Weinsteins step down as Miramax CEOs

Even for me as someone with relatively feminist parents I feel a consciousness shift happening in myself.

hot

women have been saying this is terrible and no one has taken them seriously until now
if this is the dawn of a new age in which people believe women, i'll feel like it's a net win for society

Yes. Let's hope. And by "a bunch of people" I mostly meant a bunch of men, although I think women have been acculturated in a lot of the same ways, to accept that "that's just the way things are." So the awakening there is maybe less "Oh, this is terrible" than "Oh, we can do something about this?"

yeah -- i recommend men watch out for their usage of "we"
it's frequently unclear who "we" are

"what do you mean we, white man?"

NY Post's Page Six:

Weinstein is currently in Arizona for sex addiction treatment; a source tells the Post, "In one group therapy session, Harvey arrived 15 minutes late. Then, when it was his turn to speak, he launched into a speech about how this is all a conspiracy against him... Harvey fell asleep in his chair [during others' personal stories]. He was only woken up by the ringing of his smuggled mobile phone [which is banned at the facility] ... Harvey jolted awake, jumped up, immediately took the call and then ran out of the room."

1) "sex addiction" um yeah no, you're a fucking predator
2) what the fuck is wrong with people spying on therapy groups, fuck this fucking world

oh it was probably one of the attendees. fuck people.

i guess i probably would've blabbed

he does seem pretty special even within the field of multi-millionaire egotist sexual abusers

I'm currently in treatment for my addiction to lighting matches. You're welcome, people whose houses I torched. You're welcome.

is like 'sex addiction' like "addiction to popsicles"

yea wtf i would've blabbed too if dude ruined my group therapy session

group therapy with a Famous Person would be the worst ever

ppl i know who've sought help for "compulsive sexual behavior" engaged in it (afaik) with consensual partners.

maybe that part with a Famous Person would not be the worst ever

sex addiction is a real thing but I don't think it has any necessary correlation with predation

Help, I'm addicted to avoiding ownership of my behavior by seeking treatment which fails to address my sociopathic tendencies.

Sociopathy is untreatable.

Asia Argento flees Italy after public condemns her for speaking out about Harvey Weinstein

ugh wtf Italy

jesus

https://www.axios.com/sexual-assault-timeline-2498587017.html

I am shocked - SHOCKED - that the country that repeatedly elected Berlusconi and convicted "Foxy Knoxy" is deeply mysognistic

surely we can still express some dismay/empathy for the person tho

absolutely, my comment was more of a "Italy pvmic" thing

wait, Italy posts here?

with the tip o' the Boot

LA Times reporting that 38 women have come forward about director James Toback, yet another in the endless line of gross predators

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-mn-james-toback-sexual-harassment-allegations-20171018-story.html

The final story in this piece is so gross & haunting

Writer, The Pick-up Artist (1987). Director, Seduced and Abandoned (2013) and The Private Life of a Modern Woman (2017)

Study finds 75 percent of workplace harassment victims experienced retaliation when they spoke up https://t.co/tm86j45Ngz

— Vox (@voxdotcom) October 21, 2017

What is wrong with these men. Kneeling in front of women and dry humping them like a dog? I mean that sounds fucking pathological.

whatever pathetically insufficient social mechanisms exist for regulating that sort of pathology just don't seem to function when the power imbalance is that great, so these guys just get to keep kidding themselves that it's all ok

Good piece

Why the Harvey Weinstein allegations could change our culture https://t.co/KWCoXfTTCT

— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) October 22, 2017

Over/under on the first Btl comment referencing matt taibbi?

the dude who produced the "Open Secret" documentary is either right-wing or is taking what allies he can get, with his constant retweeting of Mike Cernovich regarding the film. i suspect he'd find plenty of sympathizers on the left so i suspect it's more the former.

This is fun: the 47 METERS DOWN director has Things To Say about Bob Weinstein, shooting in water tanks, etc. https://t.co/PNrpyzOnVQ pic.twitter.com/njsa8cdumh

— Vadim Rizov (@vrizov) October 23, 2017

This is just horrible.

Updating again: Since this story published on Sunday, 193 additional women have contacted me to talk about Toback. https://t.co/beVGHWpdmc

— Glenn Whipp (@GlennWhipp) October 23, 2017

the toback thing isn't even news. I guess the extremely gross explicit details are, but this has been on salon, gawker, everything for years. good to hear people are finally caring.

there was a Spy magazine article about it w/ interviews w/ a bunch of women back in like 1989 or something

yes, 1989.

https://www.scribd.com/doc/51476375/Spy-Magazine-March-1989

wow congratulations you all knew first - the line starts over there for prizes

you guys are such dicks sometimes

well i don’t think it’s a “prize” thing as much as it is “why the fuck has everyone waited so long to believe women” thing

true

it's gotta be Taibbi's turn soon right

Man I actually didn’t know that about Toback but his movies are so fucking gross I feel like I should have. Ughhhhhh I need 5000 drinks.

yeah toback is more like cosby where it wasn't even an open secret, it was just... out in the open. i learned he was a sex creep before i knew any of his actual film credits (bugsy included). he doesn't even seem like a remotely powerful person in hollywood but he's acted like he's immortal for decades. when's the last time anyone's given a fuck about james toback's film career? would anyone have wondered where he went if he disappeared 15 years ago? he wasn't being protected by hollywood, he was allowed to be like this for decades for the same reason every unimportant man is allowed to be a sex creep without repercussion

He doesnt even sound like that big of a bigshot hollywood deal, certainly not a breaker if a maker (like weinstein was able to shut people up). I'm not victim blaming here but I dont get how he fooled so many women into fucking gross shit like HUMPING THEIR LEG TIL HE ORGASMED. Ugh ugh fucking die.