Yes that’s fair enough, and believe it or not I am not an expert on either a) journalism or b) the challenges on reporting on the MENA region.

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I was just about to comment that Lauren Wolfe’s firing somehow makes all this even more disgusting - no one is held to to even vaguely similar standards. Harass women, fake a podcast, and you’re golden. Tweet something so completely benign that I still can’t believe it was actionable in any way, and you get fired. I’m…

here’s like 1% of the facts of his fucked up family. armie’s father repeatedly raped his sister casey, armie’s aunt. armie’s grandfather, casey’s father , also repeatedly raped her and her sister. that’s just the tip of the iceberg of that poisonous family.

Thank you for this. Amazing all that you got in your post while most media outlets are barely covering any of this.

Cemeteries are filled with people who were deemed “irreplaceable.

While I agree that Callamachi’s journalistic failures deserve more analysis, the point of this article seems more about how shitty men continue to get away with not only being shitty at their jobs, but also with being shitty to women.

I’m not really sure what your point is. There’s no defense of Callimachi here, and two issues (misogyny and shoddy journalistic practices) can coexist. Your concern seems to be that... the article isn’t about the other thing.

So what?

some of the women who have come forward have attempted suicide because of all the attacks from his fans and the media isn’t really getting into this story and he’s running around the cayman islands partying, getting high, and abusing women.

I’m just so weary. Sometimes I hate being a woman.

During the Glenn Thrush mess, the NYT issued a statement about their “no tolerance” policy on sexual harassment while also saying they will continue to employ Thrush even though he admitted to what he did.

Meh. There are plenty of May-December romances that can work, but they are not so common. That said, I do think there is plenty of leeway in “age appropriate”. And then there’s skeezy relationships with 20+ years difference. I think once you’re dating someone that could be your child, it’s getting weird. 

As someone who was in her mid-to-late-20s when I met my partner (then in his mid-40s), I think the “maturity” thing is definitely it. I was attracted to the stability - while I was struggling to pay rent on my shoebox of a studio and figuring out what I was doing with my life and if I was even in the right city for…

In this case I believe it was their publicists that gravitated towards each other first. 

What gave it away? The part where they got together just as they had a big project together to promote? Or that they broke up just as that big project his post-production? Wonder if they’ll reconcile when the film is ready for release and the press junket gets scheduled.

Pretty much my late teens and early 20s were spent with middle aged guys. I thought it meant I was super special and mature because why else would a guy in his 30s want to date a 19 year old? I was pretty but not bright. 

“Use your EYES!”

Yes, who saw this coming apart from everyone?

Maybe he’s actually a decent guy, despite his known substance abuse issues, and many women love a fixer upper. 

This was one of the worst, least convincing fake tabloid relationships I’ve ever seen.