I like the new fantasy element that has entered Florida Man/Florida Woman's activities. Previously most of the stories fell into the category of poor decision-making on the part of criminally inclined, often inebriated and frequently angry people. But with this story and the one a couple days ago about the unicorn…

If she behaved rudely, then the Macklemore guy should have commented on her behavior, not her size. (I wonder if the newer CL post was actually written by Macklemorish himself as a stealth defense of his rudeness)/

Unfortunately, I doubt that this ad, scathingly well-written though it is, will pierce the thick hide of his ego. People who act like this tend to believe they are divinely anointed to critique other people for perceived social crimes like not being sufficiently decorative or being attractive but failing to smile, etc.

My reaction would depend upon the person associated with the boxer shorts. Like if there was a pic of Tom Hardy wearing a certain style of shorts and then someone handed a pair of that same style to me. Also, were they clean? Because I don't know any woman, hetero or queer, who gets turned on by anyone's dirty drawers.

In college, I knew several people who espoused this kind of leaky "I'm not racist because of having sex with black people" defense. One of my friends said she wished she could get a professor to approve her writing a paper on "The Myth of Overcoming Racism Through Penile Injection/Vaginal Engulfment."

The line "her blonde hair became legendary" is bizarre for a news story. Sounds like something you'd expect from either a Penthouse Forum letter or a Harlequin romance novel.

By that kind of logic, someone arrested for robbing a convenience store could point out that, hey, at least they didn't kidnap anyone.

But that is the kind of language often used by a range of people interested in many different types of energy healing, ranging from reiki (developed by a Japanese Buddhist) to Celtic shamanism (based on an interpretation of pre-Christian spirituality in Celtic cultures) to Healing Touch (developed by a US nurse). …

An interest in reiki does not necessarily make someone guilty of Orientalism. That part of the advice was a bit smug, not to mention uninformed. As far as a friend's friends being toxic jerks, that can sometimes be a warning signal. Depends on what you mean by "toxic" and "beyond irritating" (do they exhibit a lack…

So bare bones a definition does nothing to rule out activities such as pedophilia or bestiality. The fact that many people define rape that way creates a culture of violence and abuse.

No, sex is by definition consensual. RAPE IS NOT SEX, therefore no one rapes "for sex."

Interesting how it's acceptable for two women two be in physical contact but not for two men. Can't imagine a magazine cover featuring two male stars posing like prom dates, holding hands, etc (unless ironically or if the pose somehow related to a movie they starred in together). Although I would like to see, say…

Friendship breakups are as hard as romantic breakups. Maybe worse, because usually you get to talk with your friends about how your ex screwed you over but there's not always someone willing to be a shoulder to cry on over a friendship ending.

Doesn't matter. Those laws seem to apply only to white men so the woman in question probably couldn't cite that statute if she defended herself against any rapists.

Comparing those who believe DF to a "lynch mob" while failing to call out the misogyny of the WA apologists' attacks on both Mia and Dylan Farrow tends to diminish your claims of balance on this issue.

If anyone in this conversation is dangerous, it is you, the rape apologist. You don't dare let a shaft of compassionate intelligence enter your closed mind, do you?

Your hostility to the very term rape culture speaks volumes about you. You lack the courage to truly examine your own belief system, clinging tightly to your blinders. There's nothing more pathetic than someone who chronologically ages into adulthood without every developing a real sense of compassion, someone who…

As others have pointed out (http://www.shakesville.com/2014/02/the-co…), sexual assault victims frequently suffer a secondary trauma through people treating their statements with disbelief. Your stance is at least less toxic than Lightbulb's ("If nothing else the Farrows have gotten a lot of publicity"—what a crass…

There's nothing "fishy" about a victim speaking her truth—except perhaps to someone who is emotionally invested in rape culture.

There's nothing "objective" about assuming that an adult woman plainly stating the facts of her childhood sexual abuse is lying, has an ulterior motive, etc.