At this point, I think that Top Chef is the only reality competition show that reliably provides a massive career boost to winners and close runners up? That said, they kind of cheat in that their contestant base is reall well accomplished before even going on the show (many have already been nominated for Beard…

Like, grody to the max!

Asimov was an infamous groper. Like, really bad.

Pynchon, perhaps? I know essentially nothing about his personal life.

I have met so male many writers, artists, musicians, etc who think being an asshole (especially towards women) is an essential part of being creative.

“Thank you. Everybody in America owes me a dollar who read Infinite Jest.”

I bet you could count on one hand the number of male literary idols who were not abusive assholes.

No question that cornering/forcible kissing is crossing a line that can be uncrossed. That alone should cause people to think differently about his role as an advocate for progressivism and gender equality.

To me, it seemed like she was demonstrating a pattern of (at best) belligerent and chauvinistic behavior, which would support more targeted/more specifically misogynist behavior on his part. Connecting the dots, so to speak.

Reading her blog now. This woman is a hero.

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Vouchers! They need vouchers for sex workers! A sex welfare system, I guess.

“Access to sex.” Isn’t that just masturbation? Pretty sure they can do that without “redistribution.”

It’s sexual economics!

But I know

C’mon, didn’t you know that there’s always a woman to blame?

Thanks again for all the work you’ve done on this story, Diana.

Yay for Bob Odenkirk being nicer.