Essays from MeToo’d media figures have the potential to be interesting; if nothing else it’s a unique life experience. But this recent spate of them just haven’t been particularly good. Full of cliches and half-hearted, performative self-criticism. Might as well not even bother.
I’m not necessarily saying I’d want to be the one to give them a platform, but would I read their well-considered essay? Yes, I probably would
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given the essays we’ve had, it seems the ones who would want to give them such a platform do it because they agree the offender has been wronged, not because they’re well-considered. they’re public figures, they can put it on a personal blog, give the platform to the marginalized
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There’s an imaginable scenario in which a better editorial process could’ve produced something societally useful. The two most recent essays did not meet the “well-considered” threshold.
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