by snarly | Aug 30, 2014 | Scientific apologies
The news is making me so sad right now. We have any number of terrible apologies we could talk about, but instead, can we focus on a good one? (I realize we’ve had a lot of good apologies on the site lately. I DO NOT APOLOGIZE.) This lovely apology is from...
by snarly | Aug 26, 2014 | Artistic apologies, Other Apologies
Rainbow Rowell is best known for her young adult novels, Eleanor & Park (one of the best YA novels I have ever read) and Fangirl (which many people like even more than Eleanor & Park, and which my 12-year-old daughter will kill me soon for not having read). I...
by snarly | Aug 19, 2014 | Sports Apologies
This is our fourth post in a row about a GOOD apology. A SorryWatch record! Republican political strategist Mark McKinnon has said he’s sorry to cyclist Greg LeMond for repeatedly slurring his name and career. It’s not the best apology on the planet...
by snarly | Aug 11, 2014 | Bropology, Corporate Apologies, Media Apologies
This morning, the web site Jezebel put up a post calling out its upper management. The post was headlined We Have a Rape Gif Problem and Gawker Media Won’t Do Anything About It. Basically, misogynist trolls have been posting multiple images of gruesome rapes and...
by snarly | Jul 17, 2014 | Academic apologies, Institutional Apologies
Four days ago, the New York Times ran a devastating account of the horrific mishandling of a sexual assault incident at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. The long, extensively reported piece is a difficult read, but an essential one. Today’s New York Times...