The new show you probably aren't watching but should be.

A new show started a few weeks ago, and it stars Kathy Bates. This show is called Harry's Law. I tuned into the pilot because I've always liked Kathy Bates, and it looked funny. I expected it to be amusing and maybe even kind of a spoof of other law shows.

It is funny.

But it's also made me cry more than once. This show deals with real life issues (the law office is set in the middle of the "ghetto,") and social justice and it's just...amazing without being overly preachy. The cast is amazingly talented and works well together. I sincerely love this show, and it has become my new favorite program on TV.

Those of you whom I was in the Joan of Arcadia fandom with? This show touches me on the same level that one did, and frankly no other show has done that before.

So if you're not watching, I implore you to tune in and give it a shot.

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Yeah. Two in a row, guys, because I'm pissed and this needs to be brought to light. For those of you who haven't heard, there was a horrible sexual assault in Texas, which was covered by the New York Times. I'm unclear on how many men assaulted an ELEVEN year old girl. I've read eighteen and I've read twenty-eight. All the men were between 18 and 27 years old.

And if you read that Times article, they make it sound like it's HER fault.

Let's get something clear. An eleven year old CANNNOT consent to sexual activity. It does NOT matter how she was dressed, who she hung out with, etc. It is completely irrelevant.

The hospital worker was upset because of how this would affect the boys' future.

What about how this is going to affect that GIRL'S life? She was gang-raped and BLAMED for it.

I am SO tired of living in a blame-the-victim society. It's time for people to start taking some accountability for their actions. Let's place the blame where it belongs here--on the men who did the crime.

And also on the writer of the Times article. Click here to sign a petition to the paper to issue an apology to the victim, who was the only one who was actually HARMED in this entire mess.