Wrer Roxane Gay wr an Op-ed for the NY Tim on why edian Louis C.K.'s eback is so problematic and harmful to victims.
Contents:
- ROXANE GAY ADDRS WHY LOUIS C.K.’S COMEBACK IS SO PROBLEMATIC
- ROXANE GAY
- 'HOPELSNS IS A LUXURY': WHY ROXANE GAY REF TO GIVE UP ON THE MEDIA
ROXANE GAY ADDRS WHY LOUIS C.K.’S COMEBACK IS SO PROBLEMATIC
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Roxane Gay, an associate profsor at Purdue Universy, is the thor of “Hunger, ” and a ntributg opn wrer. Rock chose to stay very Gay is an endowed profsor of media, culture and femist studi at Rutgers, the thor of the forthg “Opns” and a ntributg Opn wrer.
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Roxane Gay, thor of the bt-sellg book "Bad Femist", explas why reprentatn matters the media on the latt episo of Seat at the Table. * roxane gay louis ck *
@RGay AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT. Put asi Roxane Gay’s avoidance of the unpleasant stuff, like the fact that he faced no legal nsequenc bee nobody did anythg legal about his spend so ltle energy thkg about jtice for victims and so much energy thkg about the men who perpetrate sexual harassment and vlence.
It is easier, for far too many people, to empathize wh predators than is to empathize wh Gay sayg she spends no energy thkg about jtice for victims? He gets to break the l, and then he gets to tablish l of his own when he mt answer for his GayLand, Louis CK has a superpower to force his l down other people’s throats. Gay’s problem isn’t wh Louis CK.
Gay’s problem is wh people not dog as she and her sister slds mand, to hate him, to punish him, to force him to perform acts of ntrn that they would impose. How dare people s there and lgh at this man whom Gay mands be shunned and hated? Much as slds like Gay have anoted themselv the keepers of the fah, the verdict was .
'HOPELSNS IS A LUXURY': WHY ROXANE GAY REF TO GIVE UP ON THE MEDIA
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And Gay n’t stand that the “we” won’t abi her fury, won’t do as she mands them to is paful to wns the faiar narrative of transgrsns g to light, the perpetrator maybe facg opprobrium and before long, plottg a “eback” where all is seemgly fiven. Gay got what she pretends to ask for, the judgment of people outsi the mob that follows her lead, and they renred their verdict: Louis CK paid the price for the wrong he did, and now they’re lghg at his jok aga. And they’re lghg at slds like Gay, who n’t figure out why people won’t always do as she mands.
But if you agree wh Gay, that he hasn’t suffered to her satisfactn, then don’t see him eher.
The urt of public opn has no judge, and Roxane Gay is no more entled to impose sentence than anyone else, or hold you ntempt for refg to abi her sentence. But Roxane Gay, wrer and thor of “Bed Femist, “Hunger” and “Not That Bad” is so not havg . Roxane Gay reports that he even received “a standg ovatn” for his 15 mute performance, while also mentng some of the other powerful acced men like Matt Ler, Charlie Rose, and Mar Batali, who supposedly are also workg on re-enterg the public eye.