Humans of New York, for better or for worse

[yeats]

If you're not familiar, Humans of New York is a popular photography blog whose subject material is in the title. The photographer, Brandon Stanton, is really talented and the photos are often stunning -- in one way or another.

On Sunday, Brandon posted the following image:

Comments

[one_hoopy_frood]

Fuck everyone who thinks that protecting that man was more important than shedding light on disgusting, rampant misogyny.

[britneyspears]

[jwaneeta]

Amen

[killerqueen]

Yes.

[jwaneeta]

WAT D:

[popehippo]

UPDATE: The original post has been removed out of respect for the man’s family. After 1,000 comments, I believe the discussion had run it’s course.

As opposed to the respect of the woman who asked him to share her story so that people would realize that women, especially women of color, have to deal with when it comes to respect and personal boundaries?

Haha.

Oh.

I see.

[popehippo]

Also I wonder how many women or Sudanese people we'll get commenting on it to balance out the white guys. Any bets?

[jwaneeta]

Excuse you. Gender will tell, I guess.

[bowtomecha]

I hate when something that looks cute ends up being a fucked up situation.

[spiffynamehere]

The man's family. O I C.