Same. Was really looking forward to seeing Nat Turner’s story on the big screen...oh well. God, what a sociopath.

I think that young men and boys may not be accurately taught about what is and isn’t rape. I mean, sure it may be obvious as adults, but do the teenagers really know? I had a male friend in high school who proclaimed one day that he was “never having sex with a virgin again” because “all they do is scream and bleed…

He didn't stop. He finished and she cried afterwards which he found annoying

What is the connection between a guy who was found not guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and thus was never incarcerated, and the mass incarceration problem? His acquittal entitled him to not being incarcerated. It didn’t entitle him to anyone’s respect, to not have to answer questions, or to be free from criticism.…

A guy once told me how he had sex with a girl who changed her mind half way through and cried afterwards. He called it “bad sex” while I scrambled to pick my jaw up from the floor. He just thought it was an annoying incident, a nuisance. Needless to say I ghosted him and warned mutual friends about him. But I suspect…

Yup and yet here he is acting like a victim

I’m sorry, but his statement sounds so disingenuous. The fact that he keeps emphasizing his innocence instead of focusing on the tragedy of this woman’s suicide is just frustrating. By referring to himself as a “father of daughters” and a “person of faith,” he continues to depict a morally superior version of himself,…

As a black woman I have to get this off my chest. If I see one more black man say this shit was brought up because of Birth of a Nation I am going to scream! I have known about this for at least 3 or 4 years you didn’t want to know don’t start with the conspiracy theories.

I just...there really aren’t any words. I will not be supporting this man or his career in any way, for whatever that is worth.

How is Jezebel still writing posts on this story in such ambiguous terms? It seems no other case with such clear evidence (multiple witnesses, him inviting other attackers, intimidating her, not taking responsibility) would get anywhere near this type of reception. I get that we want to be supportive of a…

There are a lot of “I” statements in this statement. Hm.

I mean, can he even legally say he didn't do it? The courts only said he didn't rape her because they'd hooked up the day before. They had no problem finding his roomie guilty until the retrial.

I think Allen did it. I also think the criticism leveled at people who choose to associate with him are misplaced. There has never been any investigation concluding he did it. It is not the responsibility of current actors and actresses (and it is mostly actresses who are criticized) to hold Allen to account for…

I understand criticism, because people are pretty judgy about the Soon Yi thing. My feelings about Allen are complicated in part because I feel like there was a lot of dysfunction in the Farrow household and a lot of unsavory behavior on the parts of all the adults involved in that clusterfuck. Does that mean I don’t…

Nate Parker isn’t really interested in equity; he’s interested in privileging black masculinity and himself. It’s really ugly and I’m not here for it. If your pro-Blackness isn’t pro-woman, pro-queer, pro-trans, pro-disability, it is NOT pro-Blackness; you just want to oppress as you yourself were oppressed.

Yes, he (Parker) also recently had that particularly nasty homophobic comment stating that in order to “preserve” the black man he would never play a gay character. Get the fuck out of here with that stereotyping, bigoted, anti-gay bullshit.

“I stand here, a 36-year-old man, 17 years removed from one of the most painful moments in my life. And I can imagine it was painful, for everyone. I was cleared of everything, of all charges. I’ve done a lot of living, and raised a lot of children. I’ve got five daughters and a lovely wife. My mom lives here with me;…

He keeps reiterating that he was cleared of all charges but he doesn’t ever say he didn’t do it. His non-denial denial is excruciating.

We measure the weight and severity of alleged rape against the damage it would do the accused’s life and achievements to acknowledge, but we never even consider what life and what achievements it robbed of the victim. Never.

fuck nate parker, fuck his co-defendant/bff/co-writer and fuck that deadline article.