This is another harrowing example of the need for more states to adopt Safe Harbor laws. Had Kruzan been duly recognized as a victim of human trafficking rather than identified as a criminal/prostitute, perhaps her sentence would have been dramatically lighter. Unfortunately even today, despite international and…

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Pfffth. I stopped worrying about being perceived as cool by the time I was 20 or so. Fuck 'em. I smoke. Think what you may.

Buuuulllllshit. Weed is great. Because it gets you high.

There are plenty of other ways to "rebel." Smoke/vape/eat weed for the pure enjoyment, and classist nonsense be damned.

I'll tell you what, after three college degrees, I see my brain as a depository of a lot of valuable information priced at nearly six-figures.

I do not like the writing here. Helmets are not "humiliating." Helmets are necessary, like seat belts in cars. Forgoing a helmet is not "badass," it is very stupid.

You make it worse, making all those comments about humiliation and dorkiness. It isn't—serious bike nuts wear helmets. Intelligent, educated people wear helmets. And it isn't a foregone conclusion that everybody matures out of being willing to wear one. Maybe in LA, it's cooler to die that be seen in a helmet, but…

I have posted this before, but I think this interview is really insightful. It's Dr. Maria Klawe, renowned computer scientist and president of Harvey Mudd College, discussing how Harvey Mudd dramatically increased the ratios of women majoring in Computer Science by systematically addressing three key things that were…

When I entered the Computer Sciences program I was one of SIX women in that enrollment, only four of whom were full-time students ie. on campus all the time as opposed to just dropping in occasionally. Of those four, I'd say two were honestly gifted/smart. Yet all four of us were "the girls". Walking down a hallway…

Hardison from Leverage was a hacker.

I think the experience you have in the Bay Area depends on what kind of minority you are. We do NOT all get treated the same and we do NOT all occupy the same position of status and privilege up here. If you are Asian, you are sitting pretty. If you are Black or Latino, then not so much.

"Other DOJ statistics show that the overall rape rate is in sharp decline: since 1995, the estimated rate of female rape or sexual assault victimizations has decreased by about 60 percent"

Let's take a closer look at those numbers, shall we...

You don't even need to read the entire cited study to see how grossly…

You are looking at it solely in a criminal mindset. I'm talking about morally. And I disagree with your analogy: If your poker buddy was so drunk he couldn't remember how to play poker and just went through a few drunken motions, slurs a few words and then dozes off while prematurely showing his hand..and you are…

From Kitchens Twit feed.

Just as when Jesus came to Jericho and saw Zacchaeus in the tree. Jesus addressed him by name and said, "I cannot in good conscience have dinner with you. Ugh, tax collectors are the worst. I hope you see the dinner your tax collector choices made you lose out on, and plan accordingly. You are all corrupt bastards."…

Whenever I see rape-victim blaming I like to bring up stealing as an analogy. Like say a guy gets drunk and leaves the bar alone with a $100 bill sticking out of his back pocket just 'begging' to be stolen. You see this guy in the subway station, and there is no one else around, no one to catch you. Do you snatch the…

By all means dude, don't trust women enough to have sex with them when they are passed out drunk. Don't trust them!!!!

In my freshman year of college, my best friend (who was and is absolutely gorgeous) came over to my dorm room and we were drinking heavily and doing what college girls do — watching Simpsons reruns and playing video games between drinks. She put down way more than I did and got extremely drunk, so I set my…

If twerking taught us anything, it's the mainstream media are great at thinking things that have existed for years are recent developments.