Weinsteins step down as Miramax CEOs

I guess Weinstein should run for president.

Perfect way for the Democrats to beat Trump.

My dad continues to be the coolest 72-year-old Army vet I know. After I posted something on FB about this today, he posted this reply:

When I was in the Army at Ft. Leonard Wood there was a rash of sexual abuse involving female trainees and drill sergeants (DIs). All officers were told to get on top of this problem and provide their NCOs with clear cut guidance on things that were both socially taboo and against Army regulations. I got all of my DIs together for a quick briefing. I kept it simple. I asked them if they would say "good morning PVT. Joe Snuffy, what pretty blue eyes you have." They all laughed and said, "of course not, sir." To which I replied, "good, don't say it to PVT Mary Jones either." Then I went on to explain how easy it is to over reach your position of authority and I wouldn't tolerate it. Although I was the officer in charge, I had been an NCO for 12 years of my career and heard and saw plenty. They didn't know my background.

I suspect that if he ever saw someone either in the military or in his civilian career under his authority who was doing something as rancid as Weinstein, he might have skipped the talk and just beat the ever-loving shit out of them.

I know sex addiction is a real thing, but it's remarkable how many harassers/assaulters suddenly realize they have it only when they are publicly accused of harassment and assault.

lol @ Pvt. Joe Snuffy

Hey, don't disrespect our vets.

http://oldtimemoviesandradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/private-snuffy-smith-e1500040681289.jpg

Ben Affleck Is Accused of Groping Actress Hilarie Burton

And on it goes.

I just received this statement from @Caradelevingne detailing her experience with Harvey Weinstein. Thank you, Cara. pic.twitter.com/SA1D05lYH4

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) October 11, 2017

Grosser and grosser

i want people to go harder after Page Six, check this hit piece from 2015. Four people used to try to take down the legitimate claim by Ambra Battilana Gutierrez.

https://pagesix.com/2015/03/31/model-who-accused-weinstein-of-molestation-attends-show-with-tickets-he-gave-her/?_ga=2.106979778.134139512.1507701913-1469455140.1432402142

that Delevingne statement is so creepy

yeah the assistant saying "you're car won't be here for a while you should go to his room". love to aid and abet sexual assault and harassment for a living.

but also like he obviously is so premeditated and carefully planned with his gross schemes. has the staff working on it.

Any idea which film and director she's referring to in that story?

It occurs to me that Weinstein didn't even have the normal idiot excuse of being a complete drunk

which is not at all an excuse, it just makes you look like a well-rounded trainwreck of a douche

i believe she's talking about Tulip Fever directed by Justin Chadwick. Filmed in 2014, released in 2017.

and yeah, nomar otm, every fucking jackass gossip columnist who ran rape apologia pieces should get aired out

Hope this keeps going like dominoes and we can have a Rolling thread for these people every year.

I hope it stops! The harassment, I mean, not the public stories explaining this shit

Really kinda hope this avalanche gets Corey Feldman to come out and name the former A-listers he's been insinuating about for years now.

go look at the twitter for two of them, Danika Fears and Mara Siegler, they're retweeting Rose McGowan and stories about how horrible Harvey Weinstein is. And they put there names on that shit I linked.

honestly idk what to do with any of this information. like, I already knew Hollywood was a cesspool of sexist abuse (as it has been for nearly a century), and playing "whack-an-asshole" w/each one that comes up is I guess helpful in some small way but I'm a little cynical about any systemic change resulting from it.

the people who are always loudly claiming that industries should be meritocracies are unsurprisingly doing some victim blaming

maybe if these kinds of revelations destroy enough careers predators will think twice before they harass someone - both bc they'll see the potential consequences and bc their victims will be more emboldened to speak out.

“kindly remove your tweet about my client “ #rapeculture

— CEDRIC BIXLER ZAVALA (@cedricbixler_) October 11, 2017

He had alluded to the rape charges against Danny Masterson

i'm not sure where the cynicism would come from, Mordy otm. i'm not sure it's helpful in a small way, i think seeing how Harvey Weinstein of all people is now a complete pariah in Hollywood will make a lot of people rethink their behavior or it will prevent it in the future.

lol wait how did Cedric wind up in the Weinstein thread

Wonder how long it would take to have an effect on Japanese Idol culture.

