Harvey Weinstein: That Time When We Decided To Smash Cultural Marxism Once and for All

[Okeefenokee]

So what happens next? There are so many names being thrown around now, a new one every other day, how can the cultural mass possibly stay focused, surely the frequency of these stories will lead to apathy? This is really bringing everything to a head for people that choose to ignore the gender roles in society. Men prey on women? I'm shocked. I think this will lead to more sexual abuse from men when they discover just how many of the people on their tvs and in their movies are doing it.

Joe Biden is the one I'm waiting for, Bill Clinton and Donny Trump are the big fish but they've already been fried. Pence aint gonna happen (?) and say what you want about B Obama but he doesn't strike me as a sex assaulting pedobear

I'm already becoming a bit apathetic. Unless it's an actor I care about I don't even bother to read anything but the headline.

And that whole Al Franken thing... I'm not a big fan of the guy, but come on. That's just being fucking creepy and gross. If it was my wife/sister who had that happen to her I'd give the guy a beating and tell her to get over it. Not hold on to it forever like it was some kind of profound violation.

It's unacceptable and wrong. But nowhere near Weinstein levels. The seriousness in which they are taking such things is making the more serious stuff trivial.

Most of what I learned from the episode of Wishbone that covered the Tale of Two Cities is fuzzy in my memory, but I seem to recall that there were some serious consequences for stepping out of line when the locals were restless.

[Viktorthepirate]

So what happens next? There are so many names being thrown around now, a new one every other day, how can the cultural mass possibly stay focused, surely the frequency of these stories will lead to apathy? This is really bringing everything to a head for people that choose to ignore the gender roles in society. Men prey on women? I'm shocked. I think this will lead to more sexual abuse from men when they discover just how many of the people on their tvs and in their movies are doing it.

Joe Biden is the one I'm waiting for, Bill Clinton and Donny Trump are the big fish but they've already been fried. Pence aint gonna happen (?) and say what you want about B Obama but he doesn't strike me as a sex assaulting pedobear

I'm already becoming a bit apathetic. Unless it's an actor I care about I don't even bother to read anything but the headline.

And that whole Al Franken thing... I'm not a big fan of the guy, but come on. That's just being fucking creepy and gross. If it was my wife/sister who had that happen to her I'd give the guy a beating and tell her to get over it. Not hold on to it forever like it was some kind of profound violation.

It's unacceptable and wrong. But nowhere near Weinstein levels. The seriousness in which they are taking such things is making the more serious stuff trivial.

Most of what I learned from the episode of Wishbone that covered the Tale of Two Cities is fuzzy in my memory, but I seem to recall that there were some serious consequences for stepping out of line when the locals were restless.

Holy shit lol. The Wishbone episode is how I know any details about a tale of two cities... embarrassingly enough.

I'm going to sit back and let the wave of nostalgia roll over me.

[pineapplemike]

The seriousness in which they are taking such things is making the more serious stuff trivial.

+1

[Zero]

"The people being described as victims are simply disappointed."

Morrissey sticks his neb in. Never one to be shy of controversy, especially as a new album drops. His new single is ok btw, a bit of contemporary commentary on media.

I wonder how his fan base will react considering the current climate. Typically they seem to roll their eyes at his more outrageous comments, but perhaps he is playing with fire on this one. Seems a pop star with a 40+ year career might have a few skeletons in his closet.


https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ ... in-1060172




Speaking of being disappointed

[Fife]

Watch Uma Thurman's chilling comments about Hollywood's sexual misconduct scandal that have everyone talking

Given her latest two statements on the ongoing news cycle, people are waiting for Thurman's evident anger to take the form of yet another bombshell accusation.

[BjornP]

http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2017/ ... rnography/

Here, then, is the problem. We have mainstreamed porn and then are shocked when we find men willing to act consistently with the logic of porn. We have extolled the absolute freedom from any restraint and therefore we have given up the moral authority to claim that porn is unhealthy culturally and harmful to both women and men. We revel in our freedom to offer up bodies as objects of consumption and then are shocked, SHOCKED!! when bodies are consumed.

