On Wednesday, the comedian wrote a 26-point thread on Twitter that began with an anecdote about an unnamed “famous woman comedian” who’s been working for “over 15 years.” The anonymous comedian told Griffin that she’s sick of “the boys club” and having to constantly prove herself despite all that she’s accomplished. This unnamed woman said that she’s thinking of leaving the industry, which Griffin, understandably, found very disheartening.
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The situation with Louis C.K. was probably the most difficult for me to grapple with this summer during the MeToo movement. It was the first moment during that time that I actually had any emotional investment in the accused. My dad loves comedians like George Carlin and Louis C.K. My dad and I bonded through these hilarious comedians. When this news broke, it was disappointing as someone who enjoyed his content and upsetting as a woman who has been put in similar situations in the sense of being unsure of where it falls under the umbrella of sexual assault and harassment and subsequently not reporting it. That said, I did not think Louis C.K. was so far gone he couldn't rectify his actions. It was always pretty clear to me that he needed therapy. When he owned up to what he did and said he would be taking a step back to listen to women in comedy I really hoped he would get the help he needed, but this comeback is insulting. Not only did he need to give it more time, he needed to be open about the steps he was taking to fix it. Even so, not all the fault falls on Louis himself, it is also on his management team and the people who chose to hire him for this event. Griffn and the anonymous comedian from the article are completely right; what is most concerning about this event isn't that Louis thought he had taken enough of a time out, but that everyone in the community was so ready to welcome him back while continuing to shun women who had come forward in the past year or simply done their jobs a little too "aggressively".
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