I just came here to say: THATS WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE.

Feel guilty? The mother was abusive. I’m still waiting for the article discussing that.

I found this helpful:

Ha! I didn’t grow up poor, but my parents grew up very very poor.

Perception and feelings. I don’t understand why you have to be such a dick about it.

That’s true. I went to an ivy for graduate school and finally meet the 1%. Jesus christ, trust me you’ve probably never meet the 1%.

The mother was abusive, and I’m tired and sad of people talking about this movie as though it represents a normal enough realistic relationship.

It’s really privileged to call this poor. They own their own house and can afford college and private school. No one takes the bus to work.

I’m an estate sale shopper, and one of the things I like about it, is that money != taste.

I’m not sure what you mean? I was a powerless graduate student that heard this as gossip. All I’m saying is that if I heard this third or fourth hand - it was so well known that I knew - then there must be tons of people that knew, certainly people closer to the source(s) and with far more weight than me.
With all…

I think its OK to not heavily weigh the opinions of close friends and relatives of people that have done things that are wrong. I don’t even think we should interview people like that. It can take months of emotional work to come to terms with stuff like this.

I’m an ex academic and I knew academics who were interviewed on his show.
this was well known. I’m not even a little close to Charlie Rose, or journalism, or being famous enough to be on shows, and I knew this. He’s also a functioning alcoholic. And kinda terrible person.

It’s actually way worse than that. Information flow has become critical to social justice and democracy. Think of tweeting the st lours riots over Micheal brown or #metoo. The Internet is where we get our news, and papers are going out of print. You wont have access anymore.

you can’t apologize for something people may or may not even want to bring up. That, in itself, can be super awkward and inappropriate.
Apologies are always for the aggrieved person and always on their time schedule, otherwise you make it about yourself.

I think we have to find more than the following two options: 1) stay with full power and privileges or 2) go, immediately, shamed forever.

this isn’t shrugging away sexual misconduct. Its asking some serious questions about if there is any middle ground, while taking into account the seriousness of the offense. Let’s not pretend that Franken’s actions are on par with Moore’s.

I’d really like another series of op eds on the Bill Clinton situation. I was too young to remember it all. To me, that was an affair - a consensual relationship between two adults - and not harassment or assault. But there is the power dynamic, and maybe Monica felt differently about it, I don’t know.

Or, it sets a precedent, and when another male senator is accused of this level of sexual assault in the near future - and I feel strongly that will happen - then we will have to demand that person resign as well. They won’t all be in blue states.

Maybe on jezebel, but not in life.

Jesus fucking christ