Weinsteins step down as Miramax CEOs

It doesn't seem the persons who's ass was intentionally or inadvertently grabbed by GHW Bush at a public event was in a position where their job was threatened, if they spoke out.

At some point, putting this into the same category as film producers who demand erotic massages or leg-humping directors, belittles the experience of those who face workplace harassment.

Possibly, but is the fact that he's at least twice done his "cop-a-feel" joke followed by a grab raise the possibility that it's not?

People with dementia do the same things over and over again, it's a characteristic feature

as do many people without it. but it's unlikely we're going to provided with clinical evidence...

I am having a lot of difficulty getting past "David Cop-A-Feel"

It doesn't seem the persons who's ass was intentionally or inadvertently grabbed by GHW Bush at a public event was in a position where their job was threatened, if they spoke out.

It seems like all the stories (including my acquaintance's*) were at photo ops at things he was a guest at, so yeah.

*She's admitted the odd look on her face in the photo they took (which she's had up on FB since it was taken and also features other cast members of her show along with Mr. & Mrs. Bush) was because she was thinking "Did George Bush just goose me?"

'david cop-a-feel' sounds like the most stereotypical joke an old rich ruling class creep would make in front of his CIA friends in the seventies while they're all smoking cigars in a golf club lounge

he's probably been doing it for decades

or y'know, Skull & Bones

I doubt dragging GHW Bush into this will help the cause of reducing workplace sexual harassment.

― Sanpaku, Thursday, October 26, 2017 4:02 PM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

are we dragging him into it? or is he slithering into it?

― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, October 26, 2017 4:04 PM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

doddering into it

― Οὖτις, Thursday, October 26, 2017

rolled into it

groping his way through

it seems like calling out this behavior as shitty is key to reducing harassment, no?

lol dragging him into it. nobody made him act like a shithead. fuck this

his wife was standing right there and joked about it. fuck these people

by the time we're finished they're gonna wonder if david cop-a-feel was bush's running mate

CBS Diversity Showcase Director Rick Najera Exits Amid Harassment Allegations (EXCLUSIVE) https://t.co/nbVh9NnwME via @variety

— Ted Johnson (@tedstew) October 26, 2017

Today alone, 5 people reached out w/ sexual harassment allegations against 5 different media figures. This isn’t slowing. It’s snowballing.

— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) October 27, 2017

Good. I want these men to all be afraid, afraid for their jobs, their reputations. I want them to fucking quake in their shoes with fear and humiliation the way theyve been meting out to women for centuries.

Bush probably has done it for centuries...

jfc

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., recalled that when she was a young state legislator in her twenties, she asked the speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives for advice on getting her first bill out of committee.

"He looked at me and he paused and he said, 'Well, did you bring your knee pads?'" McCaskill said.

http://nymag.com/selectall/2017/10/shitty-men-in-media-list-published-on-reddit-and-twitter.html

well that sucks

also completely predictable

always be doxxing I say

i was surprised it was taking so long to leak

burn book always ends up in the wrong hands

pro woman burn book prob should not end up in cernovich's hands yes that is correct

Quinn Cummings:

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a13097605/quinn-cummings-child-actress/

The ending is particularly good.

But the whispers don’t stop with these obvious, public examples. The same women who spoke among themselves about Harvey, about Terry, also speak about well-known actors who are not quite the loving family men their publicists would have you believe. Instead of a bathrobe, it’s a private meeting. Instead of a clumsy grope, it’s a “helpful” lingering brush of your breast. Instead of a disgusting proposition, it’s a greasy little implication that a few minutes together could lead to something better down the road.

This is no longer black and white. It’s gray. And people don’t like gray, especially when it comes to sexual assault, which they really don’t want to be thinking about at all. They like their sexual assault clear, recognizable, and not committed by men who are America’s marital hall pass. Should these stories come out, the public’s response to the victims might not be nearly as supportive. But the fact remains, you can like someone very much and they can still be capable of terrible things. Unless Hollywood reconciles itself to the fact that not all sex criminals look like ogres, the question we should ask ourselves is what solidarity hashtag we’ll be using a year from now when nothing has changed.

Ronan Farrow's new story has run.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/weighing-the-costs-of-speaking-out-about-harvey-weinstein

Annabella Sciorra's story is a really horrific one

Please read my statement below. pic.twitter.com/8ld8k8DC6O

— Mark Halperin (@MarkHalperin) October 27, 2017

Nah

Just cried reading the latest Farrow piece - Annabella Sciorra's story is heartbreaking. Rosie Perez though is a national treasure.

Also it can't be said enough but fuck Tarantino. He knew this happened to Mira Sorvino and Daryl Hannah, on separate occasions ten years apart. Yet he didn't think Weinstein had a serious problem.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/robert-rodriguez-says-casting-rose-173449389.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=fb

yeah god their stories are just... haunting is too mild of a word but ugh. that line where she decides to speak “oh you want RAPE?” ... fucking devastating

a friend posted this on FB and it dovetails into this area well i think. it’s not THE problem but it’s def a contributing factor

http://verysmartbrothas.com/men-just-dont-trust-women-and-this-is-a-problem/

annabella sciorra's story brought more realness than i could handle. esp when she talked about the way she thought and felt about it afterward. my god.

men don't trust women is otm though, i doubt i need to read that article

Definitely don't need to read the comments unfortunately (and predictably.)

no way, i never read comments

Why would you ever read the comments on anything unless you're a hardcore masochist

In this case I gladly avoided the comments, but I often find comments better than the main piece on a lot of sites.

Taibbi now?

That’s been the last few days, yes. And now there’s this:

https://www.buzzfeed.com/adambvary/anthony-rapp-kevin-spacey-made-sexual-advance-when-i-was-14?utm_term=.grMV96ry99#.buvANzm7NN

“now”

Well the story makes clear Rapp’s been talking in various ways with others about this for years. This is the first full on-the-record story without name redaction.

ahh

Spacey 1) Apologizes 2) Blames it on drunkenness 3) warns there will be more stories and 4) Comes out.

There's a lot happening here. https://t.co/qOJTw3ziPS

— Jessica🎃BOOseman (@JessicaHuseman) October 30, 2017

well, there’s living as a private person who has sexual relations, and then there’s whatever Spacey’s been doing for the last 30 years which is...not that

What an awful response, holy shit

What a transparent, horrible way to try and force a different conversation

"i don't remember it because it was 30 years ago but i'm cool just blaming it on being drunk"

Put more succinctly than I did

Celebrity Frames Horrible Allegations As Start Of Personal Growth Arc

— Pixelated Borat (@pixelatedboat) October 30, 2017

this makes me SO angry jesus

throwing the queer community under the bus to defend yourself against allegations you sexually assaulted a minor. absolutely despicable

For real. It's not like gay men have had to defend themselves against accusations of pederasty for all of time...oh wait, yes they have. Thanks, Kevin!