God grant me the eloquence, composure, and facial control to someday take down the patriarchy as succinctly as New York City Council member Laurie Cumbo did on CNN earlier this week.
God grant me the eloquence, composure, and facial control to someday take down the patriarchy as succinctly as New York City Council member Laurie Cumbo did on CNN earlier this week.
So. CeeLo.
We’ve been here with famous men so many times that anything that can/will be said won’t be new. He (allegedly) drugged and raped a woman, and having not been charged with the rape but found guilty on charges stemming from the drugs, took to Twitter for a reprehensible series of tweets that cast serious doubt over his innocence. His actions? Disgusting. His words? Indefensible. His apology? Not worth a damn. His future? In all likelihood, this moment will pass, he’ll continue making music, and fans will remember this as a “regrettable” blip in an otherwise stellar career. Future generations will wonder how we reconciled our love of his artistry with his destructive actions, as they do the same ...
So. CeeLo.
We’ve been here with famous men so many times that anything that can/will be said won’t be new. He (allegedly) drugged and raped a woman, and having not been charged with the rape but ...
No shit you’re not a gynecologist. No one with any real knowledge of or expertise in the functioning of the female anatomy would think what you just had the mindlessness to say what this guy just said out loud.
Derek Johnson, a California judge, has been sanctioned by the state’s Commission on Judicial Performance for being a time traveler from a previous and less enlightened age. He’s been reprimanded for saying, in a judgment in a rape case, that the victim didn’t put up enough of a fight against her attacked, going on to say,
“I’m not a gynecologist, but I can tell you something: If someone doesn’t want to have sexual intercourse, the body shuts down. The body ...
No shit you’re not a gynecologist. No one with any real knowledge of or expertise in the functioning of the female anatomy would think what you just had the mindlessness to say what this guy just said ...
