And to clarify, I participated in my first anti-fascist demonstration in 1994—I’m not new to the concept, just the abbreviation.

Seriously. One of my kids asked about it so my husband and I looked it up. We were like....well, I guess this means our family is “antifa”?

My favorite was the woman who said she “did liberation theology work in south america in her 20's” and thought that gave her a platform to say people of color aren’t being nice enough.

Don’t forget how he can’t read Deadspin any more! Clearly that used to be a safe space for him.

Says the guy complaining about not being able to be white and un-challenged on a weekend where white supremacists are in the streets murdering people. At what point do you wake up and realize that the problem is you?

I can only speak for myself as an ally, but it makes me sick to see those Jezebel commenters complaining about the “level of discourse” when people are dying and being beaten, in public, in our country, by Nazis. It’s not comfortable for me to be called out for my privilege, but it is eminently and righteously fair.

In general I agree with you, but there are still some awfully racist factions in the BPD. Evans seems to be doing the best he can with what he’s got.

They are on their way—August 17th. I’m hoping Mahty shuts it down preemptively. I do have some faith in Evans but shit, I wish Menino were still alive and still our mayor. He was not perfect but he did not stand for this kind of shit.

Well, you’re doing a lot of things that show, as Marx and Sparks more eloquently put it, that you are not listening. You insist that you should have a seat at the table because of work you did when you were younger. You are telling people that you think they should engage in discourse using your rules, and you are…

You are very smart, and I like reading what you are writing.

God help me, I just love Tracy Morgan. I can’t help it.

And that style allows her to help the listener understand that what they are hearing is not OK. Something that’s sorely lacking with most media personalities. Jimmy Fallon should take a lot of notes.

I dunno- I certainly don’t think Terry Gross is perfect, but I really appreciate that she’s willing to call out some bullshit when she hears it. Imagine how much of a better place we’d be in if all media people called out misogyny instead of just normalizing it as a legitimate point of view.

I was never a huge Bright Eyes fan until this whole thing happened, but I’ve found it such an interesting example of how important feminism is to help both men and women parse events that are part of the patriachy/rape culture. His prior feminism seems to have helped him express how traumatic this was to him without…

Agree so much. It sounds exhausting to even have known her mother or grandmother. Being around families like this has always seemed fun to me for about a day, after which a sense of unease at the constant spontaneity set in.

Had not thought of that, and am so grossed out. blech.

But most often human trafficking is prosecuted in the federal system under the TVPA. Depending on the federal court district, most US attorney offices are eager to prosecute these. Upwards of 90% of federal indictments result in guilty pleas or convictions, so more often than not someone who is charged with it goes to…

Yes, thank you. Came here to say that. Also, trafficking statutes under the TVPA are incredibly restrictive and convictions result in decades of federal prison time, up to life.

Oh absolutely, yes. I am doing some work right now on both sex and labor trafficking and guess which one is getting more play? Including from very “concerned” male colleagues. blech.

You can take a look at websites for groups like FAAST and Samaritan’s Purse for a little flavor. Slate also had a thing about it—http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/faithbased/2015/03/christians_and_sex_trafficking_how_evangelicals_made_it_a_cause_celebre.html