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The Sexual Harassment Apocalypse: More Accusations Against Kevin Spacey

  Folks, the bonfire of sexual harassment accusations — in Hollywood, in the news media, in politics — is now an inferno raging out of control. There are so many women accusing so many men of so many wrongdoings that it’s impossible to keep up. Dustin Hoffman? That one shocked me, but it’s 2017, and […]

No Mercy for @KevinSpacey? Welcome to the Sexual Harassment Apocalypse

  … and the Academy Award for Worst Coming-Out Statement by a Gay Actor goes to … — The Patriarch Tree (@PatriarchTree) October 30, 2017 First, the news: In an interview with BuzzFeed News, [Star Trek Discovery actor Anthony] Rapp is publicly alleging for the first time that in 1986, [Kevin] Spacey befriended Rapp while […]

‘Unwanted Sexual Advances’: Harassment Bonfire Torches NBC’s Mark Halperin

  The number of his alleged victims is at least seven now: The morning after five women accused veteran journalist Mark Halperin of sexual harassment while he was in a powerful position at ABC News, two more women came forward with their own allegations. Those initial five accusers recounted sexual misconduct ranging in nature “from propositioning employees […]

The Sexual Harassment Bonfire Continues in the Wake of the Weinstein Scandal

Famed fashion photographer Terry Richardson has been banned from working for Condé Nast publications including Vogue, GQ and Vanity Fair. Richardson “has been dogged for years by allegations of sexual exploitation of models,” according to the Telegraph. Last week, one of Hollywood’s top talent agencies fired Tyler Grasham, who had represented many child stars, after […]

Dear @AnnaKendrick47 …

  Most of my readers are grown-ups with jobs who vote Republican, so it is necessary for me to explain to them who Anna Kendrick is, and why she has nearly 7 million Twitter followers. She is an actress who was in some vampire movies and did a Disney movie and other stuff. She is […]

Harvey Weinstein Is the ‘Patriarchy,’ and Other Feminist Non Sequiturs

“Patriarchy is a system of structures and institutions created by men in order to sustain and recreate male power and female subordination.” — Sneja Gunew, Feminist Knowledge: Critique and Construct, 1990 Lauren Duca is not very good at logical inferences, and her belief that the exposure of Harvey Weinstein provides a road map to “take […]

Hollywood Burning: Rose McGowan Goes Nuclear on Amazon/Weinstein Link

    We’re at DefCon One now: Rose McGowan is claiming that Amazon optioned a television series from her only to kill it while still in development after she voiced her concern about a possible move the company was making to bailout ‘Weinstein.’ ‘I told the head of your studio that HW raped me. Over […]

The Harvey Weinstein Democrat Bonfire

  Just five months ago, Harvey Weinstein was hanging out with Hillary Clinton at Planned Parenthood’s 100th anniversary gala: At the celebration, Planned Parenthood awarded former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton the Champion of the Century Award. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Weinstein gave Clinton a standing ovation at the event where she insisted on […]

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