more akin to the burden…

Always. It allows them and their followers to say, see, we’re not...

I still cant wrap my head around all of it. It’s bad enough when men do this, but when women victimize, dismiss, and degrade other women for the status quo it makes me sick, furious and everything in between.