SarahBird

I find it so sad that we won't go further than a phrase like "somewhat inappropriate" in characterizing assault. Nobody should have to explain that being touched without their permission didn't lead them to cheat on their partner.

Research librarian.

I just snorted so hard my wife thought there was something wrong with me. Sorry, babe.

@laughingcaptain56 "The world is loud and obnoxious in so many ways" -- yeah. That's exactly the point. It can be unpleasant to spend time with someone who is (a) part of that problem in the first place, and (b) content with adding even more chaos in the context of an already chaotic… Read More

I have only made it to #2 so far -- the "you gotta swallow semen" dude who somehow considers a black belt a medical qualification -- and JFC that is gross as hell. Way to make Eastern/alternative medicine look like a scam by sexually harassing your clients in the guise of treatment,… Read More

It's almost as though "the good guys" should have done their jobs with some semblance of ethics and/or good faith rather than create such a mess of a case that it couldn't stand up to interrogation. If guilty people walked free here, those so-called public servants have themselves… Read More

@certified_drapetomaniac That is an extremely valid point and I'm glad you brought it up. It really does get overlooked. Constantly, in fact. At the same time, at least in my experience, it seems as though the most pitiless comments about migrants tend to originate with people whose… Read More

@quirkytraveler292 "a Black activist"?

GOOD. The fact that they are still having to deal with this bullshit is sickening.

I wouldn't even go with "scary" necessarily, but that shit was *disturbing*.