I went to UVA and I just want to reinforce the obvious: whether Jackie's story was straight up fiction or just had minor discrepancies, the depiction of how Virginia handles rape cases was absolutely, terrifyingly accurate. The way that people are already using this to discredit rape survivors and give the school a…

It's still true that very, very few rape accusations are false. It's still true that UVA's system for dealing with rape accusations is fucking atrocious.

What stands out to me in the Washington Post article are the quotes from other UVA students who are survivors of rape. Whether or not Jackie's story is true/partially true/untrue, rape still occurs on college campuses and gets mishandled by administration, and that's a huge problem. I really hope schools still take…

Jaime is the dude in the middle and I am literally everyone else after reading that.

$16k? That's...surprisingly not very much. And don't misunderstand me, I don't mean that to minimize what Johnson does, just the opposite. It's just startling to realize that you can bring a pretty good chunk of happiness to a bunch of kids for the same amount a lot of NFL players would drop on bottle service on a…

He may be on the downside of his career but he's always top-notch when it comes to his community. It's also amazing how fast kids are when it comes to 80 seconds of all the free toys they can grab.

Oh, I agree with you. But I also think that people in power didn't ever imagined it'd go that bad (both his actions and the public reaction). (And in the case of the Cosby Show, I guess it gave so much revenue for decades, it doesn't really hurt them if it stops now.)
And part of the sexism in this society is that men…

Very compelling. Thank you for an article that shows that investigative journalism is not dead. Working in entertainment, advertising and litigation over my career, I am sadly not surprised at the sordid details of Cosby's attempts to quash his accusers' allegations. Wealth, fame, power—- a superbad PR and legal…

I don't like the status quo either pal, believe me.

I've worked many security shifts at science conventions. Harassment comes in many flavors, is not just a women's issue, and should not be allowed.

I think that some feminists have been aggressive (and some are nutcases), but it's hardly representative. Statistically, it would be like characterising anti-racists as all being members of the Black Panthers.

"Feminism is a collection of movements and ideologies aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights for women. In addition, feminism seeks to establish equal opportunities for women in education and employment. A feminist is a supporter of equal rights for women."

When I was in college, I was one of the only women in the civil engineering program. I had a guy who started following me everywhere. I didn't realize it at first. Then one day I noticed that every time I'd look up, he'd be walking a parallel path to mine or sitting a few feet away or working in the same computer…

Believe me, us women don't want to include it. But it is pretty much included for us, everywhere we go. Yes, including spaces you go to on the regular. Like workplaces. And schools. And cons. Yes, I mean everywhere. Not constantly, most of the time, but it happens at least once every place I go. Yes. Every place. And…