Weinsteins step down as Miramax CEOs

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

More about Luc Besson

https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/luc-besson-sexual-misconduct-760959/?fbclid=IwAR1vzy5ZpAZNBvchrybUtBJ_cEv1OMWu9MkUP3J5ByqDN4MKVQ_2yN8Y9lU

Another one that's way overdue for a reckoning.

French though, so .... no consequences?

yup

might have some trouble getting co-productions funded down the line, but yeah, p much

On part 2 of Epstein saga
Fuckin...
Earth is hell. I don’t think there can be any debate on that point.

Two More Women Accuse Neil deGrasse Tyson of Sexual Misconduct

that took a while to crop up again

http://www.dailywire.com/news/22912/former-grad-student-accuses-neil-de-grasse-tyson-emily-zanotti

― j., Wednesday, November 1, 2017 8:13 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yep.

― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, November 2, 2017 2:01 PM (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

“he kept a list of overweight actresses on his phone to prove that women aren’t inhibited by portrayals in the media when it comes to health and fitness”

A piercing intellect.

If it wasn't clear last week, it is now: CBS won't be paying Les Moonves another penny. NYT has draft of lawyers' report, with unpleasant details. https://t.co/vB643tN1Ja pic.twitter.com/RyQCMc5Czb

— Peter Kafka (@pkafka) December 5, 2018

Investigators wrote that they had received “multiple reports” about a network employee who was “on call” to perform oral sex on Mr. Moonves. https://t.co/OcowEa4WmH

— Sam Dolnick (@samdolnick) December 5, 2018

THREE new stories about Les Moonves and CBS from the @nytimes tonight:

-- Lawyers hired by CBS say Moonves "destroyed evidence and misled investigators" https://t.co/qfhHN08ITK
-- Top takeaways: https://t.co/iwHsDyeVZ4
-- New @JamesStewartNYT column: https://t.co/6HZRjTZN0I

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) December 5, 2018

Signs you might not be collecting your full severance package:

1. your lawyer has to make a statement on your behalf to the effect that you “never put or kept someone on the payroll for the purpose of sex.”

Sounds carefully phrased

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/azeenghorayshi/neil-degrasse-tyson-sexual-allegations-four-women

A spokesperson for the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, where Tyson has led the Hayden Planetarium for over 20 years, said that it has never received a complaint about him, but was also looking into the allegations.

lena dunham has taken to the pages of the hollywood reporter to talk about her response to the girls writer being accused of rape and folks, it is not good

When someone I knew, someone I had loved as a brother, was accused, I did something inexcusable: I publicly spoke up in his defense. There are few acts I could ever regret more in this life. I didn't have the "insider information" I claimed but rather blind faith in a story that kept slipping and changing and revealed itself to mean nothing at all. I wanted to feel my workplace and my world were safe, untouched by the outside world (a privilege in and of itself, the privilege of ignoring what hasn't hurt you) and I claimed that safety at cost to someone else, someone very special.

To Aurora: You have been on my mind and in my heart every day this year. I love you. I will always love you. I will always work to right that wrong. In that way, you have made me a better woman and a better feminist.

a public apology is not an apology

she’s such an ass

turning it into another chapter in The Life of Lena.

I'd go as far as to say she's not really a feminist, as that would require not being a blinkered narcissist

.... necessarily so?

yeah. a blinkered narcissist can repeat feminist nostrums ad infinitum, but it would have about as much meaning as if they were singing the alphabet. the moment any of it came into conflict with their convenience, it would be instantly pitched overboard.