#MeToo Movement

[little-witchys-garden]

Lana del Ray fans are wild...

Tw: talks of rape and th book lolita

Her fans really out here worshiping the fact lana romantizes the book lolita.

Her and her fucking fans quotes the fucking rapist of the book like his sexualization and r-pe of a 12 year old little girl makes him a fucking love struck poet..

He was a rapist

Lolita is not a love story

Dolores Haze is 12 years old in the book..

Humbert is 36-37 years old

It's not some teen romance

It's a adult man repeatedly raping a child..

Her and her fans go " we're feminists! We care about victims!!"

But they romantize a fucking rapist...

Her writing a love song about lolita was fucked because IT'S NOT A LOVE STORY.

Dolores Haze was not some fem fatal teenager, young adult or an adult sleeping with boys her own age. She was 12 year old little girl repeatedly raped by a adult man...

It's not some romantic love story

It's a rape story where the rapist tries making mindless fools blame and shame the child that he rapes...

[shakespearenews]

Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey, who as teens starred in Franco Zeffirelli’s movie version of Romeo and Juliet in 1968, are suing Paramount for more than $500m for child abuse in the semi-nude scene they say they were made to do, having originally been assured by the director that this would not be necessary. This was act three, scene five – in which the star crossed, loved-up hero and heroine awake after their (secret) wedding night.

To a modern eye, it looks pretty tame: Romeo is naked face down and Zeffirelli’s camera lingers on his buttocks – Juliet has the sheet pulled up almost to her shoulders but her breasts are briefly revealed towards the end of the scene.

[jesse-pinko]

God I wish Johnny Depp wasn’t in so many of those mid tier overly stylized fantasy horror movies maybe I want to watch a headless guy really giving it to some Brits without being reminded of how the #MeToo movement was co-opted as a marketing strategy by large corporations and Hollywood and successfully commodified so that it became a trend they could phase out as quickly as possible

[aaronjhill]

Hollywood lacks morals and worships at the altar of money, she says in an interview with The Guardian.

[d00bt00b]

You say you’re sorry i went through what i did and then you turn around and do things that make me afraid and i have to remember once again

you have no idea what it’s like to be a woman.

because why is a man in a room full of women ecstatic and woman in a room full of men terrified

I wish to feel safe at work when there are two men standing at my desk in the empty lobby.

I wish to feel safe around my friends fathers when i am alone in a room with them.

i wish to feel safe at school when i wear pants that are a little tight

i wish to feel safe walking to my car at the grocery store

i must remind myself that he doesn’t know what it’s like to be a woman, a victim, a survivor

he doesn’t see the handprints on my body left from the touch of others that i did not want

he doesn’t feel the burning and crawling under my skin in the places that were not meant to feel the hands of those people

he doesn’t feel the blood draining from my head when i see that face or someone who even looks remotely like him in public

he doesn’t feel the guilt and the effects of imposter syndrome.

I have to remind myself

he has no idea what it’s like to be a woman.

[pandawandagalaxy]

Just watched 'Luckiest girl alive' and I tell you, I cried more than once.

This movie depicts such a good inner monologue, like I feel everything they feel, all the emotions she's feeling when she confronts her rapist, when she stands up for herself, when she tells her story and doesn't give a shit about what others are going too say.

I loved the movie. Gun violence and Rape, I assume, are the 2 most common and heartbreaking, disastrous and life-changing events that happen in the USA, that movies like these need to be seen. Need to be felt, and watched and just hope that they reach the right audience.

I pray the violence against women, gender neutral people, queer people, just anyone and everyone ends soon. 🙏

[ourhallowedhearth]

I hope your abuser dies mug

[jerrylewis-thekid]

MeToo strikes again. The two protagonists of Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet have sued the director (who died in 2019) and Paramount for the nude scene in the film. It has become a habit! More and more ridiculous! She herself, years ago, defended that same scene, considering it fundamental for the film. Obviously they both need money. And know that all the comments by us Italians on the news reported today in the Italian newspapers are all of the same mold: MONEY! @jerrylevitch read here. I report the link to the Repubblica newspaper, you copy and paste with Google Translate. Perhaps it will also be reported in the USA, try searching on American sites.

