Why misogyny is winning right now—From Blake Lively to Trump | Standing Room Only
When a woman accuses a man of abuse, her reputation can be destroyed, while the man is recast as the victim. It happened to Amber Heard after Johnny Depp won a defamation case against her. Now it’s happening to Blake Lively, following her lawsuit against "It Ends With Us" director Justin Baldoni.
But this isn’t just about Hollywood. Misogyny is becoming more normalized across our culture, especially among young men, and it’s one of the key forces that helped Donald Trump win the 2024 election.
In this episode of Standing Room Only, Salon’s Amanda Marcotte explains how the system is still rigged to tear women down. Journalist Kat Tenbarge (SpitfireNews.com) joins the conversation to discuss how online influencers fuel smear campaigns and how their videos serve as a gateway to conspiracy thinking and right-wing ideology.
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Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:52 Third anniversary of Depp v. Heard
1:50 Publicist Melissa Nathan’s smear strategy
3:38 Details of Johnny Depp’s complaint
5:20 How Donald Trump gets men’s attention
07:12 Right-wing support for Depp
08:04 Pass the Mic featuring Kat Tenbarge
09:07 Influencers can be a gateway to radicalization
11:45 #MeToo backlash
12:50 Justin Baldoni’s plan against Blake Lively
26:24 Encore music recommendation featuring Au Pairs
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