Despite the smears, Tara Reade still has plenty of support

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Despite the smears, Tara Reade still has plenty of support

POLITICO, PBS' NEWSHOUR and Michael Tracey are among those attempting to smear Tara Reade.  They won't address her allegation of assault but they will rip her apart using her former landlords, people who hate her and Biden people who feed them info.

Despite that, Tara still has support.  I support her.  She's talking about a serious issue and we need to address it.  I'm far from the only one who feels that way.  Below are a few of the people standing up against rape culture and saying "NO!" to it.


Rose McGowan:

I hope you are not proud of yourself tonight

@natashakorecki

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Prof Zenkus

@anthonyzenkus

· May 15

Politico's @natashakorecki ennages in the ugliest form of rape culture and victim-bashing here, the likes of things I have only seen from defense attorneys and family members of the accused. This makes it much harder for victims to come fwd. https://politi.co/2Z6WgTB via @politico

Nicole Ee-o:

Great thread regarding the rape culture being perpetuated around Tara Reade with

@natashakorecki

&

@SchreckReports

hit pieces being most current. The level of character assassination towards a victim of rape is appalling. #IBelieveTara #StandWithSurvivors

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Drew Holden

@DrewHolden360

· May 15

Today, the character assassination of Tara Reade began in earnest. Shockingly, these same people had different thoughts when the accused wasn’t on their team. Examples are threaded below. It wouldn’t seem right to kick off a list of hypocrisy with anyone but @JRubinBlogger.

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WOC for #PresidentBernieSanders:

Please call on reporters to stop reinforcing rape culture in their character assassinations of Tara Reade. It's irresponsible and disgusting.


Pandas for Bernie 2020:

Wow. You're just ticking off every rape culture norm used to smear survivors. The only People who have harmed #MeToo

are people like you. Tara Reade does not have credibility issues. Joe Biden, the proven liar, has credibility issues.


Daria notmeus:

Anyways yall, believe Tara Reade. What if the same thing happened to you or someone you know? The gag is, it probably already has. Don't reinforce the culture of survivors being slandered and scrutinized harder than their perpetrators when they come forward. Rape culture sucks.


Erin Taylor:

wild to watch so many women just have a field day critiquing Tara Reade’s story of survival! many of the women doing this were happy to build their careers off the backs of the MeToo movement yet happily participate in rape culture when it is convenient for them. gross.

Doog Lives:

@natashakorecki

That disgusting hit piece on Tara Reade might be the most repulsive bit pf rape culture agitprop I've ever seen. You should be ashamed of yourself. Rapist everywhere thank you for your service.


William Pecota:

Rape culture is the fact that they're "investigating" Tara Reade with the goal of exonerating Biden instead of investigating Joe Biden. It's always survivors who are put on trial, never the rapist.


Dustin Hice:

Rape culture hypocrisy and the fraudulent #MeToo

crowd are the biggest problem. People like

@ReadeAlexandra

&

@atensnut

are very brave & deserve to have their voices heard fairly. Due Process is a right for everyone!



Anthony Zenkus:

And whether Tara Reade lied about anything in the past has no bearing on whether Joe Biden raped her or not. Talking about the animal rescue nonsense is nothing short of rape culture.


Danni Askini:

This allegation will not win or loose this election in the face of 30% unemployment and COVID— but how women are attacking Tara Reade definitely will further rape culture and silence other survivors from coming forward


Maiya Isabel:

Can't dispute the evidence, so attack the accuser. This is a HUGE rape-culture distraction tactic to bury the facts and provide insulation and political cover to

@JoeBiden

and

@DNC

There is a really a big personal price to pay for this. I hope it's worth it. #tarareade



Occupy the Port:

The scumbags that helped sell Biden’s ‘Tara Reade is crazy and lying’ should be ashamed. This was clearly a planned response coming after Biden’s appearance on MSNBC last night. Whether you believe her or not, this was an example of rape culture.


