A MAN!?!? Because we HATE them. Read more

File under "J" for rape jokes! Read more

obviously not sarcasm! Read more

You know, I wanted to feel the way you do and hate them for being twee as fuck, but I just couldn't do it! I couldn't hate on it. What's wrong with me? Read more

Re: people asking why we're just writing about this now — it's because Obietalk was shut down and just relaunched a few days ago. Read more

I don't find the culture alien — I'm not Hasidic, but I'm Jewish, and I don't see the Satmars as "others." I see alleged rapists as alleged rapists. One of the reasons why this man was able to get away with what he's accused of is because of the way the community operates. That's not something that's up for debate, in… Read more

I'm very confused by your response! Do you think sexual assault that happens within Hasidic households shouldn't be reported just because it happens other places, too? Maddie never said sexual violence towards servants was a Jewish thing. I wrote an article about the Hasidic community and she commented about the… Read more

Haha okay. I am on the defense re: my posts turning into unrelated literary disagreements after people got pissed at me for my thoughts on Kurt Vonnegut. http://jezebel.com/5963876/true-story-i-airline-dated-and-lived-to-tell-the-tale Read more

YOU GUYS. Lolita is one of my favorite books and I agree. But, colloquially, the term "Lolita" is used to describe a slutty minor who tricks a poor unsuspecting man into falling in love with her. I would never describe anyone in that way, obviously, which is why I used it sarcastically in my last sentence, which I… Read more

ever. Read more

please make Crafternoons a thing. Read more

last paragraph = so true. Read more

Hey, I used it because "forcible rape" was the term used in the police reports: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/526461-mu-police-department-report.html but I see your point and I'll take it out of the intro. Read more

LOVE IT. Read more

I'd love to hear more about your story, if you want to talk: katie @ jezebel dot com. Read more

I was so horrified by the story that I totally forgot that it was the same case! (Also, I wasn't working here at the time, but I remember it, of course.) Will update. Read more

First off, no rape is justified, ever, regardless of how someone is dressed — come on, now. You could talk to her about what kinds of books and movies and TV shows she likes and how she feels about her friends and boys — because it seems like maybe she's imitating someone, either on screen or IRL — and give her some… Read more

Sorry, when did I dismiss the positive aspects of religion, or all religion in general? Read more

Are you reading what I'm saying? I never said I wasn't being derisive. Some things are worth derision. And it is very inferential to say I said that "everyone who has faith in something is an ignorant, backward fool." Read more

You're being an overly inferential reader. I was specific about the aspects of religion I think are worth derision. It's crucial to call out religious people who attempt to force their views on others and it's clear to me that tolerance doesn't solve anything in this case. Read more