Until I read this comment, I thought I was the only sane person on earth that felt this way about this story.

Further, he is a medical doctor selling scam pills.

thank you! there seem to be a few of us at least - all hope for humanity (and Jezebel) is not lost!

Difference here is Kenny’s not real. This is a real person and this really happened. And now her name and face (and that of her partner and child) are blowing up the internet against her will. It doesn’t matter how funny the language used is, it still horrifies me. If it was fiction... possibly I might think it was…

I work in human rights issues so sorta? Though it’s less personal and constant so I guess you got me. Today’s lesson: if Jezebel says so, laughing at rape is Good.

“Jess doesn’t sound like at any point she’s acting without complete agency”

You mean even when she was tied up, beaten and later forced to suck her pimp’s cock in front of another man to teach him a lesson? K. You know, you don’t just get to use a bunch of words you learned in some goddamn feminist studies class until…

Not cool. Your fertility problems are not justification for publishing photos of a child of a sex worker. I hope that if you are fortunate enough to have a kid, people don't throw up pictures of the two of you on the internet labeled "This child's mom takes out her frustrations on innocent kids." Because just like the…

I didn’t enjoy it after it got to the clearly “holy shit that’s fucked up and sad” parts. Good story telling or not, thinking about these things actually happening removed all the humor for me.

it doesn’t matter that the article was written by you, i’ve been trying to call out anyone i see discussing this in a lighthearted manner. it’s a story about exploitation and abuse. Zola is just as guilty as any man in the story. she pimped out jess and exposed her trauma for whole world to see.

Yeah, it is a great story. But take a break from congratulating yourself for all the wonderful things you’ve done and how pro-sex worker you are, to recognize that “I Know Why the Caged Bird Hoes” reads as very racist, and that, whatever your intent, what you characterize as flippant comes off as racist and classist —…

I wonder though if Zola was a male narrator if people (especially on this site) would find this as amusing. Pretty sure the reaction would be completely different.

It doesn't seem right to repost an image of someone who almost certainly doesn't want it posted in this context, especially as it features a clear picture of (presumably) her young son.

jesus. this.

am I on jezebel? I did not find this entertaining at all... I am sick to my stomach.

LOL yeah you don’t wish her any ill will... you’re just reposting her picture on the internet with her face completely visable so even more people can be aware of her past. A past she probably will never be able to escape now that this has blown up on the internet. But you are having a bad day so I’m sure it is…

Yeah, a woman getting beaten unconscious and shoved in a closet is hilarious as long as she’s made enough bad decisions.

God you people make me sick. I can’t imagine how hard it is for someone to move on after something like this. I can only hope you suffer something equally as degrading and traumatizing and it gets splashed all over the front page of this hypocritical piece of trash blog.

For some people, it’s not about the fact that you wrote it (it’s a compelling story and twitter is public). It’s that you published Jess’ photograph without blacking out her face. Even if it had been all over twitter, she clearly was trying to move on and was uncomfortable having her job as a sex worker public (at…

What you read isn’t actually unheard of. Trick (Jess) tries to lure in another woman (Zola) for her pimp (Z). Jarrett is the “bf:” not like you and I understand boyfriends. A trick’s bf is generally just a vulnerable person, not always a dude either, who is tricked into supporting the trick thinking they are in a real…

you may want to look into transferring her to a new school if her stories are like that.

reading this whole storify actually made me really sad, am I alone in that?