I won’t argue my reasons

I actually rather liked the way that Adichie brought it up as a discussion point, talked about how it made her feel, and then handed over to Clinton to explain and talk through it. This led to an interesting discussion with valuable insights and I think that Clinton’s response was actually fantastic, whether she ends…

Pretty rude but then Clinton is a public figure so the order in which she lists her roles might matter or mean something to more than just this writer.

I think B.Bush was referring to what would matter to the person themself. Sure, nasty people get recognition but if it was bringing them personal happiness why are they still nasty?

I feel like if she started with listing her accomplishments, she’d be given shit for that, too.

without saying what you learned 

I think now is a good time to remind everyone that it took Winona Ryder more than a decade to get redemtption....for SHOPLIFTING.

Gross.

Shit, I already un-greyed this by starring the response, so here goes:

Consider the source? Then look at the court documents! The DA believed Allen did it but didn’t want to traumatize the child with a trial. Many of your statements are pure misogyny and that’s the reason for your disbelief. If you didn’t hate women so much, maybe you’d actually look at the source.

I find myself in tears at how aggressive people are being over her statements. Despite her qualifying her understanding how others would react, folks want to condemn her for not handling matters as they’ve would which brings me to my second point. I had a very similar situation as Isabella and I too have chosen not…

Exactly.

Right, but it’s a movement and movements are collective. So she’s commenting to some extent on the collective effort of the movement. Each individual woman should handle her own assault however feels most comfortable for her. Yes. 100%. But this is a collective effort as well and she is possibly giving some feedback…

Everything you said, plus one more, minor thing: “Isabella Rossellini” is an all-time great name that is literally fun to say aloud.  

Women have a right to have different opinions about the best way to handle sexual assault, both for themselves and as a collective movement. This idea that unless we’re all exactly on board for every detail is oppressive. She has every right to have a respectfully differing opinion on the movement and how it relates…

But she’s also speaking from her position of power. She’s saying she understands that, because she is famous, she has the power to crush him. She elects not to use that power. In the context of the quote she is speaking solely about herself (my interpretation is she’s using the casual version of “they,” not to…

As the child of two superstars, Isabella Rossellini could have been subsumed into her parents’ mythology and never found her own path. Yet she has always been possessed of such a unique capacity for beauty, presence, knowledge in ways that contravene conventional culture. I loved reading this. She is as profound as…