Both of these are explored very thoroughly in the podcast “You Were Wrong About” 

He got a short adult film career

“But come on. Do you know what would happen if we locked up every guy who made love to a sixteen-year-old?”

Reading this take on Amy Fisher made me think about the story of Lorena Bobbitt and how she was demonized by the tabloid press while they gave John Wayne Bobbitt a pass. He got a short adult film career and notoriety out of it. What did Lorena get? Why, a barrage of name-calling and accusations that she “hurt her…

Is it really that hard to figure out? It’s a power trip. Paid porn actors are getting paid for what they’re doing, and the “girl next door” isn’t. but you get to see her boobs anyway. The not very well kept secret that she’s doing it because she’s drunk, or in return for something dumb like a pair of shorts, is part…

He’s a white man. The accusers are women. That will protect you more than any court or lawyer ever will.

The comment about “Woody Allen the steamroller” (as opposed to the public image of Allen as a neurotic) reminds me of how Orson Welles absolutely pegged him for what he always was decades ago.

This. The guy has SHOWN who he is. Ending up with a child you met when she was twelve is the creepiest goddamn thing in the world, and only a creepy creepy creep would be capable of it. That’s even leaving out the fact that he was supposed to be her goddamned father. If someone shows you who they are, believe it.

I don’t understand how anyone could believe Allen after the business with his stepdaughter.

The first one that really got to me was Aaliyah. Her music was fun, though it wasn’t really my style. But when she died, it really sent me on a loop in a way that was surprising.