Blargh- a colleague sent me the books (on my work email!) unsolicited. I feel your pain.

I meant in relation to the child sexual abuse allegations against him—I thought there was a criminal case filed, but it all sort of disappeared from the news. I thought he had been placed on leave from the Met but then never heard any more.

Yeah, I mean the criminal case that I think was filed in Chicago was really really shocking. Then it all seemed to disappear.

What ever happened with James Levine? I feel like Martins has gotten more attention, but the accusations against Levine were also incredibly shocking.

This is a wonderful thing.

You may have accidentally searched “famous con artist”

BWCs won’t change officer behavior because in most of these instances of brutality, the cops think they are justified. That’s only going to change when cops stop being racist. Since the study is still going on, it seems too soon to say they are completely ineffective in court. Once case law gets more settled and…

Where’s that dude from the last article who was like, “the Dad must have something wrong with him if they wouldn’t give him custody”? I’m anxiously awaiting his contrition.

Where do we fall on being middle-class and helping the poor? Cuz I feel like there’s a middle-ground that they aren’t taking advantage of.

“Our logo is controversial, trendy, and depicts sex, as envisioned by people who’ve never had it.”

Exactly. And even if she did “know” (I believe the words people are looking for here are really suspect, or had heard a rumor about), what exactly was she supposed to do? Call in Mariska Hargitay?

Yup. And this is how the backlash finds traction. Women fight against women, blame each other and their antagonism is given the platform over the actual abusers. I believe Rose McGowan and understand her anger, but she might not be the best spokesperson going forward.

I really don’t understand why anyone gives Andrew Sullivan a platform. His stupid screed against intersectionality really showed just how limited he is in imagining anyone’s experience outside of his own. America is suffering from a terminal lack of imagination these days.

I really appreciate the deep-dive this week on the West vs. Coates fight. I haven’t read either closely enough to feel confident in giving an opinion, but the general gist reminds me of grad school debates over the “pure” ideology and the nasty business of implementing an ideology. Good executives (like Obama) are…

Tronald.

Gossip is useful in the “problem formation” phase, I think. Women feel alone, are gaslighted, are made to expect and normalize certain behavior. Gossip can unite and galvanize victims to speak up—it’s step one in a process that has to include legitimate institutions as well.

They’re really going all in on this one. Maybe it’s Munchausen by- proxy-by-proxy.

90's too—it happened to me. I was usually up for pills of various sorts but had a hard line about LSD, mescaline, etc. because I had seen some people really mess up their heads. It was not a good time and I was really pissed when I figured out what had happened.

I mean- things are expensive if you make them so, but you can learn to tie flies, find antique rods and reels and rehab them, or just in general take good care of your tackle and it won’t cost too much. I don’t fly-fish but my husband has inherited it as a skill from him broke as shite fench-canadian family. While it…

I loved Good Eats (and we still do the turkey triangle every Thanksgiving), but I feel like I’ve read that he is very right wing and a difficult person. By which I mean: brace yourself.