The allegations of rape and sexual assault against Russell Brand — which he strongly denies — have led people to look back through his long, often obnoxious career and his history of unpleasant behaviour towards women: gloating about having sex with Andrew Sachs’ granddaughter
Always a nasty bully, making jokes about a pin up girls' disabled son, back when it was safe to do that.
A nasty bully now, under the progressive umbrella, now that it's safe to go that way.
Those 'conspiracy theories' that say powerful men are lured into sexual immorality and then controlled by blackmail.
Well, that's been extended to all men now hasn't it. Society is luring us all into what used to be called immorality and hedonism. We can all be blackmailed, cancelled, rendered inoperable if we step out of line.
I've no idea if Brand is guilty of sexual crimes, he's certainly guilty of sexual boorishness and its not such a large step. But there's no denying he's guilty of stepping out of line.
The 00s had some good things: movies still existed, Chapelle's Show granted a conditional n-word pass to the entire nation, the indie music scene was genuinely exciting (in America at least), it was understood that strident political activism was cringe, the obesity bomb had yet to fully go off, etc. That being said, the existence of Ed Hardy and the McMansion aesthetic that was then dominant are more than enough to declare the decade a cultural disaster.
Re. Jade Goody, you reminded me that Jonathan Ross was nasty about Jade, too, as Suzanne Moore pointed out when she wrote about the treatment of Goody at the time. I'd like to think Ross regrets it, and perhaps that is one reason why he's been supportive of, for want of a better word, the GC cause.
I see you self-published Noughties - would it be OK to ask you a few questions re that,via email or DM on X? I think I'll be forced to self-publish - the big five only seem to like losing money on big advances for people like Gr*ce L*very.
Reminds me of the Frankie Boyle arc.
Always a nasty bully, making jokes about a pin up girls' disabled son, back when it was safe to do that.
A nasty bully now, under the progressive umbrella, now that it's safe to go that way.
Those 'conspiracy theories' that say powerful men are lured into sexual immorality and then controlled by blackmail.
Well, that's been extended to all men now hasn't it. Society is luring us all into what used to be called immorality and hedonism. We can all be blackmailed, cancelled, rendered inoperable if we step out of line.
I've no idea if Brand is guilty of sexual crimes, he's certainly guilty of sexual boorishness and its not such a large step. But there's no denying he's guilty of stepping out of line.
The 00s had some good things: movies still existed, Chapelle's Show granted a conditional n-word pass to the entire nation, the indie music scene was genuinely exciting (in America at least), it was understood that strident political activism was cringe, the obesity bomb had yet to fully go off, etc. That being said, the existence of Ed Hardy and the McMansion aesthetic that was then dominant are more than enough to declare the decade a cultural disaster.
Re. Jade Goody, you reminded me that Jonathan Ross was nasty about Jade, too, as Suzanne Moore pointed out when she wrote about the treatment of Goody at the time. I'd like to think Ross regrets it, and perhaps that is one reason why he's been supportive of, for want of a better word, the GC cause.
I see you self-published Noughties - would it be OK to ask you a few questions re that,via email or DM on X? I think I'll be forced to self-publish - the big five only seem to like losing money on big advances for people like Gr*ce L*very.
Sure :)
Insert warlocks name
Breaking: raped some woman some time some where
Build the fire.