Weinsteins step down as Miramax CEOs

i would if anyone suggested it were worthwhile in any way! it's not, is it?

no

it’s just that naif “i dont even own a tv” shit that rubs me the wrong way

nevermind

forget i said anything

gtfo you guys "i've never heard of HLN" it's not new

i would if anyone suggested it were worthwhile in any way! it's not, is it?

you sound like comic book guy

holy shit that letter is so stupid

lol i knew of CNN Headline News but was unaware that they'd rebranded that channel as HLN . . . a decade ago. i suspect it will last a good while longer than babe dot net does

also the next time my cat does something bad i'm gonna call her a second-wave feminist

hahahaha

according to what we have learned from katie, fourth wave feminism = “you cant sit with us”

more than using "no holds barred" it bothers me that she used it incorrectly - you have a "no holds barred fight" it's not just a synonym for absolutely.

HLN sounds like a home shopping network (and I'm pretty sure that's what I assume it was when scanning cable guide listings)

also the next time my cat does something bad i'm gonna call her a second-wave feministfelinist

― mookieproof, Thursday, January 18, 2018 12:52 AM (thirty-eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Lol it’s true. That might be the sleaziest and most pointless reveal of this entire episode.

― treeship 2, Thursday, 18 January 2018 04:00 (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Not rly

"If you could let Ashleigh know I said this..."

All of the continued handling of this entire Aziz episode is super upsetting in comparison to what is going on with the gymnastics trial. I didn't know a young woman had committed suicide, another woman had told her parents as a child and was repeatedly denied that it had occurred and was forced to apologize to her assailant. Numerous people were told about him and nothing happened for years and years.

Nassar is now saying it's just soooo hard to listen to all of his victims' testimonies. OH REALLY, MOTHERFUCKER?!?!?

try BEING them, piece of shit

he is a piece of shit
what's really disgusting to me are all the people who didn't believe these girls when they tried to tell
that pisses me off a lot

otm

“what about the men” is useful as a macro or micro defense, as this makes plain

"what about the men" comes from the same place as "well you know people are racist against whites too"

meaning, as a generalized sentiment coming from a place of privilege whenever the most reprehensible aspects (or any aspects tbh) of the privilege are pushed back against even slightly.

That's why I can't believe people have the nerve to heavily criticize the subject in the Babe article (nevermind the reporting problems) and why she didn't "just leave" all while they are reporting on the Nassar testimonies.

I am so glad The Root wrote that article "Men Understand Consent Like White America Understands Racism". I got into such a long discussion 2 nights ago with a young black dude who was glibbly victiming shaming that Babe article (it's slander!, like what, she was forced??? emoticon, Aziz just wanted to get some butt, he needs to work on his game) that he was blocked by friends on facebook. He just didn't get why and my friend kept making excuses for him saying he was liberal and a BLM activist. I was like, so? He literally kept making the same arguments that white people do to say they aren't racist and I just couldn't figure out a good way (me as a non-black woman) to point it out.

not treating women like shit seems to be a final frontier for some people from what i can tell

it is regularly distressing how often men tend not to recognize women as human, yes.

yeah i think the most depressing lesson of the last decade for me has been about the logical leaps and rhetorical backbends even the most woke people will undertake in order to hold onto their privilege

I am so glad The Root wrote that article "Men Understand Consent Like White America Understands Racism". I got into such a long discussion 2 nights ago with a young black dude who was glibbly victiming shaming that Babe article (it's slander!, like what, she was forced??? emoticon, Aziz just wanted to get some butt, he needs to work on his game) that he was blocked by friends on facebook. He just didn't get why and my friend kept making excuses for him saying he was liberal and a BLM activist. I was like, so? He literally kept making the same arguments that white people do to say they aren't racist and I just couldn't figure out a good way (me as a non-black woman) to point it out.

maybe you could have shown him this post.

I tried to give him different perspectives with other articles (one from VSB), on how it was his response (calling her trash) that was problematic and not the actual disagreement of what occurred in the article, and he kept pushing the line that he has a lot of sex and knows a lot of women and it's unfathomable that Grace didn't just leave. She blew him, she didn't fight etc. etc. I lightly tried to bring up race in regards to woc especially being under other pressures of not wanting to report to the police and not wanting to place even more scrutiny on black men etc. He did not take well to that at all. But then I dropped it because I just really knew better than to bring it up since I am not black. I did post that article earlier today directly to our friend (who was his old coach) so hopefully he will take offline time to try to talk to him. But gah, even our friend kept making excuses for him (it's his age, he's a good guy, the other guys who blocked him are just as bad they were just showing off for their gfs, he has a warrior's heart??? (must be a football thing).

Hey I remember when I was 22, very obtuse and arrogant. Thank god no one gave me a platform back then, yeeeesh.

22 was when I think I first started posting on ILX.

Warrior’s heart jfc
Fuck warriors
Throw them all in the garbage
The last thing the world needs at this point is men with warrior’s hearts

hey now
http://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/sjm-warriors-0420-0112.jpg

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=47y5bo8wtqM

http://www.mlbuchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/SoundOfHerWarriorHeart-FrCvr-700.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47y5bo8wtqM

wait no

https://youtu.be/4nurQy-oyZg

god i love that song

175 years for Nassar

how bout all those who enabled him or helped cover it up, surely they've all lost their jobs

waiting on the same deal for a series of Miramax assistants

xp nope, not yet, but I can't imagine it's going to be much longer til general outrage forces people out. Everyone I know who works here is totally pissed off, and I saw a sign today on my way to work about a "fire president simon" rally happening soon.

the shit that board member spouted about how great president simon is was really something

https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/17/us/larry-nassar-judge-sentencing/index.html

two things that can be true:
1) nassar deserves a harsh prison sentence
2) the judge engaged in irresponsible grandstanding that might make her sentencing decision vulnerable to appeal

i was thinking the same thing about her comments going too far, legally. though that dude does seem like an irredeemable asshole if there ever was one

judges do that shit all the time in far sketchier situations

yeah, but good lawyers pounce on that stuff during appeal. not everyone can afford good lawyers or afford to pursue appeals.

i was kinda wondering that myself, xpost k3v

Hopefully he kills himself soon so it won’t matter

michigan state president resigning

I think they would not appeal in order to not have him sit through all the victim testimonies again. Also, every single educational org, public company, non-profit, etc should be required to re-review sexual and provide a report on all sexual assault complaints going back 20 years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX3k9jZ5N8o