Ironically, if she had used a Chinese hashtag she would've been fine. The state's case hinges on #MeToo being a US-backed movement, just like #Pride.
LGBT and women's rights activists in China are restricted from using foreign iconography and foreign slogans, but not from demonstrating. It's absurd, but altogether a different issue than what the article makes it out to be.
Another #metoo storm has hit Denmark after a number of female musicians describe insanely bad, sexualized behavior from male producers and male artists in the music business, in a new tv documentary.
Most appalling is the revelation that successful music producer and tv-maker Martin Brygmann, for decades has been grooming teenage artists in a scheme, which is presented as an exchange of sex for career opportunities.
Former President Donald Trump said Monday that if reelected, he plans to work “side by side” with a newly formed religious organization that says abortion is the “greatest atrocity facing” the United States and should be “eradicated entirely.”...
“The district attorney, who campaigned on a promise to prosecute Donald Trump, brought these charges precisely because of who the defendant was rather than because of any specified criminal conduct.”
-Susan Collins
Hey, Susan
Shouldn’t you be happy now that Donald gets to learn his lesson?
E. Jean Carroll successfully brought sex assault and defamation charges against Trump because of who he is also: a lying rapist. Is Susan Collins going to start blaming Trump's victims also? #MeToo
It's the start of a long weekend and I've found myself with a backlog of links, so it's time for another linkdump - the eighteenth in the (occasional) series. Here's the previous installments:
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Eliminating 230 would be incredibly reckless under any circumstances, but after the SESTA/FOSTA experience, it's unforgivable. The Big Tech platforms will greet this development by indiscriminately wiping out any kind of controversial speech from marginalized groups (think #MeToo or Black Lives Matter). Meanwhile, the rich and powerful will get a new tool - far more powerful than copyfraud - to make inconvenient speech disappear.
I'm so glad to see this posted. The whole meme of bear vs man made me feel at odds and while I saw what the point was that it tried to raise it still didn't really do a great job to me. After a lot of thinking about it and discussing it in other threads I finally understood what I feel is the issue. While the answer given by most (if not all) women is shocking and shows the feeling of uncertainty and unsafeness the question is framed in such a way that it creates division and sexism. The problem is not what women are answering, the issue is that it puts men on the other side without any more thought. It divides us into women vs either men or bears. I'm not a woman, I'm not a bear, and I don't want to be a man seen as a danger. I understand the issue and I want to be part of the solution and create a safer world for everyone.
This whole topic wouldn't have made me see the problem if it wasn't for the effect that other ways to raise awareness have had in the past. For me the greatest method to raise awareness was the #metoo movement. That's when I could see the issue and what kind of effect it has. It was a movement that didn't automatically make me feel excluded, it was a movement that raised awareness of the victims, but it didn't have to be only women, also men that had been victims could raise it if they felt empowered by it. It was horrifying seeing the spread of it, and then there must be all the ones that didn't say anything. That's a movement I can get behind, that's the way to raise awareness. Since then I try to be more aware of the kind of behavior that creates those feelings of unsafeness for women and if I would ever notice something done by others I'd try to step up. The whole man vs bear is terrible at doing the same.
The best thing about it is that it's forcing Drake to defend some of the questionable things he's been accused of, while doing a terrible job of doing that defending. So we've gotten a master class Rap beef out of these two, and hopefully we get a bit more, and a bit more of pedos and sex traffickers in and around the rap world being outed to hopefully face some accountability. This beef is becoming rap's #MeToo movement.
In a new memoir, Christa Brown, one of the nation’s best-known clergy abuse survivors and #SBC whistleblowers, shares the shocking story of her escape from Baptistland.
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act is the most widely misunderstood technology law in the world, which is wild, given that it's only 26 words long!
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CDA 230 isn't a gift to big tech. It's literally the only reason that tech companies don't censor on anything we write that might offend some litigious creep. Without CDA 230, there'd be no #MeToo. Hell, without CDA 230, just hosting a private message board where two friends get into serious beef could expose to you an avalanche of legal liability.
New Yorkers will be amused that nepo-kid's idea of stamina is stopping by a Bodega after a 7 hour day sitting on your ass and a USSS escort drive across town.
Eric #Trump: His stamina, I've never seen anything like it in my life. He'll be in trial all day long only to step out and do events at bodegas and go to Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. The whole world knows his toughness
#NY’s highest court on Thurs overturned Harvey #Weinstein’s 2020 conviction on #felony#SexCrime charges, a stunning reversal in the foundational case of the #MeToo era.
The overturning of #HarveyWeinstein’s NY #SexCrimes conviction, & the ordering of a new trial, may feel like a sudden, shocking turn. He is a fully disgraced figure: sentenced to long #prison terms in 2 cities, defined by the public testimonies of nearly 100 alleged victims [survivors] whose stories formed the cornerstone of the #MeToo movement. But in #legal terms, his NY conviction was always controversial, & his appeals always stood a chance.
