OK here's the thing, you don't have to love Blake Lively to recognize that she stood up against sexual harassment and is now facing a coordinated right-wing campaign designed to punish her and terrorize every other woman who faces similar conditions
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I have basically no opinion about Blake lively either as a person or an actress.
But the fact that they hired a PR firm to run a smear campaign, says to me that she's about to expose somebody very rich & powerful who did something very bad.
Not even that rich or powerful, he spent like 50k(?) on commentors on reddit/facebook etc and successfully smeared her. Same PR company depp used to smear amber heard and he spent 150k iirc
Honestly, I didn’t get into the controversy or even know who she was, but the language the other side uses is the same vile crap misogynists have used all along.
Right? Idc if she’s the cattiest, meanest mean girl ever to make millions off of her pretty, blonde, tall White girl privilege.
Anna Kendrick can sit and drink wine with me all day and spill that tea and I STILL won’t buy the smear campaign that b/c she’s a mean Karen, she’s lying about Baldoni.
I haven't followed one second of this I 100% believe her. I don't need to read what happened. I was a woman working in the financial industry in the 1980's. I know what happens to women, I believe her. Men who think they have the power are pigs. It's the truth.
Star agrees to do indie, finds film shoot illegal, inept & harassing, uses her leverage to fix it, does required publicity, film makes big $ bc of her, harassing producer panics, hires PR firm to smear her as diva, she sues w/ reams of documented evidence, RW media sphere makes $ attacking her.
Just had reply to this comment w/ link to video saying Lively finished her own career. Patriarchal sexism in Hollywood can indeed finish careers of those who stand up to sexual & other harassment for themselves & others. In Lively's case, it's unlikely, but we're living in a general collapse.
It's also weird the troll bot bothered to do the video link to my comment, which no one was paying much attention to. Very dedicated, expensive RW smear campaign for YT & social media, I guess.
100%. It's the same team that tried to destroy Amber Heard, too, and at least the main PR person is a woman. (I have no idea what kind of person Blake Lively is, and it's irrelevant to this matter, but I will say she is one of my favorite actresses. I skipped seeing this movie, though.)
Exactly. We can not like her but she is and remain a human being. We often forget the battle of someone today could be our battle tomorrow. We have to stay focused.
Here's the thing, not caring about Blake Lively alleged harassedment doesnt make you a Trumper. When BL had a chance to be an activist & speak against Weinstein & Allen she didnt. If there was retaliation, it should be uncovered & but idc about Blake. Tell it to Dylan Farrow & Weinstein's victims.
@leahgreenberg.bsky.social A hidden part of the fascist PR campaign for Justin Baldoni is his Baha’i Faith which has a history of ruthlessly silencing critics and internal dissenters through passive aggression. Please share with all your followers: https://youtu.be/E7uaYexuqQ8?si=QA174FFtnqEPtE7K
On a larger level, Blake's predicament is similar to what happened to Anonymous.
Their goal was to expose and dismantle human trafficking and the drug trade, which enabled it. So, oligarchs helped create fake Anonymous and shape public perception to retain control of their illicit businesses.
Sorry but I can’t get behind the “women always tell the truth” philosophy. It’s infantilizing and insulting. I believe in hearing women and taking them seriously. But I also believe in analyzing their claims against fact based evidence. And Blake’s claims are very shaky.
No one ever said "women always tell the truth". That's not a thing. "Believe women" means don't automatically assume she's lying for whatever BS reason historically used such as what she was wearing, was she drunk, had regrets, is looking for a payout, is out for revenge, jealously, blackmail, etc.
That's the bizarre thing about this whole ordeal, y'all just DECIDED that it's "Fuck Blake Lively" without any of the story changing. You don't even have any leaked audio or anything you used to justify to Amber Heard hate, all it took was a shirtless Baldini pic this time...
I have no dog in this fight but Baldonis lawyer has put up a website show absolutely everything they have. Blake did cherry pick what stuff to release. Also the shady time stamp on the Times article before the story broke is suspect too. I'm not saying who's right but questions need to be answer
when the teams are "imperfect woman who demanded basic safety standards for herself and the rest of the crew and cast" vs "sexual harassers, the system that protects them, and the entire right-wing media ecosystem" I hope we're all clear which side we need to be on
There is this YouTube channel called without a crystal ball and the person who runs it named Katie is attacking Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds right now. She is calling them liars.
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But the fact that they hired a PR firm to run a smear campaign, says to me that she's about to expose somebody very rich & powerful who did something very bad.
Anna Kendrick can sit and drink wine with me all day and spill that tea and I STILL won’t buy the smear campaign that b/c she’s a mean Karen, she’s lying about Baldoni.
The media introduces tidbits to impugn Lively on moral grounds.
The media should (if they are going to cover the case) focus on contract law & sexual harassment law.
no
fuck off and shut up Mr. Reddit
Even if you believe she did, she just didn't.
That is probably why Blake Lively never spoke out against Woody Allen. Given that she had no serious reason to do that.
And no, 'social pressure' is not a good reason to do that.

Again: Gamergate is when they found out there were no consequences for harassing a woman if you followed the plan
Their goal was to expose and dismantle human trafficking and the drug trade, which enabled it. So, oligarchs helped create fake Anonymous and shape public perception to retain control of their illicit businesses.
Lively: #metoo. We’re here for you.
Right wing assholes: We are not going back!
I have no opinion of her, but I am always backing the survivors.
no fucking matter what.
Enough already to scare us to shut tf up🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
The phrase "believe women" doesn't necessarily mean "women always tell the truth" (or "believe all women").
I always took it as a slogan representing what you're saying: hear women and take them seriously.
If you want more people to agree with you, your message has to be clear.
You could add "believe women [that harassment and assault are real problems]" or "believe women [every time in every claim no matter what]".
One is reasonable. The other is dismissive.
It's not unlike "all lives matter"
The ideal that you believe a specific group 100% of the time without an iota of evidence is insane.
We should not encourage this because it’s wrong.
That's the bizarre thing about this whole ordeal, y'all just DECIDED that it's "Fuck Blake Lively" without any of the story changing. You don't even have any leaked audio or anything you used to justify to Amber Heard hate, all it took was a shirtless Baldini pic this time...
The influence of these "crisis PR firms" reveals much about Kamala and Joe's campaign. It's a battle against our common sense.
https://medium.com/we-are-the-guardrails/the-social-manipulation-smear-campaign-against-blake-lively-explains-how-trump-was-reelected-3bad4b0b0a50?sk=c31b43432f634d4c9010bd1aaa4f9a6c