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19 votes
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Feminism versus multiculturalism [an argument against feminism and multiculturalism being 'incompatible']
5 votes -
How the richest country in the world has allowed its poor to remain poor
34 votes -
Riddick Bowe became the undisputed world heavyweight champion at age 25 by defeating Holyfield. Today we recall the comedy, drama, legendary old school battles, and ruthless aggression he embodied.
5 votes -
‘I got a brain injury and a life sentence’: The hidden legacy of male violence against women
3 votes -
Gender-based violence is a global pandemic: KEM report
4 votes -
Jonathan Majors arrested for alleged assault, rep says actor “has done nothing wrong”
3 votes -
Japan’s ‘evaporated’ people: Inside an industry that helps people disappear
6 votes -
Justin Roiland domestic violence charges dismissed, slams ‘horrible lies reported about me’
3 votes -
Tom Sizemore, ‘Heat’ and ‘Saving Private Ryan’ actor, dead at 61
4 votes -
Inside the implosion of Justin Roiland’s animation empire
10 votes -
Adult Swim severs ties with ‘Rick And Morty’ co-creator Justin Roiland after domestic violence charges; voice roles will be recast
15 votes -
Justin Roiland domestic violence charges met with silence from TV partners
4 votes -
The re-vilification of Johnny Depp
So there's something interesting I’ve been seeing on social media, and was wondering if anyone here might have any insight into this. I’m assuming you all know the story, but I’ll sum it up. 2016...
So there's something interesting I’ve been seeing on social media, and was wondering if anyone here might have any insight into this.
I’m assuming you all know the story, but I’ll sum it up. 2016 Depp and Heard divorce. It’s implied that Depp was abusive of Heard and then TMZ obtains video of Depp yelling and throwing cabinet doors around. Depp is still in good standing with the industry, but a year later MeToo happens and the Depp stuff is now evaluated with that climate.
Depp seems to be still getting work, including Fantastic Beasts, but then Heard publishes an op-ed in the Washington Post claiming to be a victim of domestic abuse by Depp, who she only refers to as a former husband.
The internet largely backs Heard, that mixed with Aquaman being released around the same time as the op-ed, becomes a launching pad for her career into the mainstream.
Then in early 2019 new evidence comes out that Heard was abusive towards Depp. A shift on the internet becomes prominent. People start to side with Depp and in early 2020 (still pre-pandemic) phone recordings of Heard admitting to hitting Depp were released.
Suddenly the “woke” standpoint, in terms of the online culture war, became to believe Depp. At least for the most part, there were still some corners of the internet and personalities who were still calling Depp an abuser. But still, things tilted in favor of Depp. Even when the UK trial against The Sun didn’t go his way, the stance was largely pro-Depp.
Then the U.S trial happens. And things shift again. Suddenly we get articles begging people to believe Heard.
Even when progressive news outlets and journalists defended Depp they would get dog-pilled by other left-of-center people. This included Shure getting called a fake feminist and a Republican.
So what happened here. Why did Depp’s position in the online culture war change, or was it ever changed to begin with?
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Nara Walker was convicted of assaulting her ex-husband in Reykjavík in 2017 – she and eight other women are taking Iceland to court claiming human rights violations
3 votes -
Shared parenting is usually better for children — but the model fails for many women forced to co-parent with their abusers
11 votes -
Police are cutting ties with domestic violence programs that support Black Lives Matter
15 votes -
Johnny Depp files for defamation case delay to film ‘Fantastic Beasts 3’
11 votes -
Social distancing is going to get darker
3 votes -
Alcohol sales banned in Greenland capital during lockdown – move aims to cut violence against children during coronavirus confinement
11 votes -
Family violence perpetrators using COVID-19 as 'a form of abuse we have not experienced before'
10 votes -
A nation mourns innocents lost in suburban street
9 votes -
Dayton shooter had history of 'violence towards women,' an ex-girlfriend says
4 votes -
'No Visible Bruises' upends stereotypes of abuse, sheds light on domestic violence
9 votes -
Johnny Depp was abused by ex-wife Amber Heard, new evidence shows
20 votes -
Trump administration slips a new, narrower definition of domestic violence onto DOJ website
4 votes -
One country's plan to solve the world's hidden health crisis
5 votes -
Safe House: A group of Latina women across the country have been working in secret, turning their homes into shelters for abused immigrant women
9 votes -
‘I don’t want him to ruin the Astros for me. He’s not worth it.’
5 votes -
'A huge win': New Zealand brings in paid domestic violence leave in world first
7 votes -
Talkback caller's heartfelt poem about violence against women resonates with listeners
2 votes -
Attorney-General poised to crack down on gaps in gun laws in wake of Pennant Hills murders
3 votes -
The 'revolutionary' programs giving hope to LGBT domestic violence survivors
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Thermostats, locks and lights: Digital tools of domestic abuse
12 votes -
US asylum: Domestic and gang violence cases 'no longer generally qualify'
5 votes