Lad culture was a thing much more so than it is now, up to say 2010ish. I hate the phrase but the cocky, drainpipe jean wearing knobheads adored by Nuts magazine et al. So edgy so cool. The comedians of the 70s told racist jokes the lads of the 90s and early 00s told sexist jokes and stories with shows like The Big Breakfast, The Word etc championing them. And later on, panel shows such as buzzcocks, big quiz etc.
What we’re dealing with now is the girls and younger women of the height of the lad culture speaking up when they did not feel like they’d be believed (and likely they’d have been right). And law of averages there’s more to come, Noel has strong suspicion on him but no solid stories, Jonathan seems more like a blind-eye-turner as he aged and tried to stay in with the ‘cool gang’, Fry to me is purely suspicious on gut feeling alone (never been wrong yet!) and Lucas I’ve heard many ‘you know he likes them young’ stories but again no-one’s spoken up. Maybe all their time will come, maybe we’re heading for a uk ents ‘me too’ moment, I hope so. Even without convictions I hope we can move on as a society. There was time some thought Jimmy Savile was a legend.
Hopefully victims can be empowered, heard, and start to properly heal. Here’s to unproblematic tv presenters. I’m absolutely ok with cheesy and vanilla (yes, I was thinking of Joel Dommett, one of the nicest most unproblematic guys ever.)
And Donald Trump being impeached would be a lovely January cherry on the cake
What we’re dealing with now is the girls and younger women of the height of the lad culture speaking up when they did not feel like they’d be believed (and likely they’d have been right). And law of averages there’s more to come, Noel has strong suspicion on him but no solid stories, Jonathan seems more like a blind-eye-turner as he aged and tried to stay in with the ‘cool gang’, Fry to me is purely suspicious on gut feeling alone (never been wrong yet!) and Lucas I’ve heard many ‘you know he likes them young’ stories but again no-one’s spoken up. Maybe all their time will come, maybe we’re heading for a uk ents ‘me too’ moment, I hope so. Even without convictions I hope we can move on as a society. There was time some thought Jimmy Savile was a legend.
Hopefully victims can be empowered, heard, and start to properly heal. Here’s to unproblematic tv presenters. I’m absolutely ok with cheesy and vanilla (yes, I was thinking of Joel Dommett, one of the nicest most unproblematic guys ever.)
And Donald Trump being impeached would be a lovely January cherry on the cake
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surprised none of the parents complained?
