Lye covers a multitude of "sins." Just tuck that tidbit away.

I love your mama for doing that. Give her a hug for me?

Because some people have the misguided idea that rape is about sex and it's not. It's about power and control and humiliation. If it was about sex or sexual attraction, then all the bullshit about how you dress and how you act would actually be helpful, useful information. But men are not uncontrollable, incorrigible…

I don't think they're "scare quotes" so much as they're indicating that those are the actual words of the director, which is the "other" use of quotation marks.

I am sick with rage. That a woman in early dementia was put in SOLITARY, that an 89 -year-old woman was SLUT SHAMED, that a rape examination was postponed 5 days is fucking criminal and cruel. So many laws and standards of care violated. That psych unit had an obligation to do a mental and physical exam immediately…

One more comment: I just had the pleasure of my first conversation with my mom where she described a situation she was in where was clearly being targeted for a scam (she didn't fall for it) and having to explain to her that the intimidation she was subject to, and the confusion she felt as a response, were all part…

I have no words after reading this story. People can be sick and horrible.

I have a major quibble with the reporting in this case, which is all about the use of quotation marks around flirt, etc.

"Flirting with someone mercilessly" is NOT A GODDAMN REASON to justify assaulting someone. This is absolutely infuriating. Ms. Moore should, at the very least, be fired.

The elderly victim told police that she was watching a movie on television in her bedroom when a male staff member entered her room to give her medication. The woman invited the man to sit on the bed and watch the movie with her.

But this kind of frightening mass mob? how do you look around yourself not go "oh shit guys we done did a real bad job to being fans, how about we all pack up and back off?". To compare it to something recent this video was making the rounds of lady gaga leaving rehearsal that a fan had taken. The group of kids had…

Oh fuck no. Just fuck no.

I think Merzwski was sentenced to 53 months in prison? Still doesn't feel long enough for the crime, but better than 13.

If the measure of a civilization is how it treats its weakest members, the U.S. is failing. Miserably, and on all counts.

I'd bet that piece of shit has been doing this crap for years. Now watch the home try to declare bankruptcy to avoid all the millions they are about to be sued for.

Merzwski was sentenced to just a year and a month in prison for sexual assault.

Wow, I mentioned this in the BK thread on Gawker but it is 1000x more appropriate here. If someone harmed my grandma, I'd murder all responsible for the act and any cover-up and I'm reasonably confident that nobody would convict me.

I don't feel all that bad for Rihanna—she's fairly well protected and she's well paid. But, like you, I don't understand what motivates that crowd (or any crowd like that—nothing particular to Rihanna). Jeez, is a touch with fame that alluring? It's completely irrational. Your remark about the pitchforks is…

I do not understand this behavior on any level, and I am saying this as a fan. I am one of those dopes who has waited in lines at cons, waited at stage doors (in small groups), and I understand the kind of fan who waits hours to stand behind a fence at a red carpet or the like. But what does this get you as a fan?…