Olympic Gold Medal gymnast McKayla Maroney says team doctor molested her
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...icle-1.3570958
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Olympic Gold Medal gymnast McKayla Maroney says team doctor molested her
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...icle-1.3570958
Fair play to Kevin Smith.
http://ew.com/movies/2017/10/17/kevi...alflow_twitter
Always been a marmite character to many and he openly owes his career to Weinstein so I think this is a great gesture from a genuine place of discomfort from him.
Agree with all of that, getting them to line up naked as part of an audition process is not really that surprising is it? if they are going to be naked in the film for example then they are going to want to know what they look like aren't they? I don't know how it works. :shrug:
I have been looking at the #metoo campaign on fb ect and I find it very worrying tbh, women who have had successful careers and no problems all their lives are suddenly being "triggered" and becoming victims, why? if it's never bothered them before I can't see how it can affect them now, it's been made trendy to turn yourself in to a victim of some kind.
"How to Cope If You're Feeling Triggered by the #MeToo Movement"
http://www.health.com/sexual-health/...acebook_health
When I was about 19 I was sexually harassed by a chef I worked with in a hotel, he would always follow me in to the store room, grab me and make suggestive comments, he was meant to be training me so whenever I asked his advice on anything he would open his arms and say things like "Come closer to me and I will explain" like a form of blackmail, he knew that I was keen to move out of my parents house too so he often offered to set me up in a flat of my own and pay the rent for me if he could pop round and sleep with me a couple of times a week.
I repeatedly told him to f*ck off and started refusing to listen to him about anything while he was trying to put his arm around me at the same time so he had to stop eventually or I was never going to learn anything.
According to social media that makes me a victim but I don't agree with that, definition of victim:
A person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action.
A person who is tricked or duped.
A person who has come to feel helpless and passive in the face of misfortune or ill-treatment.
None of that applies to me, it has had no affect on my life whatsoever, just a life experience, if anything it made me a stronger person and made me stick up for myself more, I doubt that many of the women who have shared the me too hashtag are victims either tbh.
What about all the young lads who just wanted to be football players and got abused for their troubles? You can't say it didn't affect anybody because many people don't want to speak out about it. Ditto the USA swimmers and gymnasts. People deal with things in different ways.
We also have young girls being groomed by inner-city asian gangs, boy scouts becoming victims of pedophiles, and the abuse of kids who are taken into care. Then there is the elephant in the room which is the use of children to blackmail politicians and other establishment figures.
The current Hollywood scandal is just an entry point into something that has been going on for a very long time, and it's about time this sick aspect of society was confronted head on.
LAPD are also now investigating Weinstein.
The whole thing is rotten, and has been propped up by rotters and the disciples of rotten for decades. And the acceptors of rotten.
Saddens me when I hear of people whose professional output I have enjoyed /admired get thrown in the frame, but nobody is above scrutiny, and if there has been substandard behaviour, they need to be exposed and cuffed.
Terry richardson is probably the least surprising news ever
His job satisfaction must be alright though
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCUnWIs88CQ
The P word keeps getting mentioned on Twitter, I'm guessing it's only a matter of time.
It does all seem a bit 'inbox me hun x' to me. Showing your true colours and revealing experiences that made you vulnerable can be very brave but not if you are just doing it because everyone else is.
If Harvey Weistein looked like Brad Pitt I doubt half of his victims would have minded him being a grade A pervert. The fine line between welcome advance and disgusting comment is usually based quite significantly on when you find the other person attractive.
Not that the gender of the person responsible matters, but the story was that a female producer asked for the naked line-up.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41664809
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41668106
'A New Low, Even For Weinstein': Another Woman Says Producer 'Orally Forced Himself On Me'
http://gothamist.com/2017/10/24/wein...allegation.php
So Spacey invited a 14 yr old and 17 yr old boy back to his, assaulted the 14 year old but it's ok, he's sorry, can't remember the incident but can remember being drunk on and by the way, look over here folks, look at the coming out part and not the assault bit...
Hollywood has always been full of hypocracy.
Producers use casting couch, actresses use casting couch to get what they wanted. Scandals, coverups ahoy. Vast majority in Hollywood complain about the hounding of the great artist Polanski. Ok, so he drugged and raped a 13 yr old girl, fled abroad to avoid being sent to prison.
Gary Glitter reviled, lefty luvvies love Polanski for his great work...
Lefty? -What the actual f*ck has a political standpoint got to do with it?
I know a lot of people who would call themselves 'left' leaning, as well as people who are resolutely centrist and also few who would gladly confirm that they dress to the right.
NOT ONE of any of them would condone paedophilia, nor any kind of abuse. You are a confused individual - get a grip.
So political standpoints have zero to do with personal views whatsoever... makes perfect sense. I'm also glad you and the people you know live in the Hollywood bubble too.
Can you think of an alternate reason for the love and defence of Polanski amongst the Hollywood set?
Or maybe because they have never been convicted of any crime? :shrug:
"Why does everyone believe Kevin Spacey’s accuser rather than Kevin Spacey himself? In a civilised society, it would be the other way round. In a civilised society we would doubt the accuser and maintain the innocence of the accused. But increasingly we do not live in a civilised society. As demonstrated by the hysteria of the Harvey Weinstein scandal and the increasingly strange and narcissistic #metoo contagion, we live in a society where accusation is now proof. Where accusation alone can colour someone’s reputation beyond repair. I fear we haven’t yet registered how worrying, and terrifying, this state of affairs is."
http://www.publish.spiked-online.com...innocent/20490
No, but I'm not going to label people of a particular political belief as abuse excusers.
I suspect the phrase you have used : 'Hollywood set' has played a big part in this up until now, at last perhaps, it has started to look at itself, and has begun to turn itself in.
Also, IMO, in these days of worldwide Social Media, it is much harder for someone to have an unsavoury past/present, just get away with incidents ignored like maybe has happened in the past. Word gets out and it gets shared, and the people involved become emboldened.
I think it's more a cultural change in wider society. I don't believe for one second Hollywood has naval gazed and magically become wonderful people. Like I said, Polanski is still revered.
Weinstein has apologised and vaguely hinted at things. He'd not been charged AFAIK and certainly not convicted of anything at this point in time. People seem more willing these days to accept claims as fact without evidence - at the end of the day, until proven they are still allegations.
I'd agree about social media - far easier for people to throw allegations about without having to prove them. They then spread like wildfire - even if pulled they are still out there.
What worries me about that is the numbers going to social media, going to media without reporting to the police.
Spacey's "defence" is plain silly though.
"I don't remember it but apologies anyway I must have been drunk. Oh, did I forget to mention I'm gay? Please focus on the outing part rather than the alleged offence bit".
Maybe it was something to do with Bryan Singer's pool parties, or flying to remote islands with Bill Clinton and Jeffrey Epstein on the Lolita Express? Or it could even be the photos that are floating around? Or as you say he could be innocent, but the word on the street is that a lot more is going to come out regarding him and others like him. As lardy said he hasn't denied it, which is what you would expect an innocent person to do.