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the worm is turning on sexual harassment

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Toronto, 2017.11.10

It's shocking to see the sexual harassment scandals multiply, some really disappointing stuff is coming to light. I wonder if this is a) a reaction by the populace to Trump and all that he has unleashed, realizing that they've been putting up with entirely too much and it's now time to do something about it, or possibly b) a sign of a larger-scale turning away from the indulgent, consumptive, and winner-take-all "culture" of the past half-century.

rand()m quote

The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love, and in order to occupy and distract himself without love he gives way to passions and coarse pleasures, and sinks to bestiality in his vices, all from continual lying to other men and to himself.

—Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov