History of Feminism
In reply to the discussion: "It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men." [View all]redqueen
(115,177 posts)I'm gonna post a similar response to one I put another thread here because imo it bears repeating. Just in case anyone else reading this is at all confused about why Dylan spoke up, and why it is so important that she did.
The reason Dylan wrote the letter now is because seeing that piece of shit honored brought all of it back. It had her curled in a ball in tears. This is an experience most survivors know well.
She decided to speak out, and openly ask all those who still treat this unrepentant asshole with adulation just how they'd feel if he was caught with his face in their daughter's lap. If it was their daughter he was in therapy over, discussing his inappropriate obsession with her. If it was their daughter who told her doctor that he had molested her.
These assholes all know of his body of work. They know that incest and pedophilia are common themes in his movies and they won't reconsider their admiration for the POS because they, like so many others, just DO. NOT. FUCKING. CARE.