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    1 month ago

    I kind of agree with the reasoning. She’s the symbol for everything wrong with Hollywood. She got exploited, was treated as a sex toy and didn’t have a say herself.

    There might be more sensitive ways instead of removing the statue. They could educate people on the exploitation for example.

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      1 month ago

      And then she used her fame and platform to write a book exposing all the people who harassed her and what they did. I don’t entirely disagree but I think she doesn’t deserve to be characterized as simply a sex toy/ victim with no voice or agency

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        1 month ago

        So her exposing the perpetrators makes her less of a victim? What is that logic ?

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          No, she was still a victim and I’m not trying to undermine that, but at the same time I wouldn’t refer to her as a “sex toy” or “having no say”. She used her voice and agency to try and make things better for the people who came after her.

          I think characterizing her as a voiceless object or oversimplifying a complex individual into just a victim does her a great disservice.