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I mean it's strange in that most people go through life without voluntarily putting videos of themselves having sex on the internet, but I feel like you were probably going for something else.

06-05-2015 , 01:49 PM

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Liberal professors again

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The American Association of University Professors reports that 76 percent of faculty across all US institutions are adjuncts — non-tenured contract positions that universities can terminate or not renew at will. Those uncertain jobs are also poorly-paid, a study from the US House of Representatives last year found that a majority of adjuncts live below the poverty line, and that they rarely have access to health, retirement, or other benefits. Tenure-track jobs are comparatively rare, and even tenure itself may be becoming a political target: Wisconsin governor and GOP presidential hopeful Scott Walker is pushing legislation that would weaken tenure protections for state university professors.

That means that, as Vox's anonymous correspondent wrote in his article, "the academic job market is brutal. Teachers who are not tenured or tenure-track faculty members have no right to due process before being dismissed, and there's a mile-long line of applicants eager to take their place."

In that context, it's hardly surprising that non-tenured university lecturers would take an extremely conservative approach to any perceived threat to their job security. As the "liberal professor" wrote, "in this type of environment, boat-rocking isn't just dangerous, it's suicidal, and so teachers limit their lessons to things they know won't upset anybody."

That is a real issue, with real implications for education, and for academic freedom. But pinning the blame on students' embrace of identity politics is a mistake. If adjuncts and junior faculty members feel insecure enough to censor their teaching or work, then that's a problem in their relationship with their universities, not in their relationships with their students.

http://www.vox.com/2015/6/5/8736591/...essor-identity

06-05-2015 , 04:31 PM

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In what way?

You can't be serious

06-05-2015 , 04:54 PM

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Same question to you, ikes - in what specific way are we supposed to find this strange?

06-05-2015 , 05:00 PM

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Someone who took a stand and made a HUGE deal out of standing up for women's rights (obv nothing wrong with this) decides to make a porn video and put it on the internet. Nothing could possibly go wrong.

I mean, it just doesn't really further her cause or help what she's trying to do in any way.

06-05-2015 , 05:12 PM

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Yeah, I mean now that she's appeared in a sex tape, people will know she couldn't possibly have been raped.

06-05-2015 , 05:21 PM

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One of the most fundamental rights is the right of consent and ability to refuse sex. The work seems to be based around this concept.

BTW not a good look that you are judging her negatively for doing the video. Basically as a man you are continuing what the video seeks to explore, namely that her choices should conform to what you as a man believe and you have narrow definitions for what a victim is, the implication of your post is "if she is involved in sex work of some kind she cannot be a rape victim".

I'm not sure I fully get her cause or know what she is trying to do, I know for a fact you don't, so it is weird for you to assume it isn't furthering her down the path she wants to go. In fact I am pretty sure your reaction was one she wanted and expected.

06-05-2015 , 05:56 PM

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both of those responses are so unbelievably disingenuous as to what I said earlier, it's pretty incredible

this video has nothing to do with whether she was raped or not

06-05-2015 , 05:58 PM

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Is she not allowed to both be a feminist and have sex?

06-05-2015 , 06:03 PM

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Is she not allowed to both be a feminist and have sex?

What?? That's not the issue here.

06-05-2015 , 06:13 PM

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What?? That's not the issue here.

So what is?

06-05-2015 , 06:20 PM

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both of those responses are so unbelievably disingenuous as to what I said earlier, it's pretty incredible

this video has nothing to do with whether she was raped or not

All you've done is be like "that's weird" and post smiles and act like your point is obvious. How the **** have you said anything?

And like

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has released a new video in which she and an anonymous man act out sex acts that turn violent.

Calling that a "sex tape" seems pretty disingenuous in the first place.

06-05-2015 , 06:32 PM

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Same question to you, ikes - in what specific way are we supposed to find this strange?

I guess I'll take the bait here, but making a sexually explicit re-enactment of her rape is weird as ****.

06-05-2015 , 06:53 PM

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All you've done is be like "that's weird" and post smiles and act like your point is obvious. How the **** have you said anything?

And like

Calling that a "sex tape" seems pretty disingenuous in the first place.

Jezzabel went with "disturbing sex tape." Wonder how many years people will call these things tapes? Kids will need an explanation of old school technology.
Anybody see it? Looks like they pulled it within a day.

06-05-2015 , 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by bobman0330

Yeah, I mean now that she's appeared in a sex tape, people will know she couldn't possibly have been raped.

Well that's more because she was supposedly strangled but somehow had no physical injuries ever.

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Same question to you, ikes - in what specific way are we supposed to find this strange?

Do we know of any person to ever intentionally make a sex tape to promote her story of a rape? It's weird as **** man.

That doesn't even get into the controversy of her accusation. If a person did this who was 100% for sure raped it would be ****ing weird.

06-05-2015 , 07:09 PM

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This person is seriously ****ing disturbed:

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You might be wondering why I’ve made myself this vulnerable. Look—I want to change the world, and that begins with you, seeing yourself. If you watch this video without my consent, then I hope you reflect on your reasons for objectifying me and participating in my rape, for, in that case, you were the one who couldn’t resist the urge to make Ceci N’est Pas Un Viol about what you wanted to make it about: rape.

And seriously brings the lols about what she thinks is consent.

06-05-2015 , 07:58 PM

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She's certainly strange but quite possibly strangely brilliant.

06-05-2015 , 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ikestoys

This person is seriously ****ing disturbed:

And seriously brings the lols about what she thinks is consent.

You just don't understand her, ikes.

/phillllllllll

06-05-2015 , 08:58 PM

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McCain is an A-hole part 15754

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/05/29...holy-land.html

06-05-2015 , 09:06 PM

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Do we know of any person to ever intentionally make a sex tape to promote her story of a rape? It's weird as **** man.

If you put it that way it's no stranger than carrying the mattress.

06-05-2015 , 09:08 PM

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That was really weird too, although recording yourself replicating your rape is even weirder.

06-05-2015 , 11:31 PM

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I guess the proper reaction would be for her to curl up into the fetal position and weep uncontrollably for the rest of her life. How dare she have the strength and courage to throw her violent sexual assault back in our faces as a challenge to the very culture that led to her rape? She's just a woman. Her assigned role is to be a passive victim.

06-05-2015 , 11:49 PM

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People are back lashing against mattress girl because the evidence doesn't really support her claims. You don't have to be conservative or liberal to think that this is incredibly weird.

06-05-2015 , 11:58 PM

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...and by "doesn't support" I mean the evidence actively debunks almost all of her claims and actively shows that she even lied to prosecutors in multiple instances.

She is the stereotypical case of "bitches be crazy".

06-06-2015 , 12:00 AM

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Yeah, I mean, when people call me "Mattress Girl" I find that really infuriating. It's like, okay great, so you think that I'll never progress beyond that point. That I'll be a "Mattress Girl" rather than a living, breathing person who has the ability to change.

If she wants to move past "mattress girl" then this short film was a rather odd and counterproductive choice. I believe her about the rape but suspect she will regret releasing this.

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