Lara Frazier

Don’t call yourself a feminist & a supporter of women’s rights IF you are sharing articles that smear Tara Reade & perpetuate rape culture. If you don’t believe her, fine. But, stop engaging in behaviors that hurt women & survivors. Pls remove the word feminist from your bio.


Caleb De Jong:

Character smears against Tara Reade is rape culture at its worst. More journalistic effort has gone into assassinating her than into studying Biden's record, which includes his vote for Iraq war, his support for Israel, his support for Venezuela regime change, crime bill, etc.

UnApologetic Women:

Media framing, he said/she said narrative of Tara Reade allegation is born out of rape culture. Listen to expert who has worked on this issue for 20 years. Allegation is credible: http://tinyurl.com/believewomen #believewomen #IBelieveTaraReade #endrapeculture #metoo

#goodbyepatriarchy



Ms. Natural Soul:

This is an excellent thread, pointing out how PBS's story on the Tara Reade allegations helps to further certain rape culture myths. May I also add that 74 Biden staffers saying they weren't harassed by Biden does not in any way invalidate Reade's claims!


Mallory McMaster:

A media outlet tracked down 74 former Biden staffers to attack one woman. They could have asked them what they thought we could do to fix rape culture and make the next administration a good one for women. But they didn't. They attacked Tara Reade. 74 staffers.


A.J.:

Joe Biden lies as easily as he sleeps— and he sleeps a lot. Tara Reade would have had to have manned her own time machine to have lied about these accusations, period. You are a representative of rape culture & more evidence that Biden & those he inspires are cultural dinosaurs.


David Silverstone:

Dear womxn followers, especially those who made #TimesUpBiden videos: Please join

@Vozable

in a project highlighting the abuse Tara Reade has received on twitter. We will combat rape culture together. Please pass it on!

SJK Campbell:

I'm fully up to date on the call the NewsHour hit piece & the Politico smear job. Striking how similar the behavior of Kavanaugh's defenders & Biden's defenders are.



Peter Daou:

This is the kind of filth #TaraReade is facing, a concerted online operation to rip her life to shreds. Shame on the Democratic Party for enabling the destruction of her life to protect a man with a history of unwanted touching. The chilling effect on #MeToo

is incalculable. https://twitter.com/CoronavirusUSA/status/1261783458361167873




Kate Willett:

In a society where a huge percentage of women are both low income and sexual assault victims, idk if it's a good idea to set a precedent that women can't be believed if they have had problems with landlords. People can just vote for Biden w/o doing all this.


Zachary S. Grigley:

I learned from Mainstream Media that it is okay to Rape a Woman if she has ever bounced a check. #IBelieveTaraReade #SayNoToJoe


Sofi D:

I believe Dr Ford on much less evidence, which is why I believe Tara Reade. Both have compelling stories.But one has evidence that cant be altered backing her up. A recording, a divorce document, people she told and past colleagues agreeing that she told them or she suddenly left

Lisa Bloom provided the playbook being used (Lisa is not a feminist)

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Lisa Bloom provided the playbook being used (Lisa is not a feminist)

The smear campaign against Tara Reade?  Sounds like something out of the Lisa Bloom playbook.  Let's note this e-mail she wrote to Harvey.  And let's note that Lisa Bloom recently Tweeted that she believes Tara but will be voting for Joe Biden.  It's a feminist position, you understand.

Who's paying the whore now that Harvey Weinstein is in prison?  Lisa is not a feminist.  She's trash.  Read her e-mail to Harvey below and grasp how she has lied and manipulated the press.  She didn't make a mistake, she purposely set out to defame and discredit Rose McGowan who was raped by Harvey Weinstein.  And her claims about not realizing what was going on?  She's asking to see a copy of the NDA so you can prosecute Rose for violating it -- that's the NDA about Harvey raping Rose.

Lisa Bloom is not a feminist.  She is a whore.  And you need to remember that with all that's going on right now with people attacking Tara. You can find a photo copy of the e-mail in this Tweet.


