Weinsteins step down as Miramax CEOs

Yeah, 'clerkess' definitely sounds weird, though I kind of like it because a clerk was initially a member of the clergy (hence the doublet 'cleric'), i.e. male by default.

As a side note, the current mayor of Montreal, Valérie Plante, ran campaign ads in which she referred to herself as a 'mairesse' (mayoress). As a general rule, Québécois French is far more willing to feminise job titles than its European counterparts, which is quite telling insofar as Quebec society tends to be more openly feminist as well. With all this in mind, perhaps there should be room to rehabilitate or reclaim terms such as 'poetess' in English (a quick bit of Google-digging reveals that this is already underway in some circles).

Unsurprisingly the Cristiano Ronaldo case has made the Portuguese corners of my facebook timeline hellholes of shit opinions.

oh christ

https://jezebel.com/shitty-media-man-sues-creator-of-shitty-media-men-list-1829694376

considering that his quillette piece was almost immediately followed by numerous women on twitter citing specific instances of his creepiness... this lawsuit is going to have a hell of a discovery phase

yeah, if anything he seemed like one of the most open-and-shut-case assholes on the list

talked with writers recently who know/knew that guy and they said he's a fucking giant asshole douchebag

he's certainly doing his best to give that impression

lol this was published two years before the list

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DpQiMq6VAAAquKx.jpg

now it seems to be more a question of who exactly is financially backing the lawyer involved

What 5 Shitty Media Men Think of Stephen Elliott’s Lawsuit

https://www.thecut.com/2018/10/stephen-elliott-moira-donegan-men-respond.html

he’s a creep who hides it in “sex positivity.” he made my skin crawl

i wonder who’s funding this. quillette apparently has tech asshole money so...

where is that excerpt above from?

this
https://tinhouse.com/on-pandering/

shit. We should all make and circulate a shitty men in media list V2 and have only his name on it.

make it a blockchain ledger instead of a text file, use it as a basis for cryptocurrency, and really give tech bros fits

^that is brilliant and shall remain so, even if it is no more than a latent potential of the universe

douchecoin

I think we have a winning idea right there.

will no-one think of louis' bank balance

Louis C.K. is using the stand-up stage to open up about his controversial year.

During a stand-up set last week, the comedian, 51, reportedly addressed the multiple sexual misconduct allegations that have been made against him.

While performing at West Side Comedy Club in New York City, the Louie star opened his set with “It’s been a weird year,” according to Laughspin.com, an online comedy news site.

“He said he’s been to hell and back,” a comedian on the line-up told the website.

He also addressed both the public and professional backlash he faced in the wake of the allegations. FX severed ties with C.K., whose shows Louie and Better Things aired on the network, after the scandal broke. C.K. was dropped by all his reps, too, while Netflix canceled an upcoming stand-up special and HBO cut all of his content from its library. Orchard also canceled the release of his film I Love You, Daddy — though C.K. bought the rights to the title back.

“I lost $35 million in an hour,” he reportedly said during the set.

I think about it and it fills me with joy.

same tbh

yup

I fixed it. pic.twitter.com/N0u0h4yYPz

— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) October 15, 2018

Get outta there, Lincoln!

lol lincoln. who are middle/right front and the guy in the back left corner?

terry richardson is on the right in profile

back left is Louis CK

oops i meant back right

that is still calvin coolidge

Missed Les Moonves opportunity there

Don't be evil

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/25/technology/google-sexual-harassment-andy-rubin.html

did something happen re: Sarah Silverman and Louie CK? my wife said there were twitter rumblings about her defending him or something

explicitly not defending, after saying when they were 19 and he asked to wank in front of her sometimes she said "sure" and sometimes she said "no" and they would go and get pizza

she went on Howard and said she let Louis jerk off in front of her sometimes and sometimes told him to fuck off and it was never a big deal because they were on equal footing or something and he couldn't offer her anything. then one of the accusers tweeted at SS that she was also an equal/Louis had nothing to offer her and that doesn't excuse it (not that SS ever said that). then SS apologized. so, nothing

she's known him since they were 19?! huh

they were both standups in their teens, he's a couple of years older

to the other victim's tweet: she had said she knows that as soon as there was a power differential btwn him and the women that it was wrong, but her experience was different and she doesn't want to not consider him the friend of thirty years standing

Why would that imbalance even be a thing?

I get that they were 'friends-plus' so fine.

But if LCK was in the presence of Margaret Thatcher, or some young intern, which one would be more indefensible? "Hey, would you mind if I....?"

who wouldn't wank in front of Thatcher, TBH

But if LCK was in the presence of Margaret Thatcher, or some young intern, which one would be more indefensible?

the young intern. hope this helps

I get that they were 'friends-plus' so fine.

also being friendly with people you work with doesn't mean it's automatically cool to jack your tiny dick in front of them

I just can't fathom the mentality that would lead to asking a friend if it was okay to jerk off in front of them (regardless of gender, orientation or power dynamic), I mean just... waht

I mean I'd prefer to be asked

i do not wish to see my friends do this under any circumstances
there, now it is on the record

that burning man bit in the google story seared my eyeballs

props to the woman for bringing her mom though

also, important that, if you are going to wank in a room with a baby, that you also ask first.

famous writer Steven Galloway is suing various people who tweeted etc their support for his accusers

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/christie-blatchford-fired-ubc-professor-steven-galloway-suing-woman-who-accused-him-of-sexual-assault

canada's defamation laws are Not Good for accusers

^^^ i think i mentioned it itt already but this just happened to a bunch of friends of mine in the comics industry - the piece of shit in question sued them all for libel and also sued the women who accused him. seeking something like 22 million in damages for lost work opportunities due to the damage to his reputation (nb he is basically a zine publisher)

(this is in the us btw)

big multi-part Jeffrey Epstein story in the Miami Herald today

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article220097825.html

god that's hard to stomach.

cool that half the U.S. presidents of the last 25 years are personal friends with that guy