Oof, I can already imagine the Dead Letters on this one. Gary is going to really lay into you from his Nextel i580 powered by PrimeCo. Read more

Thank you for continuing to report on this. I'm sure you could write a decent dead letters from these posts alone.
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“Since 2009, Semenya has been targeted by the international governing body for track, the International Association of Athletics Federations, as well as officials connected to the broader Olympic movement. These organizations claim Semenya has a naturally high level of testosterone, and that means she should not be… Read more

I have PCOS, which gives me high levels of testosterone.  Never ever in my life have I ever been athletic.  This “high testosterone = unfairly better athlete” stuff is bullshit. Read more

I find myself in a weird place on this. First let me clear I don’t care for the ugliness that comes with competition, yes it is super important and has good aspects but the bad gets really bad if not managed. And this... “fairness” when used with the word “protecting” is nothing but bigotry in disguise. My heart cries… Read more

“Separate but equal” is almost never a good phrase to stand by in defending justice. Read more

The thing that’s cheesing me off is that there haven’t been that many studies on chromosomes and hormones across the population. Read more

My dad was captain of the track team in the 60s, and coached track and cross for fifty years. I ran competitively for twenty. This sport has been my life since I was born, and this situation is heartbreaking because it’s exposed a lot of ugliness. Read more

I am sad to read this; I admired Nancy Hogshead-Makar, especially for her honesty about surviving sexual assault. But this is so not okay, I can’t see okay from where she stands.  Read more

Far too many times have I seen a woman rise to power as a champion for other women, only to make clear her vision of feminism is only for white women.
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I find it baffling. Go Fug Yourself isn’t even mean. They only talk about the clothes and do not body-shame, nor do they allow it in the comments. Olivia picked the wrong thing to complain about and as has been pointed out on twitter, is a massive hypocrite. Read more

Thanks for this, Diana. Could you link to a resource (more accessible than Prof. Goodmark’s book) that lays out what some of these fabulous DV orgs say would better help end the violence, especially against women of color? Read more

The whole opposition is virtue signaling at its worst. There is a great quote referenced in the Splinter article about this hearing, where Sunu Chandy, the legal director of the National Women’s Law Center told the committee Read more

I’m always amazed at the contrasts between NFL owners; here Robert Kraft is trying to stifle video of his massage parlor visit, while Jerry Jones would license it, release it on DVD (after adding a “Making of” feature as bonus material), and offer it for on-demand streaming… Read more

It’s basically the Streisand effect here, and it’s wonderful Read more

Avenatti: Nike was paying college players! Read more

I’m a revenge porn victim, and while it didn’t ruin my life or anything, it did really damage my ability to trust people. The worst part wasn’t my shitty abusive ex sharing the photos (I mean, he was shitty and abusive, so it was hardly a surprise) but the people I knew and trusted who were apparently part of a… Read more

Goddamn, this was a tragic but necessary read.+1 Read more

I spent a good chunk of 2 years trying to put someone in jail for my assault—- only after I found out he assaulted two others. Read more

I work for 911 and this type of thing happens often. Not usually resulting in a murder suicide but... Read more