Let me be clear: I am not saying that pornography automatically causes sexual harassment or assault. The powerful have always exploited the weak, and our current situation is merely one particular instance of that fact. I am, however, saying that sexual harassment definitely, and even sexual assault, flows naturally from the logic of pornography wherein persons are reduced to mere objects of gratification. The seeming need for consent is neatly bypassed, for one does not seek consent from mere objects.

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But until we are ready to confront our nearly universal complicity in the culture of pornography, we will continue in our incoherence. We will continue as Pornified Puritans who simultaneously celebrate our limitless emancipation from the constraints of old-fashioned morality while we clutch our pearls like schoolmarms when we learn of another man who acts consistently with the logic of pornography.

[MilSpecs]

This is our collective last nerve. The wooden spoon has been grabbed and the beatings are in progress.

[Penner]

Has anyone heard about John Lasseter leaving Pixar for six-months?

Multiple sources at Pixar and in the animation community spoke with THR about Lasseter's alleged behavior but asked not to be named out of fear that their careers in the tight-knit animation community would be damaged. Based on their accounts, the alleged incident involving Jones was not an isolated occurrence. One longtime Pixar employee says Lasseter, who is well-known for hugging employees and others in the entertainment community, was also known by insiders for "grabbing, kissing, making comments about physical attributes." Multiple sources say Lasseter is known to drink heavily at company social events such as premiere parties, but this source says the behavior was not always confined to such settings.

Now Lasseter is taking a leave of absence from Pixar after acknowledging "painful" conversations and unspecified "missteps," he wrote in a memo to staff on Tuesday. The leave is said to be for six months, a source tells THR.

"I have always wanted our animation studios to be places where creators can explore their vision with the support and collaboration of other gifted animators and storytellers," Lasseter stated. "This kind of creative culture takes constant vigilance to maintain. It's built on trust and respect, and it becomes fragile if any members of the team don't feel valued. As a leader, it's my responsibility to ensure that doesn't happen; and I now believe I have been falling short in this regard."

The executive added: "I've recently had a number of difficult conversations that have been very painful for me. It's never easy to face your missteps, but it's the only way to learn from them."

It is hard to overstate Lasseter's value to Disney. He is known as the genius behind Pixar films from Toy Story to Inside Out to Coco, opening Nov. 22. He took charge of Walt Disney Animation in 2006 and led a revival that included such gigantic hits as Frozen.

Sources say some women at Pixar knew to turn their heads quickly when encountering him to avoid his kisses. Some used a move they called "the Lasseter" to prevent their boss from putting his hands on their legs.

A longtime insider says he saw a woman seated next to Lasseter in a meeting that occurred more than 15 years ago. "She was bent over and [had her arm] across her thigh," he says. "The best I can describe it is as a defensive posture ... John had his hand on her knee, though, moving around." After that encounter, this person asked the woman about what he had seen. "She said it was unfortunate for her to wear a skirt that day and if she didn't have her hand on her own right leg, his hand would have traveled."

The same source said he once noticed an oddly cropped photo of Lasseter standing between two women at a company function. When he mentioned that to a colleague, he was told, "We had to crop it. Do you know where his hands were?"

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ ... ce=twitter

[Penner]

Also, Nick Carter from the Backstreet Boys:

Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter has been accused of rape by fellow musician Melissa Schuman. A former member of all-girl teen pop band Dream, Schuman details the alleged assault in a blog post.

Schuman and Carter co-starred in the 2004 ABC Family film The Hollows. As Schuman tells it, she was invited to Carter’s Santa Monica apartment on an off day from shooting. Upon her arrival, Carter invited her to his office to listen to music he had been working on. It was at this point, according to Schuman, that Carter began kissing her. He then brought her into a bathroom and began performing oral sex on her. Schuman, who was a virgin at the time, told Carter she didn’t want to go any further.

“I told him to stop, but he didn’t,” Schuman recounts. “So I turned off the bathroom light so I wouldn’t see anything. He kept turning the light back on because he told me he wanted to look at me. I remember thinking at that point that maybe after this he will just stop, but he didn’t.”

https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/11/ ... d-of-rape/

[C-Mag]

Random thoughts.......

Liberal women..... pissed their males did not protect them from Trump are now getting rid of their males.