Amber Tamblyn: I’m Done With Not Being Believed

MSN NYtimes ^ | September 16, 2017 | Amber Tamblyn

[usconservative]

So someone may be punished for something without proof?

Exactly what she wanted: accusation without opportunity for rebuttal by the accused. No defense, just "action" against the accused.

Work in big Corporate America and you see this happen all the time. just the mere accusation of sexual harassment gets a man fired, period. No questions asked. I've seen it happen.

It's why in 35 years I've never met 1:1 with a female in my office, period. Under any circumstance. Don't even want to create the opportunity for the accusation to happen.

[Poison Pill]

For women in America who come forward with stories of harassment, abuse and sexual assault, there are not two sides to every story, however noble that principle might seem. Women do not get to have a side. They get to have an interrogation.

Abuse (physical and otherwise), stalking, assault and rape are crimes. Crimes need to be reported to the police. Does someone complain about grand theft or arson to HR or their manager? No.

[sparklite2]

That column deserves its own thread.

[montag813]

And MSN has CLOSED ALL COMMENTS yet again because they went WAY against the narrative

[SMGFan]

did comments ever return after ending a few months ago.

[zlala]

Speaking as a woman who experienced sexual violence in my younger life- you have a sense of truth or not when other women talk about their experience(s). I believe her when she talks about the stage hand on set. There is an anger in her writing that rings true.

When she writes about James Wood it rings just like a person out to "get " someone else. It reads as a different kind of anger to me.

. Part of it includes the fact that she didn't/won't name the unknown stage hand. However, when it comes to the famous actor who is now speaking out as a republican, all of a sudden there is this sordid story of him trying to pick her up as a teenager. She is a rabid liberal. Coincidence? I think not.

[minnesota_bound]

She is married to David Cross. He is about 15 years older then her and also a raving liberal which means not liberal in his belief. You would remember him from Men in Black movie.

[Bob Celeste]

thank you.

[SirLurkedalot]

I never caught the Hornblower series...I’ll give it a look.

[Tax-chick]

Excellent sailing scenes (Black Sea) and a great cast.