He’s seems almost obsessed with belittling her. It goes from being assholish to seeming sexist + assholish to being outright creepy sexist assholery. From another interview:

He sounds like the worst hipster ex-boyfriend/friend you’ve ever had.

Thank you so much for saying this. . . . .It was such a violating experience and it took me a long time to process it or even put words on it. I kept it a secret because I did not know what to even say about it for so long—now I can just say that I know what he did was wrong. It is rewarding to see people who agree.…

Yes. Definitely. To me, everything just felt so wrong—but, on paper, I couldn’t figure out how it was wrong. I didn’t know how to say “no” to him (actually, it didn’t really occur to me that I could say no to him). Adults need to ask themselves, before they engage in sexual relationships, or ask something of someone…

I’m really glad you said this, Flying Squid! When I was 18, I was living in a foreign country and a 45 year old man “befriended” me—told me he loved me, but wanted nothing from me, took me shopping b/c my clothes were plain, etc. etc. etc. Our “friendship” culminated in him taking me back to his house, giving me wine,…

Agreed. I have not heard all of the details of the case. . . . .IF, in some way, he exploited her w/out her consent then, it’s different. Ways in which I could imagine this happening: 1) Establishing that he had some knowledge that she would be incapable of consent (not sure how that would work here—but w/in the realm…

He seems to have a real vendetta against her in the interview. . . .even when unprompted, he brings her up again and again. Seems like an awful person. . . .

Thank you so much for this nuanced information. I really appreciate it. I am wondering, do you know of any good English language resources re: Brazil? I have been very curious about the situation with Dilma Rousseff. . . . but I am unsure of where to go for more information.

I’d rather not spend my time attempting to disabuse you of whatever ignorant views you hold, as the White Slavery of which Taki’s writes is a-historic propaganda, spun by white nationalists. I’ve got better things to do. But, if you care, you could consider educating yourself. You could start here. Have a nice day.

White Slavery

We don’t hear enough about internal divisions within Latino communities (or the African American community). At the very best, in terms of voters, we seem to erroneously separate the Latino community into “Cubans” (historically have voted republican—although that is changing) and “Other” (increasingly trend majority…

Taki’s magazine seems like a great venue for racist garbage

I didn’t know about Taki’s until you had posted this. . . . .Turns out they’ve got plenty of great things to say about the Golden Dawn! Jesse Hughes must be a perfect fit for the neo-facist crowd. Yuck.

This is from the interview. . . . . I could not believe what I was fucking reading.

He went from “I’ve been led down dark paths to realize that these things probably are still happening” to “I saw a documentary about it.”

Thank you SO much for this! Also: from reading the more complete quotes elsewhere. . . . The Sunday Times did something REALLY awful here. So, the fault lies w/ them. Not w/ Gawker. Thanks for providing the full text.

If this paragraph is, indeed, from the Sunday Times, then the fault lies squarely with them. This paragraph completely twists Wood’s words around.

Here are some more complete quotes from the original interview. He was obviously talking in general terms.

You’re right: I think his words got distorted. Which is really shitty—as we are talking about child abuse.

You are correct. I think his original statement was completely distorted.