Another woman who for years was rumored to be “crazy” and “hard to work with” — perhaps the stress of having to show up at parties and work events with her rapist had something to do with it. Poor girl, and good for her for having the courage to come forward.
I sincerely hope that his passport has long been confiscated!
I haven’t watched House of Cards, but I do understand that it has been a breakthrough role for Robin Wright, and that she’s very good in it. I feel bad for her that it’s all fallen through it seems for now. Maybe they could have a final season of House of Cards without Spacey that could be a triumph for her. I…
Thoughts and prayers for you on this difficult decision.
So we’ve impeached an evil TV president?
You’re attacking someone for having suffered a sexual assault and attempted rape when he was a child. Go to hell.
Right. It doesn’t feel like “satire” if it seems like the “satirist” actually feels/does the things he’s “satirizing.” And what were they “satirizing” exactly? How Russian women are raped/threatened into abortion by expat douchebags? Hilarious!
Why do you believe him? In particular, why do you believe him and not Ames? And what do you think of a guy who co-authors a book with a guy who (in your view) truthfully brags about raping a 15-year-old? I’m honestly asking. I don’t know his work, but what about him makes you think that he’s making up all the terrible…
Wow, thank you for writing this! Those excerpts are pretty tough to get through. I would really like to think that the stories those guys are telling are just an ugly, misogynistic fantasy, and that no actual people were assaulted or harassed. But who knows? Stuff like that really does happen, and it’s a frighteningly…
I’m sorry but I actually had to stop reading this article. I found their own gleeful descriptions of their actions to be so repulsive. Who found this type of writing palatable or interesting. Being a self absorbed asshole in a country where you hold enormous power to violate impoverished girls sexually doesn’t strike…
I can only speak for our company’s training, which— was horrible, sounded like it’d been written in 1985, and was delivered by an old guy who didn’t look or sound like he’d ever had to deal with women in his workplace. The examples of sexual harassment they gave was all the usual obvious stuff: physical touching at…
Oh, they do the training already. The problem is that the training is CYA. If there is a problem, they can say, “as a company, we are demonstrably against this. It was a rogue employee.” Then it is up to the plaintiff to prove a pattern or other actions by the company.
Indeed.
I have a feeling that we can expect many, many more stories about Spacey sexually abusing/harassing in the near future. The statement you linked to above is one from a man who knows that his time is up.
“dating”/“banged her a couple of times” - jeez, we have a real winner here.
“I have represented Mr. Ratner for two decades, and no woman has ever made a claim against him for sexual misconduct or sexual harassment,” he wrote.
Also, why do they all enjoy masterbating in front of people so much? It is a very specific power thing. It’s so weird.
I feel the same. And I keep seeing her in high-fashion magazines and campaigns now...we all know that fashion shoots are ground zero for sexual exploitation and abuse.
I love Stranger Things but everything about Millie Bobbie Brown makes me uncomfortable. She is 13 and supporting her family! That is not okay. She is an afterschool special on how not to be a child star. When I saw Sean Astin was going to be in Stranger Things I was hoping he could pull her aside and stage an…