Accusation

RONAN FARROW VS MATT LAUER: WHO DO YOU BELIEVE?

Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow is one of the most important books we have read this year. AT LONG LAST, someone has cared enough – and been BRAVE enough -to document some of the sex crimes perpetrated by men in powerful positions against young women. These cronies covered up for each other for a long time and less are getting away with it now, thanks to people like Ronan Farrow. Matt Lauer has long had a questionable reputation as a womanizer – we just didn’t realize how bad it was. Same with Harvey Weinstein. Both were extensively examined in the book. Now, disgruntled Matt Lauer is questioning Farrow’s reporting practices as “flawed” – hoping to raise doubts about his accuracy. Farrow’s information was fact checked and re-checked by his diligent publisher. No doubts here.

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AZIZ ANSARI IS RESUMING A NORMAL LIFE

SO glad to see Aziz Ansari back in circulation after questionable sexual misconduct charges derailed his social life. Ansari seems like a basically decent guy- he calls himself a feminist and, in fact, wore a Time’s Up pin to the Golden Globes. Of course, some men claim to be feminists and support women’s groups to ease a guilty conscience, but it doesn’t seem to be the case with Aziz. A woman charged him with crossing boundaries on a date, but it was a far cry from abusing power in the workplace and more like just a bad date. The upside of this situation is that Aziz and many other men might re-evaluate their date behavior. Happily, Aziz has emerged from the storm more knowledgable and cautious (that’s a good thing) and now he’s keeping company with an attractive woman.

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