I think this belongs here, because this man is definitely a feminist.
One hour, seven minutes, eleven seconds. I’m watching it now.
Head of School Matt Micciche seemingly first learned of the problem in November 2023, when a student anonymously reported the explicit deepfakes through a school portal run by the state attorney’s general office called “Safe2Say Something.” But Micciche allegedly did nothing, allowing more students to be targeted for months until police were tipped off in mid-2024.
So, for months the school knew about this but opted to ignore it until they were forced to address it by LE.
Cops arrested the student accused of creating the harmful content in August. The student’s phone was seized as cops investigated the origins of the AI-generated images. But that arrest was not enough justice for parents who were shocked by the school’s failure to uphold mandatory reporting responsibilities following any suspicion of child abuse.
As well they should be!! WTF is going on here?
The one who wrote almost sympathetically about a highly intelligent but mythically evil serial child rapist joyriding through a war zone!? Ya don’t say!
I haven’t read this yet, but it’s currently free for download.
hat tip:
This seems like an interesting book…
Yeah, we’re gettin’ bloody fuckin’ tired of this same-old-song-patriarchy bit.
Today is International Women’s Day 2025
These women represent all the punk rock women who helped shape this genre and made something special out of it.
Thank you ladies
Btw, what would the world be without women?
I think this is hilarious; I was reading Dear Prudence today (don’t judge me), and saw this question;
**I work at a local garden nursery, and I recently witnessed an interaction between a customer and a regular that left me unsure about whether I should have stepped instrong text. One of our regulars, an older man who knows a lot about gardening, was chatting with me and a co-worker near the register when a woman walked in. She went straight to the shelves, grabbed a seed-starting item, and headed for checkout. As she approached, the man casually asked, “Starting some seeds?” His tone was friendly. He was just making conversation.
The woman barely looked at him and muttered, “Yep,” in a cold, uninterested tone. She exaggeratedly stepped around him, as if he was physically in her way, which he wasn’t at all. He was just standing there, the same as before. Still, he didn’t seem offended and followed up with, “Can I give you some advice?” Again, his tone was polite, and given his knowledge, I figured he probably had something useful to share. But the woman cut him off with a sharp, “No, thank you,” her voice clipped and dismissive, like she couldn’t believe he dared to speak to her. The man looked surprised but just said, “Oh, OK,” and didn’t press the issue. After that, the whole store went awkwardly silent. I rang her up quickly, and she left without another word, clearly irritated.
I understand that not everyone wants unsolicited advice, but he wasn’t pushy or rude. He was just being friendly, and she acted like he was harassing her. It was so unnecessarily hostile that I felt bad for him. At the same time, I didn’t know if I should have said anything—maybe lightened the mood or reassured him afterward. Should I have stepped in somehow? If so, what would have been the right way to handle it?
And I thought; waaait a minute; and went back to the 2xchromosomes subreddit, and there it was, from the woman customer’s point of view, almost word for word;
I went to the local garden nursery to buy something for starting my plant seedlings. I walked into the store, went straight to where I needed to go, grabbed exactly what I needed, and went to checkout. An older man in his 40s saw me do all of this. He was next to the register area, talking to the 2 women working there. As I walked up to the register he took a few steps towards me, partially blocking me from stepping up to the register, and asked, “Starting some seeds?” “Yep,” I replied, stepping around him and trying to seem as disinterested as possible. I just wanted to buy my item and leave. He ignored my disinterested tone and asked, “Can I give you some advice?” Now, I have been starting my vegetable plants from seeds the past 15 years. I grow a large percentage of my food in my garden. The item I purchased is very specific and indicates that I’m experienced. I know what I’m doing, and I had no interest in whatever “advise” this random man had for me. So I simply replied, “No thank you.” He clearly wasn’t expecting that response, and kind of awkwardly said, “Oh, ok.” Everyone was silent for the remaining time it took for me to check out, and then I left. Just a simple story of reaching a point in life where I have zero interest or energy in men trying to impart their unsolicited wisdome on me.
Heh…Together the story makes some sense as a story!
You putting it together like that is freaking awesome. That’s amazing you found the two halves like that.
I didn’t know dear prudence was still a thing (or much about it beyond being an advice column) and I distrust 2x’s mission/leadership/whatever and reddit/socials in general.
Though… I strongly suspect both were written by the same author/team/program and put in places to get eyeballs… I can’t help but think that if some one diligent worked on this story a little it would almost be a humanizing slice of life story.
How nice it would be if those were as easy to find as alienating half-stories, comment vets, and soap ads.
It’s really interesting that as I said, it’s pretty much word for word identical in terms of what “happened” (if it happened). If it did happen, then it did happen in that way; confirmed from 2 differing points of view.
I take the subreddits at face value with regard to the posters; I think most are posting in good faith, and looking for advice on various life issues, or just wanting to vent.
What jumps out at me from the Dear Prudence* was the worker writing about the situation refers to the regular as an older man. The customer refers to the regular as an older man in his 40s. Not sure about the worker, but it was an excellent opportunity to send a message about respecting people’s boundaries and/or picking up cues when the customer did not engage with the regular with the first reply:
He was pushy, because he kept going after not getting any positive feedback from the first thing that came out of his mouth. That’s not “just being friendly,” so the response was not “unnecessarily hostile.” That verbiage led me to make some assumptions about the worker, too. If something else made it clear the worker was also a man, that’s Prudie’s chance to say about the regular customer, “See that guy? Don’t follow his example.” Respect the tone of the first response.
Still, I’m encouraged that a woman younger than 40 has already achieved this level of enlightenment:
*I used to read it during the Margo years, but wasn’t thrilled with her replacement and stopped.
I wonder if the worker was an “older” woman too? The second letter, from the woman’s point of view says that the staff at the register were both women.