Pardon?

Since my first post in April of 2023 regarding the predatory behavior of Marc Maron, I have been in touch with a number of survivors of CSA, CP, and trafficking.   These past few weeks have been disheartening for all of us.  From the events in the Combs trial, to the recent meetings granted to a convicted sex trafficker, all of it is a brutal reminder of our place in society.  

When I first posted about Marc Maron, another comedian let me know that "if these girls want help, they know where to go."  This comedian knows what Maron has been up to for three and a half decades.   For godsake, she knows what young female comics have had to go thru when they used to open for a Maron show.  She simply doesn't care.

The lip service that gets paid to exploited victims is bullshit.   The perpetrators are rarely charged, much less convicted.  Some of them can brag about their behavior, and then be marketed to children.  

There are many survivors of Epstein and Maxwell who are willing to speak about what happened.   That takes a kind of bravery most people can't comprehend.  But who is being met with, and given "queen for a day" immunity?  Who is going to get a pardon?  Ghislaine fucking Maxwell.  

I appreciate this video from Suri Crowe on MTN, where voices that matter can be heard:

The voices that matter