The division of the settlement is a creature of FL state law. My understanding is that there’s a 300k max on what you can collect in compensatory damages as a Plaintiff in a suit against a public entity. The $700k to the attorneys is to cover her fees, which I’m sure were significant and probably had to be verified by… Read more

“The only thing as vicious as rape is falsely accusing someone of rape.” Read more

There was a great outline of it in the NYT a few years ago, trying to find for you Read more

What people here should be wondering is about the cost-benefit analysis they performed on the fly back when she first reported the crime. Read more

That’s exactly the issue with this apology. She doesn’t seem to realize what was wrong with her first statement, or why she got the backlash she did (even though it was made pretty clear).
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Ok I think this is what she was really trying to say Read more

Still no acknowlegement of women of color, huh?
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“We should stay alert and united and support each other to change this unfair reality and don’t let anyone sabotage our common efforts by distorting the truth.” So this isn’t really an apology. She thinks people distorted the truth, or that people didn’t get what she was saying and concentrated on the wrong thing. She… Read more

What about the rif on #OscarsSoWhite? They did a pretty good job on that one too. Read more

Thanks for responding, Stassa. I really appreciate hearing your perspective on this (and totally agree that it’s awesome to have both candidates on board for repealing Hyde!) Read more

Bernie Sanders Makes Another Sweeping Proclamation With No Plan Read more

Ignoring the politics between NARAL and Sanders because both democratic candidates are committed to getting rid of the amendment; this is awesome! Read more

Also reporting from DC, where we have an epic video of deer frolicking down the middle of a deserted city street. Read more

Julie Delpy’s words are remarkably tone-deaf but I’m more disappointed in Charlotte Rampling — and “disappointed” is me using polite language — because I’ve actually appreciated the chances she’s taken as a film actress over the years.
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Retta! The best. She is just so amazing. Read more

Imagine how these fuckers would react if the Oscars didn’t honor any white people one year. Read more

Julie Delpy has somehow gotten this far in life without ever having seen, heard of or met a black woman. Are we unicorns? Do we not exist? We’re apparently just myth.

Bethany Franklin is a blithering moron . Read more

You know it’s bad when the only highlight in the dirt bag is Gwyneth Paltrow.

Bitch can take SEVERAL seats. “Racist to whites” isn’t a thing, because racism is prejudice PLUS institutional power, and white people are the ones with institutional power. It’s 2016, and there’s frankly no excuse for such self-indulgent ignorance. She can come back once she reads a damned book: preferably, Ta-Nehisi… Read more