A new story alleges the R&B superstar is holding numerous women in a ‘cult.’ But reports of Kelly’s sexual predation are nothing new. It’s long past time for Hollywood to listen.
One of the series’ strengths is the various levels of trauma it considers—the ripples of Kelly’s abuse, and how it continues to affect the people he harmed and those around him.
McLin, Kelly’s music teacher, recalls that Kelly “was very aggressive in some of his sexual language.”
Kelly went on to drop out of school his senior year; his music career soon took off. Surviving R. Kelly paints a picture of a serial predator whose power over and access to victims only increased as his fame grew.
The series also takes pains to emphasize that Kelly targeted young black women—Kenwood high schoolers and kids who hung out at a Hyde Park McDonalds.
The writer Mikki Kendall remembers seeing Kelly at the fast food chain. He would come alone and pick up high school girls.
“People will say, well why didn’t anyone notice? The answer is that we all noticed. No one cared because we were black girls.”
This is an archetype that only until recent did I understand all it’s connections. This is all due to Angelina Jolie and her Disney role as Maleficent.
So please allow me to draw all the correlations betw the female experience translated from our fore mothers and grandmothers in their folklore tales, but still interpretation thru male Disney eyes.
I’m 50 so I too grew up on Disney but it was Sleeping Beauty, Snow White & Cinderella in the theaters. And growing up in Southern Ca, every year you go to Disneyland. The only place that sold princess dresses were on Main Street, but they were not cheap.
Cinderella is the male version of the story. There is a jealous witchy manipulative older female that wants to destroy your life. This gave me the understanding that older women will naturally be envy of your innocents and beauty.
Not until Maleficent did I question why she was angry?
I just remember how she messed with Mickey in Fantasia and always the villian. Today, I see she was raped by the Prince at the King’s order and her entire storyline is her PTSD rage to warn Sleeping Beauty the next generation of patriarchy’s lies. Oh and the answer to all the chaos is the let Mickey take control.
Now, let’s draw all the parallels btw Maleficent and Angelina Jolie.
Her breakout roll was In Girl Interrupted about BPD, mental health and the elephant in the room, sexual abuse. From Angelina’s chose in men, her goth, estrangement from her father, and incestuous kiss on the red carpet with her brother, I can see her pain so clearly.
Then she turns to Brad and United Nations work. Isn’t that the same journey of recovery from sexual abuse that you are on?
Even her divorce. I don’t believe either are the bad person, but both have childhood trauma driving their tabloid behavior. Is she exaggerating claims that don’t exist, or is she hyper attentive and triggered by repetitive abuse patterns.
I can’t wait for her next Maleficent movie see how all these feminine archetypes of the struggle to overcome rape culture.
I feel like these tales, is all the women who have been raped passing their wisdom forward spiritually.
As a young boy, the South African comic faced poverty and segregation -- and later an abusive stepfather who shot his mother in the head after their divorce.
Dr. Angelou’s was a prolific life; as a singer, dancer, activist, poet, and writer she inspired generations with lyrical modern African-American thought that pushed boundaries.
This unprecedented film weaves her words with rare and intimate archival photographs and videos, which paint hidden moments of her exuberant life during some of America’s most defining moments.
From her upbringing in the Depression-era South to her work with Malcolm X in Ghana to her inaugural poem for President Bill Clinton, the film takes us on an incredible journey through the life of a true American icon.
PBS is doing a #MeToo Series that is REALLY HIGH LEVEL discussions with top leaders in our movement. I highly recommend you follow this link and watch.
Our five-part series aims to create a space for authentic and honest dialogue among women and men towards understanding, healing and reconciliation.
Episode 1: The Reckoning
To have this moment be a transformative movement in American history, we start our conversation by examining the pain behind the anger, why it took so long for women to speak out, and the price women paid when they “Leaned In” and spoke up.
Episode 2: The Accuser and the Accused
Episode 2 features an exclusive interview with Caroline, who many years ago was groped by influential film critic Devin Faraci. We explore how each experienced the assault and came to grips with it afterwards.
After years of pain, Caroline spoke up, and Devin lost his job after a social media uproar about his behavior. Today, they speak with vulnerability and authenticity detailing their separate journeys confronting the assault and its consequences.
Episode 3: Masculinity in Crisis?
President Trump is not the only man who says the #MeToo movement has gone too far. Progressive and conservative men have come out in the last month saying it has gone too far.
Some call it a “witch hunt,” some say this is becoming “McCarthyism,” and some are dismissing it entirely.
But is this men defending the status quo and attempting to silence women again?
PBS is doing a #MeToo Series that is REALLY HIGH LEVEL discussions with top leaders in our movement. I highly recommend you follow this link and watch.
Our five-part series aims to create a space for authentic and honest dialogue among women and men towards understanding, healing and reconciliation.
Episode 1: The Reckoning
To have this moment be a transformative movement in American history, we start our conversation by examining the pain behind the anger, why it took so long for women to speak out, and the price women paid when they “Leaned In” and spoke up.
Episode 2: The Accuser and the Accused
Episode 2 features an exclusive interview with Caroline, who many years ago was groped by influential film critic Devin Faraci. We explore how each experienced the assault and came to grips with it afterwards.
After years of pain, Caroline spoke up, and Devin lost his job after a social media uproar about his behavior. Today, they speak with vulnerability and authenticity detailing their separate journeys confronting the assault and its consequences.
Episode 3: Masculinity in Crisis?
President Trump is not the only man who says the #MeToo movement has gone too far. Progressive and conservative men have come out in the last month saying it has gone too far.
Some call it a “witch hunt,” some say this is becoming “McCarthyism,” and some are dismissing it entirely.
But is this men defending the status quo and attempting to silence women again?
“Breaking Their Silence: Inside the Gymnastics Scandal” examines this unimaginable story that rocked the gymnastics world and speaks to victims and experts about what parents and children need to know as they navigate situations outside of the home
Featuring exclusive interviews with Larry Nassar’s victims and experts close to the crisis, the special dives deep into the stories of multiple survivors and examine how organizations meant to keep girls and young women safe ultimately silenced their voices.
“Breaking Their Silence: Inside the Gymnastics Scandal” features interviews with gymnasts Racheal Denhollander, Lindsey Lemke, Mattie Larson, Akemi Look and Jamie Dantzscher as they recount their experiences as well as exclusive footage of 19 of Nassar’s victims sitting down for a compelling interview with Elizabeth Vargas.
Having been failed by the systems and the very people sworn to protect them, these young women have taken back their voices and come together to form a powerful army showcasing to the world how they’ve turned terrible tragedy into powerful triumph.
In 1937, Patricia Douglas took legal action against MGM after being raped at a party for the company's salesmen.
I wrote about this docs about 3 yrs ago. This poor woman.
She was one of those back-up dancers in the MGM films and was told to show up at a Hollywood party where the men thought they were there for sex.
She stands up and takes them to court, but her own mother, betrayed her and took $$$ from the studios and lied on the stand about her daughter.
Imagine your relationship with your mother, when your own mother, takes your sexual abuser’s side for the $$$$. You are unable to marry, so you live with her until her death.
You Must Remember This discusses the Patricia Douglas case in an episode on “studio fixer” Eddie Mannix, part of their series “MGM Stories” (the section on Douglas starts around the 16:20 mark).
There’s also a slate.com article: http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/you_must_remember_this/2015/11/eddie_mannix_mgm_s_fixer_and_the_scandal_of_patricia_douglas.html
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