I used to work for a disability rights organization (this is relevant, I swear). The vast majority of people I knew there were sane lefties, with one exception - they can be really vocal and judgey about people who terminate pregnancies based on known abnormalities. On Facebook, there has already been some backlash…

She is very brave and these stories are important. My best wishes to her that she will let the support she gets eclipse any of the stupid dumbasses that will try to villainize her and take her down. No one "likes" abortion. It's not a fun thing. But reproductive choices or management of difficult situations such…

It's really brave of her to share her experience.

Excuse me, what the fuck is "completed rape"?

seriously, it doesn't get any more legit then a study conducted by one of the preeminent scientific orgs in the US. Though honestly, I've never understood why people would deny this disturbing statistic in the first place, especially considering that multiple orgs have reported this exact same statistic. It's actually…

This is good but it won't stop them. I posted an anti-rape culture post yesterday that, I think, is getting near 550 stars. I still have men posting to that now with massive amounts of abuse.

BUT BUT BUT WHAT IF THEY LIED? What if they CLAIMED rape to further their own feminazi agendas? What if really he was drunk and SHE was drunk too and she SAYS she said no but she DIDN'T but then she felt like a slut so she said it was rape? WHAT ABOUT THAT, HUH? FALSE ACCUSATIONS, WHAT ABOUT TEH MENZ, etc.

While this is disturbing as fuck for many reasons, the silver lining is that we now have a better study to refer to when discussing this stuff with crazy MRAs. No, it won't change their minds, but at least when these assholes come at us with "DO YOU HAVE ANY SOURCES FOR THAT HMMM WHERE IS MY FEDORA?" we have something…

This is not personal, but it's as good a time as any to bring up how much I hate the "I can't get too upset about this" or "I can't muster that much rage over this" comments on stories about women's personal experiences. As though another woman's experience has to be measured and qualified by your specific…

Show me any evidence that these 72 hour waiting periods affect decision making or FUCK OFF FOREVER. Oh, you can't? Then shut up.

I also can't get over the screencap from the "You could just get fat" discussion where he says he's just trying to advocate personal responsibility.

Why is he allowed a platform?

Yet, nothing is done about sexual assault, short of blaming the "attacker," a guy who was likely as drunk as his "victim." [...] If drunk women who have sex are able to claim "rape," why aren't drunk men alleviated of responsibility for the poor decisions they make?

Tracie, I've loved working with you here and cannot wait to see what you have up your sleeve at your new job with [REDACTED COMPANY]. I'll never forget the time the entire Jezebel staff [REDACTED SUBSTANCE] on your roof and then took [REDACTED SUBSTANCE] while sharing our mutual weird sex fantasies about [REDACTED…

Wait you AND Lindy are leaving??? Is this a mass exodus????

My best friend is a 5'3" tiny woman, and she runs all the time. Once she was alone and a dude on his bike smacked her ass. So she shoved him off his bike and yelled, "THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR NOT WEARING A HELMET, ASSHOLE!!!" and then ran off.

I wasn't allowed to wear underwire bras growing up for this reason.