So would the Gamergate trolls not count as bullies, because they were anonymous sources making online death threats from far away? None of them individually had more power than their targets, after all...
This reasoning sounds really specious, both here and in the article. It’s a distinction without a difference. It…
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This is one of those cases where it’s reeeeallly hard to imagine Jez defending a male professor who rationalized nailing his severely mentally handicapped female student.
Not impossible. Just reeeeallly hard.
In fact, I suspect Jez would be on the frontline screaming “RAPE!” Whence the double standard? It’s not rape if…
Switch the genders in this scenario (male prof taking advantage of female intellectually disabled) and you’ll have an idea of how asinine this comment sounds. Quibbling about length of sentence and claiming (without any first- or even second-hand knowledge) that the victim “enjoyed” it? Jesus.
“This is (I’m assuming) a friendship that was born naturally with the implied intent of mutually supporting one another.”
Where is the “mutual support” when one friend is going nuclear on the other friend’s husband and then writing breakup emails? You’re putting the obligation all on Brook’s side to put up with her…
The pet thing was just one example. LW suggested this type of issue was common across their interactions and causing a lot of stress, frustration, and heartache. It’s certainly possible that he’s a passive-aggressive asshole and she’ll be better off if he leaves. It’s also possible that they’re fundamentally…
“Should I leave my fiancee for my crush?”
99% of the time the correct answer is “no”.
Just because she likes you when you’re unavailable, doesn’t mean she’ll like you if you throw away your fiancee and your life for her. Many would consider that thirsty and unattractive
It’s not illegal to distribute (non-child) pornography.
It is illegal to distribute pornography to minors, which this kid is obviously guilty of, but since he’s a minor himself, I bet he’s getting off (apologies for the pun) pretty light.
“What happens when there’s a certain cache to be gained from proclaiming that you’re feminist?”
Like a cache of treasure? Where might this cache be stashed?
Ohhhh..... you meant cachet ;)
What are the odds that a movie called “How To Be Single” ends with all the leads comfortably ensconced in monogamous relationships that exceed their wildest expectations...
Having looked at the Tuneyards review (I refuse to indulge her stupid alt-caps fetish), it seems to me that Jessica Hopper's take is either exceptionally boneheaded or willfully full-of-it. He's not "reviewing [Merrill Garbus's] body", he's observing that her insecurities, based in a weight problem she no longer has,…
I guess it's easier to act condescending for no intelligent reason than to actually respond to the points I made, which is obviously beyond your critical thinking abilities. Not to mention your rhetorical abilities. Of course, anyone who uses "entitled" as code for "having an offline life" must have serious issues…
For some black voices (who?) that might be the case, but not for one as high-profile as Q-Tip.
Stop pretending that OP wants to prevent black men, or any black people, from tracing the roots of their music and art back to slavery (I had to rewrite your poorly worded sentence to make it comprehensible).
To reuse an…
I have what people off the Internet call a "life", which means I don't have time to parse Q-Tip's every tweet like it's the Word of God made manifest. I don't have time to parse anyone's every tweet like it's the Word of God made manifest. Much less stitch 40 (!) of them together into a coherent essay, when they were…
"It's not a get off my lawn thing." You just don't get grammar, I guess...
Or I'll ignore it entirely until someone else reposts it in a less obnoxious format.
Not just me, either; lots of people who could benefit from hearing this argument simply won't, because if he couldn't be bothered to organize his thoughts in a comprehensible and concise manner, why should they do that work for him?
Completely disagree. I read the essay at the top of this article, but scrolled straight through the tweet pictures to the comments.
Jesus, whether you're black or white, whether you're discussing race or not, how arrogant to expect people to follow your rambling, digressive point through forty fucking tweets.
Where is the "thumbs down" button so I can take away a star? I want to discourage the use of thought-terminating cliche GIFs on Jezebel.
Just do what you can, and ignore the morons who want to nitpick and dismiss your contributions, like the one who wrote this article.
The author isn't interested in "spoon-feeding people answers on how to stop feeling white guilt" because her agenda is piling more guilt on top.
"Oh, you sincerely wanna help raise awareness of these issues? You want to acknowledge your own privilege and call attention to it as a problem? Well, you didn't do it…