[amiiplz]

Dear Jeanne d’Arc

It hurts my heart to know that you were taken away from the world in such a way. I don’t have the words to describe the pains and betrayal you must have went through. I wish there was at least a place I could’ve visit to lay down my letters like you did but with swords in battle. You were too good for this world. The sights and being of a true leader. Illiterate but instills deep love and admirations to your religious teachings. An inspiration to the young girls, mothers, caregivers, students, children and the broken hearts that yearn more from life.

Instead, Jealousy. Corruption.

Men.

Perceived you as a threat to their materialistic morbid values. And cut your life short at 19... and for what? Because you wore clothes suitable for only human beings perceived as masculine? Whatever that means, I think you were just as handsome with a beautiful complexion. You knew how to carry yourself and I was here for it. 

The knowledge, personal comfort, love, devotion to the religion that gave you hope as a peasant at 13. Charged for Hersey? (which means a theological doctrine or system rejected as false by ecclesiastical authority) 

BURNED at the stake for witch craft? Leading the French army and saving the city of Orleans sounds like an evil being associated with witches, the origins of witches are really misunderstood, absolutely makes sense to cut your life short  because of these idiotic and corrupted charges.

As someone who identifies as a woman and have been through struggles in modern life trying to make it for myself. 

I’m so sorry Jeanne. 

My tears dedicate to you on May 30th. In a way modern times isn’t so far apart from 1431. I write to you hoping you can see this. I know I’m a couple hundred years late but thank you for being your authentic self to the end. Thank you for not letting them change you. Thank you for inspiring me to never hold myself back because I am a woman. Thank you for reminding me to be brave during hard times and that I am strong enough to get through it by believing in myself and associating hope with me. 

You were the symbol of hope to the people of France. 

I am the symbol of hope and independence to myself. 

Thank you Jeanne d’Arc, you didn't deserve this. Without knowing teaching little girls to become their own version of warriors while also saving a country.... there’s an elegance to that.

[andreai04]

“I understand better than most how secrets can live on your skin and how hard they are to hide, because the truth is always visible somehow.”

[little-witchys-garden]

Telling victims that they can't be proud they survived their abuse or that their experience surviving with abuse is something they shouldn't be proud of or shouldn't share is in fact victim shaming and victim blaming.

You are in fact no better then their abuser because you are trying to silence them like their abuser.

I said what I said!

[ansop]

Bestie what did Henry Cavill say about the me too movement??? I didn’t know he said anything omg

Back in 2018 he did an interview for GQ Australia and when asked how MeToo has impacted his ability to approach women he said the following:

"There’s something wonderful about a man chasing a woman. There’s a traditional approach to that, which is nice. I think a woman should be wooed and chased, but maybe I’m old-fashioned for thinking that."

“It’s very difficult to do that if there are certain rules in place. Because then it’s like: ‘Well, I don’t want to go up and talk to her, because I’m going to be called a rapist or something’. So you’re like, ‘Forget it, I’m going to call an ex-girlfriend instead, and then just go back to a relationship, which never really worked’.

But it’s way safer than casting myself into the fires of hell, because I’m someone in the public eye, and if I go and flirt with someone, then who knows what’s going to happen?"

He apologized later with:

"Having seen the reaction to an article in particular about my feelings on dating and the #MeToo movement, I just wanted to apologise for any confusion and misunderstanding that this may have created. Insensitivity was absolutely not my intention.

"I would just like to clarify and confirm to all that I have always and will continue to hold women in the highest of regard, no matter the type of relationship, whether it be friendship, professional, or a significant other. Never would I intend to disrespect in any way, shape or form. This experience has taught me a valuable lesson as to the context and the nuance of editorial liberties.... I look forward to clarifying my position in the future towards a subject that it so vitally important and in which I wholeheartedly support."

Here are some links:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/henry-cavill-apologizes-misunderstanding-metoo-comments-1126555/

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/a22124861/henry-cavill-gq-australia-rapist-comments/

I think he should've kept his mouth shut, it reads like he doesn't respect boundaries (to put it lightly) and at 35 you should know how this is perceived.

[bolllywoodhungama]

Tanushree Dutta files a FIR against Rakhi Sawant, accusing her of inflicting "psychological trauma" during the 2018 Me Too movement.

Tanushree Dutta claims Sawant made false and defamatory allegations about her, causing her image and reputation to suffer. Tanushree Dutta, a Bollywood actress, has filed a FIR against Rakhi Sawant at Mumbai's Oshiwara Police Station. During the Me Too movement in 2018, Dutta accused Sawant of inflicting her psychological pain.

