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Stassa Edwards
sbedwards
Features editor. Writing at the intersection of women's health, politics, and history. Work at Lapham's Quarterly, Aeon, The Awl, Self, and Cabinet. Writing a book about hysteria.

“FSU plays a prominent part in the film in a one-sided segment accusing Tallahassee police and the University of ignoring sexual assault allegations against former quarterback Jameis Winston to protect the athletic program,” Thrasher continued. Read more

Is anyone going to mention that FSU’s president turned down an offer to appear on a televised panel discussing campus rape following the broadcast of the film and compared it to the Rolling Stone article? It’s not just a Jameis Winston problem — the whole university from top to bottom is absolutely in denial.
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Honest question for legal Jezzies. Although I, personally, believe that Winston is a vile piece of shit, does he have a case here? I believe the victim, and I KNOW that FSU and local police did a spectacularly terrible job of “investigating,” but he wasn’t charged with a crime. Does this constitute libel or Read more

Preeeeeeetty sure they’re making fun of Spencer Pratt, not actually thinking of hiring him.
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It’s weird how our leading voice in medicine seems uneducated in this area.
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“McCarthy also wondered why actors engaged in kissing scenes weren’t required to disclose their HIV status.” Read more

Jezebel Commenter On Jenny McCarthy Having A Radio Show: ‘Ick!’
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I volunteered on a sexual assault hotline for a few years, and you’d be surprised how common stories these are... I frequently talked to women maybe twice my age who had a devastating experience in their teens that turned into drug addiction, depression, and everything in between for years after. And the degree to Read more

This is so Mondrian I just can’t even cope with it.

The series’s entire point is that, for average citizens, war rarely means triumph, it means trauma. You’re not supposed to have the catharsis of a typical war movie—Collins’s entire point is that that shit is an invention of the movies. It’s not supposed to feel “worth it” at the end. Read more

A resignation letter, written in calligraphy, on a rotating fountain shaped like a middle finger. Read more

It’s important to note that Daesh is a loose acronym but also a play on words in Arabic -an insulting term that originated amongst Syrians. The group calling itself the Islamic State hates that term. Furthermore, using ‘Daesh’ undermines the aspirations of the terrorist group to be recognized as a caliphate and state. Read more

Oh I will. Would it surprise you if I said he also had a “death metal” garage band and continued to wear tie-dye almost every day through his first two years of college? Read more