Hagen herself mentions that she is still disturbed by the worst script she ever read, which featured eight rape scenes in total.
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Ahem, yes, but also, the hero learns to love again so...
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Actually, *clears mansplanation throat* it’s about the hero’s journey to avenge the death/rape/kidnapping/theft of his property.
Yes. While I appreciate this article’s points about fighting sexist hiring practices, I’m also troubled by the erasure of the sexual exploitation of men (not just minors) in the industry.
Another victimized group who must not be forgotten: the boys and (non consenting) young men who are also victims of sexual abuse by powerful men in the film industry (and also elsewhere). Here is a Daily Beast article about it:
It is never wrong to shed light on facts. It is always wrong to deter illumination.
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Where the hell is SAG-AFTRA, exactly? Its mandate is to provide a safe, equitable work environment to its members. That means more than scheduled lunch breaks and demanding AC in the makeup trailers. Harvey W should have been visited by a couple of serious SAG lawyers: “Here’s a cease-and-desist order barring you…
It’s hard to take you seriously when your same publication has these fawning live blogs dedicated to awards shows where these perverts stroke each other’s egos on TV.
Men get so uncomfortable when women don’t laugh or smile back at their stupid comments, like it’s our fault for not “getting it.”
“I’m still learning that I don’t have to smile when a man makes me uncomfortable”
As a practicing attorney, I can tell you that’s really not true at all. It’s totally dependent on what you’re trying to accomplish. If you’re a criminal defense attorney, for instance, and your client looks pretty guilty at face value, you’ll probably want some critical thinkers. Almost every trial attorney I’ve ever…
Lawyers don’t get the choose the jury in the US either. Typically the pool of jurors is selected randomly from public records like registered voters or from a state driver’s license database. Unfit jurors are dismissed, as they would be in the UK, during the voir dire process. Attorneys can also argue against the…
As one who works in the profession I can tell you that the top reason to excuse jurors is likely bias, and our society is rife with it. Beyond that the lawyers must break down and explain the facts and the law in a way that people with little or no experience can wade into the facts and apply the law. It’s a tough job…
I burned my hand working in high school at a fast food place. It was 2nd & 3rd degree burns on the palm of my hand & the pain was so bad, I was screaming but nothing came out of my mouth. I remember them tryign to ask me what happened & I literally couldn’t tell them as all I could think of was the pain. Once I…
See this has always baffled me about the US system. I’ve done jury duty in the UK, and we are literally picked at random. It’s 12 names out of a hat, essentially, and you’ll get replaced if you, a) know any of the people involved, or b) have been a victim of a similar crime/other life event likely to seriously…
Isn’t it funny? We donor states (yours: CA; mine: NY) have zero time for this bullshit. Also: if CA doesn’t get FEMA aid, woe be unto all of the rest of the country who wants to, you know, eat. Considering how much of our food comes from CA...
Yeah, I’m pretty pissed at him. We—Californians, as a state—pay an inordinate amount in taxes to the federal government relative to many other states, so we deserve aid and a few kind words regardless of ideological differences. Do we hate him? Yes (excepting the dust bowl parts of the central valley). Are we still…