Sawant, according to Dutta, made numerous false and defamatory allegations against her, harming her reputation and career. She has also claimed that Sawant was involved in a plot to defame her and damage her career. Dutta has stated that she is suing Sawant in order to protect herself from additional violence and to seek justice. She has also encouraged other victims of bullying and harassment to speak up for their rights.

"I have come to lodge a FIR against Rakhi Sawant for the psychological trauma she suffered during the Me Too movement in 2018," Dutta stated in an interview with the media. Many penal provisions have been introduced to the FIR for various reasons. We have documented every remark she has made against me. He will not be spared this time. Now that the process has begun, they will take action shortly, and I have provided them with the entire background." Dutta also explained what transpired. "The background is that during the film Horn OK," she explained. Please understand that they first deleted Rakhi and included me in the film, and then following the uproar with Nana Patekar, they reinstated Rakhi. So this is a strategy. The plan was to use my name to promote the film. They returned all of my checks. Everything was planned, and Rakhi was a part of it." Dutta also discussed the trauma she experienced as a result of Sawant's words. "I have gone through a lot of emotional and psychological trauma because of Rakhi," she explained. She'd said horrible things about me. I couldn't take it anymore. Every year, a fresh drama emerges to maintain the spotlight. She completely damaged my reputation. She ruined my personal life, and as a result, I was unable to marry. Rakhi had been bothering me for a long time." Dutta has encouraged other victims of abuse and harassment to speak up for their rights. "I want people to open their eyes and take strict action against people like Rakhi," she stated. My career was on the rise until she absolutely derailed it.

[lifeinperpetualreview]

She Said (2022)

Long time coming, many apologies! First of all, I absolutely loved this film, directed by Maria Schrader and written by Rebecca Lenkiewicz based on a book by the same name by the two journalists that broke the original story about Harvey Weinstein in the New York Times which started the global #metoo movement and changed the game for reporting sexual assault int he workplace and in many other sectors across the world. This film watches the two protagonists Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan) and Meghan Twohey (Carey Mulligan) played INCREDIBLY, face hurdle after hurdle in trying to get women across the world to go on record about their experiences, racing against the clock as news another paper has got wind of the story and against the legal powerhouse of the Weinstein business.

For a film where the story & the end result were already known, they did a great job of adding depth and tension to the story. One of the most impactful ways this was done was through the incredible score composed by Nicholas Britell, which heavily featured his cello-playing wife. The impact was immense, adding gravitas to the battle to seek the truth and the reality of what the survivors of assault were dealing with in the fallout in their personal lives, even before they had decided to go public with their news.

The haunting shot of a hotel corridor with real audio captured by Ambra Battilana Gutierrez of Weinstein trying to coax her into an assault, gathered as part of an Italian investigation is bone-chilling and adds a level of threat to the shots of the reporters in the workplace & enjoying time with their families. Another win for audio impact was rooted in the decision to not give any visual airtime to "Harvey" only seeing him right at the end and even then only from behind. This decision more importantly doesn't add to any trauma for sexual assault survivors by choosing not to show any aspects of assault too graphic in the actual film. It is a very dignified ending to the film that takes power away from Weinstein and delivers it to those brave reporters - Carey's face in the scene where she knows that they've got enough to publish the story about him is incredible acting, I felt everything with them.

One of the lasting impacts of this film for me is the importance o investigatory journalism in our so-called democratic countries. In a time where simultaneously governments are trying to restrict the rights of a free press in many countries including my own in the UK and a time where rich media & press owners are writing more pieces based on clickbait headlines rather than serious investigatory work, it's scary how much these publications have done shape society by holding governments and public business/figures to account and I worry about our ability to tell truth from tale without a free investigatory press.

Another huge takeaway for me is how difficult it is for women to tell their truth in the increased culture of misogyny we're experiencing today, which has only worsened since the time this took place. There's now an anti-#metoo movement, where a rising group of white cis men believe that all women are scheming, capitalising liars and that all that "woke" behaviour has gone far enough. To me, it's clear to me that no woman who came forward about Harvey Weinstein (& Trump, which was touched on at the start of the film), especially in the beginning has benefitted in any way from telling their truth. Their lives are ruined, their careers over and spend so much time living in fear and with the repercussions of what has been done to them and what they have to go through to tell their truth is nothing less than pure bravery. It's an increasingly difficult time to be a woman, and for me, this story was so relevant and needed - even as people deem this saga 'over/history'. It's beyond baffling that the world is experiencing a #metoo fatigue when stories like this just show the tip of the iceberg as to what behaviour and abuse are lurking in the undercurrent of society.

