Weinsteins step down as Miramax CEOs

I've been assiduously trying to avoid public discourse in general, but I have been thinking about how #MeToo relates to the Republican party. Even acknowledging that they were always awful in the past few years they've gone beyond an event horizon. They've put themselves in a position where they can't allow themselves to acknowledge shame. I don't see how, at this juncture, they can claw themselves back to become more than the rapist/abuser party.

Ghomeshi launched The Ideation Project with a monologue called "Exiles" on the topic of what it means to not have a homeland.[81] ...The show was launched on a web network associated with Rush Limbaugh, and The Globe and Mail reviewed the web series as a "less than triumphant return" despite what they refer to as his slick voice and delivery.[83]

That knoblach story is so fucking gross on so many levels. And now that girl is all alone bc political careers are apparently the most important thing.

and her grandmother is a monster

jesus. more details on that story here: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/09/21/knoblach-ends-campaign-amid-abuse-allegations

excellent On the Media segments this week on Anita Hill, the Hockenberry/Ghomeshi PR rehabs, atonement,and the McDonalds strike.

https://www.npr.org/podcasts/452538775/on-the-media

Jack Smith IV, writer for Mic, accused by five women of harrassment, coercion

https://jezebel.com/the-next-step-for-metoo-is-into-the-gray-areas-1829269384

so Keith Ellison stories not getting much traction despite being quite awful

yeah i guess people don't want to deal

thankfully, he didn't become the DNC chair because this would be blanket coverage and would have been used to discredit the progressive wing of the party

he needs to be investigated and likely step down. this is far worse than Franken's alleged infractions.

he's already giving up his seat since he's not running for re-election this year, right? so all he would have to do would be to bow out of the AG's race. No big loss, I should think.

... and the Ellison thing has been blown slightly out of proportion by MAGA Chuds seeking equivalency w/the Kavanaugh scandal (fake victim photo etc.).

i mean, if he beat his girlfriends which it seems he did--two accusers--then he shouldn't be the attorney general of minnesota, just as kavanaugh shouldn't be a supreme court justice if he used to assault young women in his high school and college years. it is equivalent.

Ellison story is pretty insignificant compared to bigger stream of scandals coming out on a daily basis - Ellison's just not that big a figure in nat'l politics, and he's leaving office, with a chance that he will lose the AG race in November (I would think? although I guess it's too late for Dems to find another candidate so idk)

XP "Equivalency" isn't the right word, and I shouldn't have used it: They're considering the Kavanaugh allegations as Fake News while fanning the flames against Ellison (which are damning enough in reality) w/genuine fake stuff about him and his accuser.

couldn't the runner up just replace him? xp

BTW...

NYRB publisher statement re Ian Buruma firing over Jian Ghomeshi piece: "We acknowledge our failures in the presentation and editing of his story....We surely had a duty to acknowledge the point of view of the women who complained of Mr. Ghomeshi’s behavior. " pic.twitter.com/tZIWvbHtQ4

— Cara Buckley (@caraNYT) September 24, 2018

“The article was shown to only one male editor. Most members of the staff (including six female members of staff...) were excluded from the substantial editorial process.”

— Cara Buckley (@caraNYT) September 24, 2018

New York Review statement on Jian Ghomeshi piece: "usual editorial practices" not followed; Ghomeshi accusers not asked to comment; aspects of piece misleading; Ian Buruma, the former editor, unfairly represented views of staff; his departure not b/c of "Twitter mob," as he said https://t.co/nDDFg6lPZB

— Isaac Chotiner (@IChotiner) September 24, 2018

it's almost as if there's an epidemic of men in positions of privilege and power who are actively working against women's interests and who by the way have no idea how to do their jobs in the first place

but - SHRILL LAUGH - that would be hyperbolic i'm sure and only some kind of loose cannon leftie would say such a thing

where you say SHRILL LAUGH I only hear https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DescenteInfinie.ogg

it's almost as if there's an epidemic of men in positions of privilege and power who are actively working against women's interests and who by the way have no idea how to do their jobs in the first place

:)

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;_;

how to make it through this week?!

he needs to be investigated and likely step down. this is far worse than Franken's alleged infractions.

― akm, Monday, September 24, 2018 5:49 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

fwiw: he is being investigated by the DNC and the local party right now

this kavanaugh stuff is really messing with my head

bill cosby has been sentenced to 3-10 years in prison

Wow

His crimes were many and each one was quite serious.

This was only one crime. Would that he could be serving more sentences.

Due to the statute of limitations, he couldn't be tried for his other crimes, but I am sure the large number of accusations against him were on the mind of the judge.

this kavanaugh stuff is really messing with my head

― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, September 25, 2018 12:53 PM (forty-three minutes ago) Bookmark

feel u
the intersection of anita hill/early 90s memories, ^^^ this and regular 2018 life has been extremely difficult for me as well

this has been rolling around in my head over and over and over

Most men have no idea how truly traumatic sexual assault is. The science on the subject is pretty clear: according to the New England Journal of Medicine, rape is about four times more likely to result in diagnosable PTSD than combat.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/21/brett-kavanaugh-blame-women-anita-hill-cosby-weinstein?CMP=share_btn_fb

the high school/college aspect has dislodged a lot of long buried stuff, finding it very hard to not stay home from work & just cower in the fetal position

If proceedings go forward on Thursday, I'd count on it being very, very enraging.

a certain amount of rage might be helpful, but there's going to trigger fear and grief, too

there’s no way I’m watching it

i am coping by distracting to the point of going out of my way to avoid further triggers beyond knowing the bare minimum of what is going on
not reading commentary, not listening to analysis on the radio, anything to avoid the further intrusion of intrusive thoughts about sexual assault
VG you are not alone in feeling this way, take care of yourself <3

this is a truly brutal read (CW: graphic SA, including details from Steubenville) but I think everyone should read it if they don't understand how cruel and harmful it is to deny the experience of rape victims
https://longreads.com/2018/09/24/speak-truth-to-power/

thanks for posting that LL - what an incredible piece (brutal yes, but inspiring too)

yes, it ends on an upswing. i felt she was very conscious of her reader throughout. it's one of the things i liked about the way this particular piece was put together. glad it was useful <3

Hi Stephen Elliot, it's me, Lyz. Remember when I was an upaid editor at your magazine and we met at AWP where you invited me up to your room to watch a movie and I declined? But you didn't take no for an answer. You hounded me. I hid under a table. https://t.co/a66u4JmHXW

— lyz lenz (@lyzl) September 25, 2018

what is it with these creeps & their long tedious martyrdoms about being “falsely accused” . it’s like they all learn that style somewhere. and the straw polling of everyone they’ve ever dated “did i rape you? no? ok good”

just stop.

oh and fuck off

“did i rape you? no? ok good”

if you have to even ask this question the answer is most likely "yes" in more than instance

exactly

this last tweet from Lenz is great

Every woman you harassed is flourishing and publishing at better outlets than some Nazi smoke screen bullshit site. You played yourself.

— lyz lenz (@lyzl) September 25, 2018

Yeah, there is something about the style. And it's almost like they're in some twisted competition. 'No, I'm going to be the one to write the definitive "Great man brought low by #metoo" piece'

oh and that line about “there’s no support group for the accused”

can you give me one (1) small break

stephen elliott was always a creep and i felt incredibly uncomfortable running into him at literary gatherings, but i worried that it was my own prudishness making me feel that way. going out of your way to make “KINKYYYYYY” your personal brand is a hell of a deflector