Harvey,

It was a treat to speak with you today, though yes, we'd all prefer better circumstances.  I've spent the rest of the day reading Jack and Sara's thorough reports about Rose, who truly comes across a pathological liar, and also your former assistant . . . who seems to be less of a concern.

I also read through a lot of Rose's Twitter feed, to get a sense of her, and watched her short film, Dawn.  (I'm no film critic, but I found it dreadful, but telling as to who Rose is: boy meets girl.  Girl trusts boy.  Boy murders girl.  All men suck.  The end.)

I feel equipped to help you against the Roses of the world, because I have represented so many of them.  They start out as impressive, bold women, but the more one presses for evidence, the weaknesses and lies are revealed.  She doesn't seem to have much going on these days except her rapidly escalating identity as a feminist warrior, which seems to be entirely based on her online rants. 

For her to keep her "RoseArmy" following she must continue ramping up the outrageousness of her diatribes.

Clearly she must be stopped in her ridiculous, defamatory attacks on you.  She is dangerous.  You are right to be concerned.

Options after my initial read, which I can flesh out on our next call:

1. Initiating friendly contact with her through me or other good intermediary, and after establishing a relationship work out a "win-win."  Key question: what does she want?  To direct, it appears?

2. Counterops online campaign to push back and call her out as a pathological liar.  A few well placed articles now will go a long way if things blow up for us down the line.  We can place an article re her becoming increasingly unglued, so that when someone Googles her this is what pops up and she is discredited.  We have all the facts based on publicly available information.  This can begin simultaneous with #1.

3.  Cease and desist letter from me, warning her of the violation of agreement with you and putting her on notice of causes of action for CA claims of false light, invasion of privacy, defamation etc Rish: She posts the letter online, generating heat and backlash. (Sara: I need to see the agreement, please.)


4.  You and I come out publicly in a pre-emptive interview where you talk about evolving on women's issues, prompted by the death of your mother, Trump pussy grab tape, and maybe nasty unfounded hurtful rumors about you.  This will be headline grabbing if you express genuine contrition for anyone who hurt you, while emphasizing it was always adult consensual behavior.  You thought that was enough at the time but now realize it's nuanced, that a power imbalance means something, etc.  You reached out to me to help understand rapidly evolving social mores around sexual misconduct because you are a good and decent person (as evidenced by your life's work making films on important social issues and extremely generous philanthropy).  Examples: Charlie Sheen, as women were set to come out against him re HIV status, did a Today Show interview recently where he came out with it himself, receiving massive praise.  I represented a few of the women and there stories were largely drowned out by his interview and the love he got for it.  It is so key from a reputation management stand-point to be the first to tell the story.  I strongly recommend this.  If you agree, I'd like to come out and mett with you to go over the story in some detail, so this is done for maximum effectiveness.  You should be the hero of your story, not the villain.  This is very doable.

5. Start the Weinstein foundation, focusing on gender equality in film, etc.  Or establish the Weinstein Standards, which seek to have one-third of films directed by women, or written by women, or passing the Bechdel test (two named female characters talk ago each other about something besides a man whatever.  Announce you will immediately raise the standards re gender parity in very specific ways on all films under your control.  Announce partnership with Geena Davis' group that works for gender equality in film, for example by mandating that half of all extras in crowd scenes will be female.  You get the idea.  These details can be worked out, but the point is you decide to be a leader and raise the bar in concrete, headline-grabbing way.

6) Positive reputation management.  I Googled your name, and a few obnoxious articles pop up.  I work with the leading reputation management company that can backlink to the positive articles to make a "firewall" which prevents negative pieces from ranking well on Google.  Your first page of Google is key as 95% never go beyond the first Google page.  Let's improve this.  Easy to do.  This should happen simultaneously with other option.

A reminder: will you please connect me with David Boies so that I can get retained?

Also, given that your emails with the Clinton campaign were hacked recently, I recommend you set up a secure new email account for emails with this team.  We shouldn't be emailing on these sensitive matters to your company email as your IT people and others may have access.

Thanks and really honored to brought into this team.

Talk tomorrow?

Best,

Lisa Bloom

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