I mean, it's kinda the rolling hollywood sexual abuse thread of the moment. I hadn't heard about these allegations against Masterson before.

xp

That Page Six story is nuts.

Her Instagram account is filled with lingerie shots from various modeling gigs, along with preachy aphorisms like “Be real and honest always” and “There is no good sex without love.”

they used to throw "troublemakers" in sanitariums to silence them. now with the internet, not even a powerful exec can stop a story once it's gotten out. we've come a long way since the days of Francis Farmer. im a little more on the optimistic side. let's get all these stories out, shed light on this shit.

Rape accuser had had sex before, source claims (xp)

maybe if these kinds of revelations destroy enough careers predators will think twice before they harass someone - both bc they'll see the potential consequences and bc their victims will be more emboldened to speak out.

yes i would also like an enlightened state of messianic redemption when people never treat each other cruelly bc all humanity follows even basic rudimentary moral codes but until that point some pragmatic deterrents are also good

Imagine

silby and mordy otm

cedric's feed today has been quite something

I would like a more equal society where the massive power imbalances that breed craven exploitation are no longer even legal but y'know that's me

There was a grisly Mair interview earlier, with a Brit producer who has worked with HW on multiple movies. He turned up at a private work related screening of In The Cut she was at and instructed the projectionist to FF to the "part where Meg Ryan gets her tits out" and then proceeded to jerk off in the seat behind her is the gist of her story. When I say private, she was the only person present apart from the projectionist.

http://www.scarymommy.com/sexual-harassment-how-not-be-accused/

While navigating professional relationships can often require that dreaded thing known as “any amount of work at all,” there is hope. You see, by following this one simple rule, you, too, can interact with women as people.

It’s as clear-cut as this: Treat all women like you would treat Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson...
...

Oh shoot! She’s pretty! In the face, even. What to do?! I mean, you know it’d be inappropriate to treat the coffee meeting as a date since her clearly stated intentions were professional. But on the other hand, she’s blonde, and so was your last girlfriend! This is so confusing! What a minefield you are in.

But navigating this sticky situation can be made easy by employing The Rock Test. Close your eyes, take a deep breath, and when you open them, pretend Karen looks like this: (picture of The Rock)

Wow! Karen looks pretty tough and strong and sweaty! She looks like a person who is working very hard to achieve her goals, having left behind a situation that clearly wasn’t working, headed for bigger and better things. Maybe ask her about that? But definitely don’t hit on her. It looks like she could kill you with the chair you’re sitting on.

thing is, the terry crews stuff obviates that

@imago - what is Cedric's connection to all this? his wife?

I don't think all harassers are as bold or view themselves as powerful as one that'd harass Terry Crews

cedric appears to have recently escaped a certain religious institution/cult

wtf

Producer interviewed by Mair and just now on C4 is Alison Owen, who is Lily Allen’s mum. She said that she never had a firsthand account of HW’s antics, and even though she found him gross at that private screening, nothing he did in her presence was call-the-police actionable, and all the stories people shared were FOFish and basically hearsay.

Whoa I just looked at Cedric's twitter - glad that he's still with his wife, but distressed nonetheless that they're being harassed by Scientologists. Hope he's right about dominoes continuing to fall. LOL'd at this:

Here we have LRH trying to audit the compulsion to rape out of a fucking tomato. Poor tomato must have raped in a past life. Not its fault pic.twitter.com/K2G03sA0Mb

— CEDRIC BIXLER ZAVALA (@cedricbixler_) October 11, 2017

also important:

the lead in this beloved series is a Scientologist who turns a blind eye to the abuses of her own church. She is “of David”. Miscavige. pic.twitter.com/A5aexhyIsD

— CEDRIC BIXLER ZAVALA (@cedricbixler_) October 11, 2017

all the stories people shared were FOFish and basically hearsay.

FOFish as in 'fact or fake'?

Fertile. Of Fred.