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Image via Getty The revelation in Thursday’s New York Times that comedian Louis CK acted sexually inappropriate with women comedians was not a revelation to us here at Jezebel. In 2012, Jezebel’s sibling site, Gawker, ran a blind item about a “critically cherished sitcom auteur” who masturbated in front of “a female comedy duo” at…
react-text: 154 Here’s /react-text react-text: 156 one thing that I’m not concerned about right now: the question of what /react-text react-text: 158 today’s revelations /react-text react-text: 159 do to the artistic legacy of Louis C.K. /react-text react-text: 161 For certain fans of C.K.’s work, and I include myself among them, the stories that just appeared…
close story-meta Photo Louis C.K. in 2015. Five women have come forward to describe upsetting experiences with him. Credit Andrew Toth/FilmMagic, via Getty Images In 2002, a Chicago comedy duo, Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov, landed their big break: a chance to perform at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colo. When Louis…
Stephane Cardinale/Corbis, via Getty Images Last month, an Access Hollywood correspondent asked the actress Uma Thurman to comment on abuse of power in Hollywood, presumably in light of the sexual assault allegations against the producer Harvey Weinstein. Speaking slowly and deliberately, through gritted teeth, Thurman responded, “I don’t have a tidy soundbite for you, because…
react-text: 195 In /react-text react-text: 197 the fall of 2016, Harvey Weinstein set out to suppress allegations that he had sexually harassed or assaulted numerous women. He began to hire private security agencies to collect information on the women and the journalists trying to expose the allegations. According to dozens of pages of documents, and…
Before NPR’s Michael Oreskes resigned amid allegations of sexual misconduct, his former colleagues offered insight into the male-driven version of the whisper network. “Toby is in HR, which technically means he works for corporate, so he’s really not a part of our family,” Michael Scott told the documentary cameras, of his arch-enemy, in the second…
react-text: 144 In /react-text react-text: 146 March, Annabella Sciorra, who received an Emmy nomination for her role in “The Sopranos,” agreed to talk with me for a story I was reporting about Harvey Weinstein. Speaking by phone, I explained that two sources had told me that she had a serious allegation regarding the producer. Sciorra,…
Illustration by Angelica Alzona/Deadspin/GMG When I was in high school, I let my guy friends shoot crumpled paper balls into my cleavage at lunch. I thought this made me cooler than the other girls, and that my ability to assimilate and remain sexualized was special. Besides, it was just a silly thing they did. It…
Photo Illustration by Elena Scotti/Deadspin/GMG, photos via Getty Images Here we are again in the midst of another news cycle involving a powerful man being accused of sexual assault and harassment and women sharing their own traumas in the hope that something—anything—will change the way men treat women and our bodies. If you remember, we…
The famous tech blogger just showed us everything you shouldn’t do when you’re accused of sexual assault. Last Thursday, former Microsoft spokesman and well-known blogger Robert Scoble became the latest of the many, many men in the technology industry who have been publicly accused of sexual harassment this year. Scoble’s story came to light in…