Just my two cents, but I think what you can do, rather than telling women what you’ll do and potentially talking over them, is to address whatever post you make to men. Talk about how men do this without even realizing. Talk about how pervasive it is. Talk about how it’s on men to recognize what they’re doing and…

Jesus that “ I just won’t talk to women,” shit happened to me. Some guy I was once kind of friends with on FB asked how men could do better. Another women said “stop catcalling.” He asked what catcalling was. I explained. Then he wanted to get into the difference between compliments and catcalling. I explained that…

“I made a post on Facebook asking why there’s no social media movement for men to post on their pages about and ask what they can do about gender-based violence.”

She never made a movie again, right?

I was happy to have a guy amongst my friends post #ItWasMe along with text saying that he had been complicit in sexual violence and harassment and was committed to not doing that anymore. I thanked him and said this was a good thing, and also wanted men to step forward and pledge to no longer look the other way when…

Yep. One of my least-favorite facebook friends is a public intellectual and professor in a social justice-focused discipline at a very prominent university... and also a known serial abuser. His response to this whole thing was to post an angry screed about how he’s tired of hearing sexist jokes and “locker-room…

Ew. The fact that he followed up with “I’m (French) Canadian” kind of feels like, “I know you’re uncomfortable with that, but I don’t really care because this is how I do things and my ability to demonstrate my cultural affectations wherever and whenever is much more important than your comfort or personal…

Exactly. I feel so angry about women talking about this, the articles in womens magazines. Really, its not my problem! Call me when fucking GQ magazine has an article about “our mens open secret”, or when all the men are on my FB feed with their confessions. I’ve had it with explaining basic equality to people.

None of these things work. Koni is still running around, the majority of Boko Haram girls are still in captivity, poaching has not changed one bit since Cecil the lion, gun laws haven’t significantly changed since...... well pick your tragedy. The only internet campaign I have seen that has made any significant…

I once had a guy in another country grab my hand for a handshake and not let it go until I kissed him on the cheek. All in front of a bunch of male colleagues laughing. Because coercing someone into kissing you is so funny guys!

Yep. That sounds like Lars Van Trier. Bjork was VOCAL about how bad that experience was for her, immediately after it happened. Can’t believe she had to clarify it, but hey, this is Earth and she is a woman.

French Canadian here and no, kissing someone’s hand is *not* how we do it here. We do the two-cheek kiss thing, but only in more familiar settings.

Björk successfully putting an end to his bullshit on set in no way indicates that he has grown as a person. He still paints her as a mentally ill in an attempt to discredit her statement, and he does not appear to accept any responsibility for his actions, or indeed to believe that he did anything wrong. He can’t…

THANK YOU THANK YOU.

They always had this thing that Bjork was very difficult, too powerful to harrass, that she was so brutal that she ate her clothing. I’m glad she clarified that, too. All these allegations meant to portray her as barbaric. It’s nice to hear from herself that no, she did not do those things.

She kicked the shit out of a reporter for shoving a microphone in her infant son’s face in an airport.

Yes, she seems tough.

There was a comment on another article about how “emotionally fragile” Björk is. She’s not. Emotional? Yes. Fragile? No. She’s never been afraid to stick up for herself. The fact that she put up with all this shit just for this film shows you how tough she is. And she did in fact stick up for herself on set, but Trier…

It’s straight from the standard abusers playbook. Don’t listen to the accuser because they are “difficult”, “crazy”, “want money”, are “vengeful”. It’s infuriating and devastatingly effective.

Sweet Jesus. She never made a movie again, right? Now we know why. I’ve always loved the product Hollywood put out but honestly, I’m enjoying watching them burn down right now.