Emily Jacobs
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the structure of this debunking notable. “Far-left activists” who don’t—with peace and love—have much influence at the moment get top billing. The **billionaire owner of the LA Times** is an afterthought. And the seething far right with its direct line to the incoming president goes unmentioned.
January 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
the structure of this debunking notable. “Far-left activists” who don’t—with peace and love—have much influence at the moment get top billing. The **billionaire owner of the LA Times** is an afterthought. And the seething far right with its direct line to the incoming president goes unmentioned.
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I know a lot of people don’t want to hear this but one of several key reasons the Me Too movement was met with a successful counter revolution was because there ended up being a bipartisan elite consensus that this was getting too annoying and that our powerful men getting accused, well we like them
Contrary to popular belief and framing, the MeToo movement did not fundamentally shift the status quo of institutional empowerment and protection of predators. The widespread idea that it did has put victims at a further disadvantage when they come forward about institutional betrayal
November 20, 2024 at 12:37 AM
I know a lot of people don’t want to hear this but one of several key reasons the Me Too movement was met with a successful counter revolution was because there ended up being a bipartisan elite consensus that this was getting too annoying and that our powerful men getting accused, well we like them
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I wasn't a band or theater kid, but I was a book kid and I think that still counts for something here.
November 12, 2024 at 8:41 PM
I wasn't a band or theater kid, but I was a book kid and I think that still counts for something here.
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people who use goodreads: jeff bezos owns goodreads and if you want a better alternative there is a black woman owned company called storygraph that you can use to replace it. you can transfer all of your data from goodreads to storygraph and have your mind be free of trumpie jeff bezos! win win. 💙
November 13, 2024 at 5:24 PM
people who use goodreads: jeff bezos owns goodreads and if you want a better alternative there is a black woman owned company called storygraph that you can use to replace it. you can transfer all of your data from goodreads to storygraph and have your mind be free of trumpie jeff bezos! win win. 💙