Only marginally better than the time Anakin Skywalker opened a Montessori school.

Is it just me, or do you stop taking someone seriously the minute they use the word ‘hubby’ in a professional email? Read more

Ughhhhh what? No. No no no no no. How could you even? Why? Guuuh.

Are people with mental disabilities not allowed to consent to sex? Because, it sounds like, by their definition, he doesn’t meet some kind of prerequisite to engage in a sexual relationship. And I think that should set off an alarm by the means in which this woman is being persecuted. Read more

Here’s an academic, published paper that DJ “wrote”. Read more

It would be a good idea to read beyond Engber’s melodrama-infused account of the case. The science of facilitated communication has been downplayed in it so that he can suggest there might be something to FC. A better reporter would not be “interviewing” people via FC. He might as well be using mediums to interview… Read more

My sister has met these people, including DJ, and she objected (to me) about the infantilization of DJ, as well as other handicapped people. Which leads me to a different point of view.
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THANKS NATASSSHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! ‘PRESHIATE THE RESPONSE!!! Read more

Ouch: Author of the NYT piece that got Jezebel “obsessed” was not impressed by the rewrite. For good reason. Tweets: Read more

She was my ethics professor. I am shocked that she did this, but not shocked by her reasoning behind doing this. Read more

I read another article regarding this case that stated DJ had written through Facilitated Communication that he was interested in certain kinds of red wine and specific literature, things that Anna was actually interested in. She was completely projecting her personality and desires onto him, developing some kind of… Read more

Ok wait. First of all, I am in no way saying that this was not rape. Read more

I read this piece and was completely enthralled with it, like you. What Stubblefield did was rape. But she truly, deeply believes that she is communicating with him, and that it was consensual, and that he really is an intellectual and thoughtful man trapped in a body that doesn’t work. Read more

“No one’s been taken advantage of. I’ve been trying to seduce Anna for years, and she resisted me valiantly.” Read more

Having read the NYT article I think the only part that the prosecutor and jury got wrong is the length of sentence. Taking at face value FC and its usefulness in helping those communicate who otherwise could not, Anna was hired as a professional. In the position of a professional, one that specialized in ethics no… Read more

The linked article is SO SO SO worth reading. I am intrigued to see how this plays out! Read more

No pictures or identifying details have been released about DJ and his family (for obvious reasons) but it is worth noting that he is a black man preyed upon by a white woman in a position of power. Adds a whole other level of fuckedupness to this. Read more

Agreed. I think that I would have a very different approach to this case if FC wasn’t in question. Read more

The answer would be yes. He’s GUILTY of delighting a million Jr. detectives and podcast listeners! Read more