Would it have been career-ending for her to say, “I didn’t agree with that aspect of the character and her work, but I wanted the chance to work with Clint Eastwood and make some money.”?

Eastwood alone would bring that faction to theaters. Add in ‘fake news’ and they’ll pay twice for each ticket.

Olivia Wilde likes nothing more than invoking feminism to excuse her mistreatment of other women. Pretending it’s somehow a feminist act to sleazily defame a dead journalist is just the latest example.

Trump (of courte bankrupcy) has got a sketch of this splendid tartan, three polyestewr stryps upon ain fylde of pisse

How many zeros after the decimal before safety feels guaranteed—in an Uber and in the world at large?

This take sucks. All it does is play into Republican hands: “See, even the liberals expect this from us”. It didn’t look like Nixon was going to be convicted until public support demanded it, and then he bailed. Letting Republicans off the hook before we even put them on it is defeatism.

Huh. Good idea! I hope that study happens.

Police aren’t likely to investigate without her filing complaints. DV is tough enough to prove, but without specifics of when and where (which is critical for jurisdictional purposes), they aren’t going to go looking. 

hypothetically, yes, the state can pursue charges for any crime. It costs money for the government to bring charges against someone & doesn’t typically happen if there isn’t enough evidence to think that a conviction is likely. It would be hard to convict this person unless Melissa was willing to cooperate with an…

I imagine if she had named him, the prosecutors would still need to ask her for any evidence she had of her physical assaults, since it seems he wasn’t ever arrested for it. 

“It’s about the power dynamic. It’s about entitlement. It’s about punishing someone if she didn’t give him what he wanted.”

The thing that comes to mind about this, is the same that comes to mind about other celebrities who have been accused of similar (or worse) offenses: if he wanted sex, he didn’t need to behave that way. He may not have been able to have sex with x person, but he probably could have had consensual sex with y or z person…

“La credibilidad que se concede a las acusaciones es automática”—that the accusers were given automatic credibility.

Spanish women hate your groping old ass as much as any others, my dude. Because you are a gross, sick fuck.

There were a lot of beats in the early parts of Melissa's story that felt familiar. I think what people don't comprehend in these situations is that the feelings you have for a partner don't flick off like a switch during a violent outburst. When I was processing what had happened I was still negotiating things with…

If she had named him, he would have sued her. 

I also think Allen basically built her career so in her mind it’s like biting the hand that fed you. His pretentious films convinced us that her wooden acting was smart and sultry, which she’s been running with ever since. If the gimmick works, why pull the curtain back?

I love her.

Keeping all of the worst physical and personality deformities limited to one gene pool.

I'm a meat-eater, but it makes me really sad that you're receiving so much abuse for a perfectly reasonable, polite, clearly heartfelt, and articulate comment. It's really jarring to see a community of people who are normally so compassionate be such utter dickwads to you for no reason other than expressing a…