Another thing that was painfully familiar was the number of men in high-up positions that were happy to turn a blind eye to the behaviour and underestimate the damage they knew was being done because it wasn't in their interest to report it. Power, money and morality go hand in hand in our world, people are unwilling to get involved and stand up for what's right until the stakes become personally too damaging. It also amplifies the complexity of reporting and prosecuting sexual assault cases, it's one of those few crimes that often leaves no lasting injuries and very little proof of non-consent. In a case of he-said, she-said it's very hard to find a man of resource & wealth guilty of any crime and if a case has a chance of being won the victim often has their lives turned upside down to do so, I've seen cases where someone's underwear choice or porn search history be used to prove the victim wanted the action to happen. It's sickening.

All in all, I'm not someone that particularly wants kids, but really makes me terrified to have a daughter based on this film, but also the experiences I and many of my girlfriends have faced personally. When the story because tough to break, you can see the two journalists looking at their young daughters and it fuelling their motivation for justice for these women, as well as a compelling final reason for the two women to finally go on record. They're braver than I for that.

A final shoutout has to go to the cast in this, especially Carey Mulligan and Jennifer Ahle who played Laura Madden - a victim of Harvey Weinstein suffering from cancer. They were powerful, and compassionate and told the story with the urgency and sensitivity it desired. I also particularly enjoyed Andre Braugher as the NY Times editor Dean Baquet who added so much gravitas to the scenes, especially cutting down Harvey whenever he tried to insult or bargain with his journalists.

Overall I really enjoyed this film, I know it hasn't done well and I blame that on the state of society & how prevalent misogyny is at present... and don't even get me started on Brad Pitt being an executive producer of this film as a defender of women's right *eyeroll*. 7/10.

[worldsafer-book]

So Andrew Tate's bodyguard is trying to make him out to be a cinnamon roll that needs protecting because 'someone wants to hurt him...'

I can't laugh hard enough at him 🤣🤣🤣

People really will do anything they can to protect a guy who is unapologetically awful to women and promotes misogyny and violence against them, even if he was not guilty of the crimes he's accused of. And think nothing of his turning young, impressionable men into thugs who think they can do what they want and want to get rich so they can be just like him.

But the women he openly preyed on are 'young and stupid' admitting that his boss preyed on young impressionable women.

Yet people will brand them tarts and gold diggers and all sorts, rather than lay the blame where it's due.

He is a predator and I hope they lock him up forever.

[little-witchys-garden]

This video made me go: yeah this is why women and fem presenting people don't want men telling their stories..

Tw: this will cover the story of Junko Furuta

This video is based off the horrid crimes which happened too Junko Furuta, covering two mangas

The first manga is told from the r-pists point of view and paints him in a sympathetic light

The second manga is what junko went through.. Word for word but made into basically porn..

These are disgusting, horrid and shouldn't be a thing but the video covering them made me gag..

The creator says:

" I didn't come here to bash on these mangas"

Well he shoulda.. But he claiming doing so wouldn't do anything..

He even claimed the r-pe porno one of her isn't as bad as the other works the manga artist has made... She was a real person.. Comparing the Torture and r-pe of a real human being as not as bad as some gross fiction he read..

The reaction to this woman's to torture and r-pe being made into a mangas and just happening in general is terrifying, the complete lack of compassion only gets more but turning with the upbeat tone, him cracking " witty" jokes all through out, the " poppy fun" music and the almost constant smile on his face makes me sick..

He even put a sponsorship on the video but then it gets so much worse he put the horrid basically torture porno manga cover of Junko Furuta in his Patreon...

He finishes the video telling people that wanna make stories like this that they should make it true story wise but more then anything make it entertaining..

Entertaining

People in the comments praising this man for

" sharing her story"

For " shaming" the men put junko through all that..

And worst of all " doing her justice"

If that's " doing a victim justice " I can tell why so many women and fem people don't want men telling their stories or even being in safe spaces..