It is interesting that something which has been the norm in American society up until just very recently and is still the norm in many other societies you would call not even "remotely healthy."

Oh sincere Twitter overtures to celebrities is a biggie.

That's a reasonable dealbreaker.

A lot of times porn-star screaming is just wailing, though (and a lot of porn is rapey), so if you're a kid whose sex ed comes mainly from porn, maybe you even interpret "screaming in pain" sounds as performative, porn star sounds. (I have no idea what sounds you'd think a rape victim SHOULD make if this is your…

You know how usually the double standard regarding male vs. female promiscuity just seems annoying? This is an example of how fucking dangerous it is. Look how they're discrediting the victims. "She has a lot of sex, therefore she's an untrustworthy whore trying to damage the reputation of this guy who also has a lot…

I want to find one, just one positive in this story, so good on the kid who recorded that drunk fucking scumbag. He should go into police work or something. You can hear him forcibly questioning "Brian," without cajoling him, and successfully getting a confession. Good on you kid. A+ job for an amateur.

So someone apologizes for making a racist remark with an actual apology instead of the typical non-apology bullshit we see, and he makes something of a gesture to help an organization that promotes diversity, and your response is that he can take it and shove it?

Cosby paid for her college tuition and her parents believed he had a "father-like" mentoring relationship with her. Hill ended the relationship when she was 19.

This is what I don't entirely understand about a bunch of these commenters. The BTK killer was married, had kids and was doing life WHILE taunting the public and the police. His wife quick peaced out when shit went down.

My ex traveled a lot for work. I never had any idea what was going on during his work trips. Knowing him, he was probably working 18 hours a day, but he could have been drugging and raping people and I never would have had any way of knowing. I have met enough crazy people that I might shrug off an accusation. I can't…

There's a post on Gawker that points that out, which I didn't see till after I posted the above. And the Gawker post shows his tweeted apology, which seems to hit the mark. So I will backtrack and agree with you. I still feel bad for all the aspiring and struggling black writers out there that had to hear it, though.

I went to the police when I was raped my freshman year of college. They told me it was out of their jurisdiction and it would have to be handled by campus police and a student hearing. The campus police simply alerted the administrative staff, we had a "hearing" (in which I had to confront my older rapist face to face…

The police aren't any better.

One tone-deaf, racist joke is all it takes to go from decorating your cubicle to your "Never Support This Asshole Again" list?

Well this is an awkward time for me...

This is a really sad statistic: "For further context, about 3% of children's books published in America are written by black authors or prominently feature black characters."

My children will be bi-racial.. I really really hope to have a library of books featuring kids that "look" like them. It makes me sad to think…

You know what I like about Raven's response? She clears the rumors about herself up, asks to be left out, and does not rush to defend him or refute any other women's claims (Ahem, cough cough, friends of Woody Allen).

Oh you know how those "reality stars" are, always trying to make drama and get on camera and false accusing decades long child hood icons of one of the worst things a human being can do to another. You know, like they do.

The actor submits their name for consideration. I'm pretty sure she was asked about it (rather than a public announcement, etc.) because people didn't see her on the nomination list the year after she won the Emmy, which is when she said the thing about the writing. I don't think it was so much a stunt than it was…

Oh, please. My not-at-all-wealthy teenaged nephews talk like this all the time, and we take the piss out of them constantly. Pretentious douchiness is a phase for a lot of kids.