He’s definitely raising the bar for men associated with Weinstein, but the bar was set pretty darn low. Like some of the other commenters, I also wonder if he’s only doing this because one of the victims close to him could’ve blown through any attempt of lying about his knowledge.

Yeah, what I meant is that he may have dealt with the emotional fallout of what happened to her, and yet he had this cartoonish picture of what Weinstein was like. It must have taken a lot of denial to still treat the guy like a father figure after spending time with the women he hurt.

“I chalked it up to a ’50s-’60s era image of a boss chasing a secretary around the desk,” he said. “As if that’s O.K. That’s the egg on my face right now.”

If you aren’t worried about your own safety, definitely do it! It’s up to her how she uses the information. If you don’t tell her and it gets worse, you’ll regret it the rest of your life. If you have any proof, send her that too.

At least when it comes to politics, I’ve heard the strategy is to 1. hear someone out, acknowledge their feelings then 2. in a friendly way, ask questions designed to make them actually think about what they’re saying.

The second letter makes me cringe a little, because it reminds me of some similar things that happened to me when I was younger. The friendship she thought she had was probably a lie; if a dude can’t handle a woman’s existence after she turns him down, there’s no “wall” to penetrate, he’s probably an asshole all the…

You should take a look at Elizabeth & Clarke, they sort of sound like what you’re describing. You can shop from their archive instead of doing a subscription. Idk if they might be too formal, though.

Justified is super good! It’s a really fun show, but it took a few episodes for me to get into it.

I agree with most of what you’ve said, but I think there’s still hope. The most toxic games I’ve played are ones that are more geared towards young men; as more games are made for older people, women and minorities, I’m hoping those loud voices will be less dominant. A lot of Youtubers are pretty young, too, so maybe…

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“Hey, I want to use any word that anyone else is allowed to use without getting shit for it, so I want you all to ignore the couple centuries of violent history behind this word and choose not to be offended. If you ignore people being racist, it’ll help solve racism too!”

You only call it fear because that assumption allows you to think you’re brave by comparison. In reality, people avoid saying offensive things like that because they just don’t want to be a dick. If you don’t understand why people avoid it, I don’t think you really get the weight it has.

Dude, Kotaku has written about toxicity and racist language in the gaming community on a general level. Find another gatekeeping test.

Right? Like, when I think of big examples of cultural appropriation, they’re cases of unintentionally disrespecting the history of a marginalized group, or fetishizing it in an uncomfortable way - stuff like that certainly shouldn’t be encouraged, and it shouldn’t be the responsibility of others to simply get over it.

I’m not familiar with that specific case, but it’s not great if it creates less room for original artists.

Ned and his most loyal subject were the only ones who walked away from the Tower, right? I imagine everyone figured they could take his word for it that she was dead without pressing for details. If Ned could get away with being vague about suddenly carrying a new baby, he could probably avoid an interrogation about…

I think giving someone a platform and engaging with them once they already have that platform are different things. Only Twitter had the power to get rid of her, so using Twitter to argue was the next best thing. If I remember the linked profile correctly, she also talked about being swayed by the kindness of an IRL…

I agree it’s a stupid thing to waste time thinking about, but I also think it’s due to not having an angle to attack Kim. Kim only got into it for Kanye, and she brought the receipts to show it was justified. There’s enough history with Kanye to give Taylor more of an opening to attack him, plus the chance to play up…

“Talk to women like they’re normal people” is great advice, but I’d add the caveat that you need to let them get a word in edgewise. I’ve known so many nerds who just wanted to ramble on about their hobbies without stopping to see if the woman had opinions on physics or Starcraft, too.

To each their own; he’s probably from part of the country where “wait until marriage” is treated as the main form of sex ed, so...