Let’s reflect on the cognitive dissonance that must occur in order to refer to something as both “ancient” and a “hot new trend.”

Genius.

Agree but it’s Columbia, not NYU.

This is quite simply the best funny animal video on the internet. Full stop. And I’ve thought so ever since the first time I saw it years ago. Nothing has ever come close, except maybe the honey badger.

To be clear, I don’t think it’s ever ok to victim blame - no matter how stupid or abhorrent their views. But I’ll be honest, I have less sympathy for some than for others and I’d be lying if I said otherwise.

Interesting. I’d never thought of it from the point of view of making phones better at offering advice or calling for help but I did notice ages ago (the only smartphones I’ve had have been iphones) that iOS’ dictionary and spell check are incredibly prudish. They don’t recognise bad words or suggest correct spellings…

Thank you. That succinctly sums up what a lot of people on this website will never understand - the people buying this stuff don’t care about their outrage.

Hurray for sleeve options but not-so-hurray for the fact that this will all be poorly cut, 100% polyester made in China with the same twee, vintage-inspired cuts, just like everything else ModCloth makes. I tried to give ModCloth a chance but you have to look very closely at the composition of every single garment…

I know. I mean, what did they think was going to happen? That Michelle Fields actually thought Breitbart was going to stick up for her over Trump, and was surprised when they didn’t, is like accepting to go out on a date with Chris Brown post-Rihanna and then acting surprised when he beats the shit out of you...

No. All your pillows should be down. Ikea has some reasonably priced down pillows, you should check them out.

This.

That makes you a rarity in the Jezosphere where the feminist heroine du jour will be thrown out like yesterday’s tampon the minute she says the wrong thing, isn’t “intersectional enough” when discussing everything from women’s rights to the type of jeans they like, or endorses the wrong democratic nominee.

I don’t think we know enough about the particulars of the case to make any kind of assumption because so far the only ones speaking on the record are Montague’s lawyers, so of course they’re going to argue in favour of their client. Yale isn’t speaking, the victim isn’t speaking, so all we have to go on is that the…

Again, I’m not arguing about how it should be but how it is and how courts deal with these facts. Again, see the Jian Ghomeshi case. If this guy’s case gets thrown out on the basis that this is irrelevant, I will be cheering right alongside you, however I think that it is a very real possibility that it will help to…

She has repeatedly declined to reveal her identity, arguing instead for a kind of radical death of the author, building a rather impenetrable wall between reader and writer and between the writer’s life and her work.

It’s not irrelevant though. Again, look at the Jian Ghomeshi case. Because it can happen in both scenarios, it means that lawyers can argue that it raises enough doubt so as to reopen the case, or to justify their client’s lawsuit.

Because the lawyers for Montague could also argue that it would be typical behaviour for someone who had consensual sex with Montague and then decided to make a false rape accusation, and it would create reasonable doubt in the sense that they would have an argument to sue/appeal/re-open the case, even if it was to…

I’m saying that even though it is fairly common behaviour for rape victims, it is still something that has to be examined, and which can be used to create reasonable doubt by Montague’s attorneys. Look at what happened with the Jian Ghomeshi case in Canada.

It is, because it’s also what might happen in the case of someone making a false rape accusation. That’s why it’s important that it be taken into account, even if it is to find in favour of the victim. The point is, even if it’s common behaviour, it can’t just be dismissed out of hand and has to be examined.

See: the Jhian Ghomeshi case in Canada, which pretty much fell apart because the defence was able to surprise the Crown prosecution with evidence of the victim’s behaviour and contact with Ghomeshi after the rapes/assaults, that raised reasonable doubt. The Crown blew it by not preparing their witnesses and…