🤦🏻♀️ “NY’s highest court on Thur overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 conviction on felony sex crime charges, a stunning reversal in the foundational case of the #MeToo era.
In 4-3 decision, NY Court of Appeals found trial judge who presided over Weinstein’s case made a crucial mistake, allowing prosecutors to call as witnesses a series of women who said Mr. Weinstein had assaulted them — but whose accusations were not part of the charges against him.”
Rep. Tim Walberg is wishing U.S. familes "a happy and most blessed Easter," and to the Palestinians caught in Gaza, he hope Israel would "get it over with quickly," and bomb Gaza ‘like Nagasaki and Hiroshima’
Tim Walberg, a Republican congressman from Michigan, made these comments during a gathering with a small group of his constituents, suggesting that Gaza should be subjected to nuclear bombing like Nagasaki and Hiroshima during World War II.
Walberg argued that the US should not spend money on humanitarian aid in Gaza and instead support Israel, which he referred to as the US's "greatest ally, arguably, anywhere in the world."
His comments have been widely criticized as a call for #genocide
Tim Walberg, a Republican congressman from Michigan, has a history of making controversial and incendiary comments, including questioning the validity of the #MeToo movement, suggesting that the impeachment inquiry into then-President Donald Trump was a "coup," and expressing skepticism about man-made climate change.
“How Justice Thomas’s ‘Nearly Adopted Daughter’ Became His Law Clerk
Justice #ClarenceThomas gave Crystal Clanton a home and a job after she left a conservative youth organization in controversy. Then the justice picked her for one of the most coveted positions in the legal world.”
@GottaLaff Hmmmm....."gave her a home"...like Mike Johnson did for a 16 yr old when he was 25???? Once an abuser always an abuser....Anita Hill and others should have been listened to and the #MeToo movement started then....think of what we could have avoided?
It has long been the case that American women are generally more liberal than American men. But among young Americans, this gender gap has widened into an enormous rift: According to recent Gallup polling, there is a 30-point differencebetween the number of women age 18–30 who self-identify as liberal and the number of men in...
I think it's pretty straightforward why this happens - liberal politics as a hive mind talks to women, but it does not talk to men. Even this piece, look at the following quote.
Actor Johnny Depp sued his ex-wife Amber Heard after she wrote a #MeToo op-ed in the Washington Post; even though the piece didn’t name him, Depp argued that it was defamatory, and legions of his fans (including plenty of women) engaged in a monthslong campaign of vicious harassment, threats, and vilification of Heard and anyone who might stand up for her.
The one case where it was at mutual abuse by both parties, they talk about Depp abusing Heard, but not Heard abusing Depp. That's why there is a divide. The problem is framed as "violence against women", instead of "domestic violence against people".
To be clear, modern society presents all people with new problems. But while generic problems like stagnating wages are being talked about as a generic issue, and women's issues get space as at least a successful special interest issue, issues disproportionately affecting men don't. This results in shitheads like Tate fleecing them and fucking up society at large as well.
I remember Joe Biden being accused of rape and the woman who did it basically being hushed down. I haven’t seen a single person mention it (recently). Given his age, status, and political beliefs, it seems pretty much guaranteed to be at least somewhat true. How did I forget about this?
This is a problem that I really feel like gets no attention.
With all the focus on women’s rights, young men feel neglected. And modern feminism does imply that men can’t really talk about issues because that comes from a place of privilege.
This isn’t the only time it happened. Male victims of sexual harassment and assault were pretty much entirely shut out of #MeToo.
So, young men feel marginalized and they will listen to whoever makes sense.
Chinese #MeToo journalist jailed for five years ( www.bbc.com )
A prominent female #MeToo activist in China has been handed a five-year jail sentence for "subversion against the state"....
obligatory bear post ( lemmy.cafe )
is it rhetorically or optically the perfect feminist meme that is beyond criticism? no....
Drake Drops New Track Inviting Kendrick Lamar Out To Coffee So They Can Clear Things Up ( www.theonion.com )
“The truth is, Kendrick, I think you’re a sweetie / Does 2 p.m. work, or maybe 3?” Drake raps in his new single titled “I Miss You, Buddy,”...
Theoretical Physics ( mander.xyz )
The Political Divide Between Men and Women Is Getting Wild. One Party Is Primed to Take Advantage. ( slate.com )
It has long been the case that American women are generally more liberal than American men. But among young Americans, this gender gap has widened into an enormous rift: According to recent Gallup polling, there is a 30-point differencebetween the number of women age 18–30 who self-identify as liberal and the number of men in...
(CW: Sexual Assault) Oh my god, did we thought hole Joe Biden being a rapist?
I remember Joe Biden being accused of rape and the woman who did it basically being hushed down. I haven’t seen a single person mention it (recently). Given his age, status, and political beliefs, it seems pretty much guaranteed to be at least somewhat true. How did I forget about this?
Lemmy Babies of the Rexodus - it's been 9 months, how has Lemmy changed you?
there's a reason it's "hard out there" you know ( lemmy.dbzer0.com )