What’s Current: Harvey Weinstein has now been accused by three women of rape

  • The list of female celebrities speaking out about Harvey Weinstein’s sexual harassment includes Angelina Jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow. (Although too many men have remained silent.) Three women have now also accused Weinstein of rape and The New Yorker has published a disturbing audio recording wherein the producer admits to groping Ambra Battilana Gutierrez.
  • A Michigan man who raped a then 12-year-old girl, was awarded joint custody of the eight-year-old child who resulted from his assault, until the order was stayed this afternoon after widespread outrage.
  • Female, Black, and Hispanic technology industry workers in the U.S. are more likely than white men to think that workplace discrimination is a problem.
  • An Edmonton lawyer representing a man accused of sexual assault has asked to review the judicial training materials on prosecuting sex crimes to look for anti-male bias.
Natasha Chart

Natasha Chart is an online organizer and feminist living in the United States. She does not recant her heresy.