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OMG yes all of this. Read more

I hadn’t thought of it exactly like this, but I now understand why my reaction to getting out of an abusive relationship is to talk about it ALL. THE. TIME. Read more

Yup. Read more

What continually makes my vision mist over with blood is the knowledge that Weinstein’s company had money budgeted every fucking year specifically to pay off victims. Read more

That’s really what is so frustrating. I had to come to terms with this all over again on Monday. I had two weeks between being yelled at by a judge and Ex ramping up his verbal abuse again. The explosion wasn’t terrible this time around as it was all verbal, but it left me sobbing and vulnerable. Read more

I partially manage a team that does this sort of analysis. And when an exec doesn’t like the numbers, they demand that one factor or another is changed so that the figures come out to whatever justifies their predetermined view. Read more

Zelda spoke of this in the interview - that the trauma and abuse started with the legal system. She was brave and courageous and fighting the monster Weinstein, but the scary part was realizing there was no parent out there to supervise. Read more

The truth is, if Kennedy is as big a best friend as Sadler says he is, he should be the first one to threaten to quit if they don’t meet her pay demands. Now what they will do is find another woman they can pay a pittance to cohost with him and the whole thing will continue.

And even more so, that he’s a terrible host.

Ah, I see, you were bringing in a completely different subject. Anyhoo, in talking about the subject at hand, hosting, my point stands.

Correct response is 100% correct!

Thank you.

I appreciate your words of support more than you can know. Thank you.

Because I’m a lawyer and he is not, the judge spent 15 minutes yelling at me for being a liar when I filed for a protection order. He basically told me that women who lie about rape are right up there with actual rapists and murderers. Read more

Sending you an internet hug.

First, I’ve got a stomach ache reading this and all I can really say is that I’m so sorry to hear that you’re still in this situation. It sounds lame and cliche but I sincerely mean it, and I hope that you’ll finally find some peace soon. I was married to an absolute monster and, though I got away 12 years ago, he… Read more

I am so sorry you are having this experience. I am still suffering the emotional abuse from my ex-husband after a divorce that lasted 2 years. I am also a lawyer, and it did not make it magically easier to get through the court system, which no one seems to understand. Instead, I’m more resigned that I can only do so… Read more

But they are co-hosts on the same show. By that reasoning they should have exactly the same pay as they generate the same revenue.

You need to watch the whole thing and then think, “how could a 23 year old, faced with that caliber of legal power, even survive the onslaught?” She is a victim that bears the scars of the abuse of process that tattered her as much/more/less/how can it be measured as the woman she tried to defend. She paid a very real… Read more

That’s exactly why I stayed with my abuser for so long and why I never reported when he raped me. Because I’m a lawyer. And I know that the law cannot and will not help me. Read more