"Whatever questions remain there of what I don't can't even begin to know all of it, those questions are for those people, and for even my ex-husband. They need to answer to those things, not me. And I am so happy to be away from all the muck that was there. Oof. Yet she also said, more generally: I think we're having a reckoning as a society, right? Cards on the table, I don't think we're having one at all."
"Look at the headlines, or what's dominating all the news bulletins. We're talking about anything but the things that most need to be reckoned with. In the UK, we're talking round the clock about Peter Mandelson, the one guy in this we at least know wasn't making sexually abusive use of Epstein's trafficked women and girls. Even if he did offer Epstein image rehab advice, which, as discussed here in depth on Tuesday, was a foray into the moral abyss. (Again.)"
"Guys, it's not even the biggest scandal of the scandal. Let me be clear. I think all the bits of the fallout we're focusing on now are a mass displacement activity, driven subconsciously or consciously by men so we don't have to reckon with the fact that we now have searchable records of the way some of the most powerful guys in the world, who have huge sway over our lives, talk and think about women. And about girls."
Melinda French Gates declined to take responsibility for unanswered questions about Jeffrey Epstein and distanced herself from the associated "muck." Public conversation has shifted toward political fallout and personalities rather than the sexual exploitation at the heart of the scandal. UK coverage has fixated on Peter Mandelson's involvement and perceived reputational damage rather than on the abused women and girls. The current emphasis on image and political consequences functions as a displacement activity. Searchable records now reveal how some of the most powerful men speak and think about women and girls, demanding accountability and societal reckoning.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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