Briefly, On Abuse And Who Does And Doesn’t Endure Consequences
If those numbers seem impossible to believe, that is what is possible when abuse is spun out over decades because of an institutional refusal to intervene.
Tagged: Larry Nassar
John Engler Cannot Get Enough Feet Into His Own Mouth
If you are willing to ignore his ongoing catastrophic failures, John Engler has made for a great university president.
Steve Penny, Who Insisted Upon His Innocence, Has Been Arrested
Steve Penny has been arrested for tampering with evidence. It is an odd thing to be charged with given how adamant he is about his own innocense.
USA Gymnastics Tries But Fails To Execute The Rare Triple Down Maneuver
USA Gymnastics has named Mary Bono as the organization’s newest CEO. In perhaps the least surprising news every published, her hiring was impossibly tone deaf, and the gymnasts she was proposing to lead less than thrilled with the organization’s decision. Bono has already stepped down.
“Can’t We Talk About Other Things?” Asks Michigan State
When it comes to abuse, Michigan State University is just like everybody else.
Briefly, On Andrew Sullivan, Katie Roiphe, and Due Process
Although Andrew Sullivan and Katie Roiphe would never acknowledge it, maybe the Shitty Media Men list was created not as an affront to the concept of due process, but because due process has so often ended up protecting abusers rather than the abused.
Institutional Culture Reliably Protects Abusers, Not The Abused
Aly Raisman’s righteous anger at Larry Nassar was deserved. So to was her righteous anger at the system that aided and abetted him. But only one of those is going to get the attention that it deserves.
