Take your goddam star and get outta here. 😋

Bonus points for her using the classic “I didn’t do any of that!...ok I did, but (person) was totally into it at the time and only decided to complain now because I wouldn’t do (some thing).” defense.

We don’t know all of the facts, but based on what we do know, Zizek, Butler, Spivak and other signers of the “support” letter should be ashamed of themselves for trying to justify the type of behavior they have spent their professional lives condemning.

“What Are We to Make of the Case of Scholar Avital Ronell?”

Am I the only one disturbed that nearly the entire first half of this article is made up of supportive quotes by friends and colleagues of the alleged abuser, including claims the alleged victim is lying, and his testimony is buried near the bottom? Why isn’t his story centered in this article? There is NOTHING about…

It’s pretty obvious what we should make of this case, even if Jezebel staff can’t quite bring themselves to admit it. It is heartening, however, to see that many commentators are willing to dispense with the pages of obfuscatory waffle in favour of clear-eyed judgments.

Very true, but let’s play devil’s advocate and assume Honeyfoot’s account of this guy is spot on, and he’s just a creep. So what? Not all abuse victims are pleasant people. It isn’t just the saintly who get abused. Even bullies can be assaulted.

How is that different than any other shitty defense-of-abuser letter?

“What Are We to Make of the Case of Scholar Avital Ronell?”

“It’s not the same thing to accuse a male person in power versus accusing a woman. It’s just not the same thing, because we’ve got a culture and a very long history in which males were dominant and abusing their power.”

This is a weird fucking case.

Exactly. I read somewhere that she is referred to as “a philosophical superstar” in the academia. My automatic reaction was that anyone called that has about 85% chance of being guilty of sexual harassment, or at least of some kind of abuse of power (for male superstars, probably 99% chance).

“But it’s for that very reason that it’s so disappointing when this incredible energy for justice is twisted and turned against itself, which is what many of us believe is happening in this case.”

This is so frustrating and helps no one. We have to listen to everyone who comes forward, regardless of gender. There was a clear power imbalance here. This defense of “she was so great that she only crossed boundaries because of how much she cared” is bullshit. Also people need to stop saying that because they have…

Lauding her “brilliant scholarship” and “intellectual generosity” and noting that the French government recently bestowed a prestigious award upon her,

Many of the male sexual harassers seem like desperate, dirty old men. Doesn’t make it any less harassment.

In related news, Dan Synder’s first name is actually pronounced “Fuckhead”

SPICE FORCE!

so now Omarosa is a reliable source when she says things you want her to say? Y’all gotta stop this shit. It’s sounding dumber and dumber by the day.

Couldn’t watch past the first episode. Way too many dramatic snap-zooms. Way too in love with the smell of its own farts.