“It seems as though today it’s easier for legacy media to reach a consensus on when a woman is behaving badly than when a country is committing genocide”.
LOVED THIS. I think another angle to the whole "staying silent until people no longer expect anything from you" gambit lies in utilizing other forms of communication. For instance, Sydney Sweeney hasn't SAID anything but her most notable outings recently have been her in a white (possibly cream??) dress attending who knows what event and completely ignoring paps' questions on if she had any comment about the controversy surrounding her AE campaign. She could throw her hands up later and say she was just trying to keep her head down until things blow over but I'd argue that the imagery of her in all white and flanked by people "harassing" her for a statement is going to (if not already is) be in a video/tweet/etc of some right wing grifter talking about how 'The Left' is going against this innocent woman simply for being young and beautiful and THAT will be a key part of her image going forward no matter what she decides to do.
Absolutely loved this. So many examples of people who just have to perform a little bit to get out of whatever "accountability" even means anymore and become bigger than ever without actually addressing the harms caused to communities affected.
Thank you so much for reading. I’m also interested in exploring what “accountability” even looks like if people seemingly never want to forgive despite being provided the facts (ie. Cierra from ‘Love Island’ still getting hate for something the public didn’t know she had already apologized for at the time) and when the cancelled benefits… its a strange ecosystem where both sides win and lose at the same time.
This was such a good piece, you gave me language for something I’ve noticed but never examined closely. It’s always so much fun to notice another social pattern or ritual.
“It seems as though today it’s easier for legacy media to reach a consensus on when a woman is behaving badly than when a country is committing genocide”.
pure GOLD
thank you for reading :))))
LOVED THIS. I think another angle to the whole "staying silent until people no longer expect anything from you" gambit lies in utilizing other forms of communication. For instance, Sydney Sweeney hasn't SAID anything but her most notable outings recently have been her in a white (possibly cream??) dress attending who knows what event and completely ignoring paps' questions on if she had any comment about the controversy surrounding her AE campaign. She could throw her hands up later and say she was just trying to keep her head down until things blow over but I'd argue that the imagery of her in all white and flanked by people "harassing" her for a statement is going to (if not already is) be in a video/tweet/etc of some right wing grifter talking about how 'The Left' is going against this innocent woman simply for being young and beautiful and THAT will be a key part of her image going forward no matter what she decides to do.
Absolutely loved this. So many examples of people who just have to perform a little bit to get out of whatever "accountability" even means anymore and become bigger than ever without actually addressing the harms caused to communities affected.
Thank you so much for reading. I’m also interested in exploring what “accountability” even looks like if people seemingly never want to forgive despite being provided the facts (ie. Cierra from ‘Love Island’ still getting hate for something the public didn’t know she had already apologized for at the time) and when the cancelled benefits… its a strange ecosystem where both sides win and lose at the same time.
This was such a good piece, you gave me language for something I’ve noticed but never examined closely. It’s always so much fun to notice another social pattern or ritual.
elin! thank you so much for your thoughts :) appreciate you reading