Unrelatable 15. Voices of coercionFundamental to most of these utterances — begging, instructing, cautioning, admonishing the young woman — is the idea that not to obey…Apr 21, 2023Apr 21, 2023
Unrelatable 14. “Go ahead and step out of the car.”I wasn’t a particularly socially conscious person. I was pretty disengaged from most of what went on in the present tense, interested in…Apr 21, 2023Apr 21, 2023
Unrelatable 10. Everything reminds me of everythingI wanted to have been targeted by Mr. New Yorker Writer simply because I’d wandered into his line of sight and not because of anything…Apr 21, 2023Apr 21, 2023
Unrelatable 6. UnfocusedThere is a kind of man who is easily angered by women, and the kind of woman who angers him is one who isn’t focused on him the way he…Apr 21, 2023Apr 21, 2023
Unrelatable 5. Irony in a moral keyWhat maddened Rose McGowan wasn’t so much that Weinstein continued to wield power as the fact that he continued to be celebrated and…Apr 21, 2023Apr 21, 2023
Unrelatable 4. GroomingIt’s always gratifying when people seem to take an interest in you for reasons that have nothing to do with sex.Apr 21, 2023Apr 21, 2023
Unrelatable 3. “Who will believe thee, Isabel?”Going a little off the rails just very briefly is something I call having “an Isabella moment” because of a scene in Measure for Measure…Apr 21, 2023Apr 21, 2023
Unrelatable 2. There is no right moveThe person at the center of a story about sexual extortion is entirely lacking in agency. And that’s unappealing. It’s also terrifying.Apr 21, 2023Apr 21, 2023
Unrelatable 1. Untold storyThe story I didn’t tell is one I want to try telling now — now that the Me Too moment is over and no one is listening.Apr 21, 2023Apr 21, 2023
Reflections on the “Grace”/Ansari problemA friend writes (I mean, a friend literally writes):Jan 19, 20181Jan 19, 20181