A Close Reading Of Woody Allen's New York Times Op-Ed

[bethan_b_bad]

On Friday night (Feb. 7), alongside the fanfare of the Olympics opening ceremony, the New York Times published Woody Allen's response to Dylan Farrow's open letter alleging he had sexually abused her at the age of seven. It should be noted that, while Dylan's letter was deemed unfit for the Times' site (it was published on Nicholas Kristof's blog

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[ebay313]

Dylan Farrow is so amazing and brave for speaking out how she did.

I can't even read all this. Just fuck him. Fuck him, fuck everyone who gives him a platform to speak but not Dylan, and fuck everyone who believes him, because it's just so much fucking fun to go through all the shit survivors do when we speak out about our abuse, especially on such a large national scale that Dylan has had to.

[myrrhmade]

Agreed 100%

[soleiltropiques]

Very well said.

[mimblexwimble]

fuck the new york times

[moonshaz]

[soleiltropiques]

Awesome gif. And it speaks to another important issue: you will always have precedence when you are white and male.

[ook]

Ironically, Mia Farrow unreservedly supported her “close friend,” the convicted sex offender Roman Polanski, and testified in support of him in his 2005 libel suit against Vanity Fair.

It's also interesting to note that in October 2013, Farrow’s brother, John Charles Villiers-Farrow, began serving 10 years in prison for molesting two neighbor boys.

[soleiltropiques]

Woody Allen should go f*** himself.

And f*ck the New York Times too.