Comments on: A two-part apology for sexual harassment, six years later https://sorrywatch.com/a-two-part-apology-for-sexual-harassment-six-years-later/ Analyzing apologies in the news, media, history and literature. We condemn the bad and exalt the good. Fri, 16 Oct 2020 15:55:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: hannah e https://sorrywatch.com/a-two-part-apology-for-sexual-harassment-six-years-later/#comment-215323 Fri, 16 Oct 2020 15:55:41 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=5510#comment-215323 the thing about dan is he didn’t name an incident or incidents, he pointed out the culture he created that hurt her. you couldn’t write up in an article as salacious or provable, like the mental harm. he said he ruined her confidence and gas lit her by favoring her, a new writer, because she was really funny but his attraction ruined the pride she should feel. promoting her work while also being clear he was romantically attracted to her kept people, and herself, from believing she was good on her merit. no newspaper would write that up as something even though I think that was the worst part for her. he wasn’t just making her uncomfortable, she is talented and he was giving her attention regardless of it. she had no way to tell if she was funny or attractive, and dan copped to screwing that up for her. she wrote one of my favorite episodes of community, of course she’s talented, (the law and order spoof). it was good to hear a man understand the specifics, nuances and ramifications of harm he caused, not just the “sorry, i feel bad, i wont do it next time”. he analyzed the harm he caused and not just the bad actions he took, he didn’t say “I’ll try to fix it” he figured out what he took and how that theft affected her then gave her back some of the worth he took away.

]]> By: snarly https://sorrywatch.com/a-two-part-apology-for-sexual-harassment-six-years-later/#comment-213961 Thu, 18 Jan 2018 19:27:30 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=5510#comment-213961 In reply to Duncan.

Maybe it was down temporarily? I just looked/listened and it’s there.

]]> By: Duncan https://sorrywatch.com/a-two-part-apology-for-sexual-harassment-six-years-later/#comment-213953 Thu, 18 Jan 2018 10:01:43 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=5510#comment-213953 The podcast has been taken down.

]]> By: in byline news https://sorrywatch.com/a-two-part-apology-for-sexual-harassment-six-years-later/#comment-213941 Thu, 18 Jan 2018 02:54:37 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=5510#comment-213941 […] has been pulling way more of the weight in the last few weeks, so I did two entries back-to-back: A solid-B apology from Community show runner Dan Harmon for pervy workplace nastiness, and an A+ apology from […]

]]> By: snarly https://sorrywatch.com/a-two-part-apology-for-sexual-harassment-six-years-later/#comment-213881 Sun, 14 Jan 2018 01:20:23 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=5510#comment-213881 In reply to tanita.

Amen, and so beautifully said, Tanita.

]]> By: tanita https://sorrywatch.com/a-two-part-apology-for-sexual-harassment-six-years-later/#comment-213879 Sat, 13 Jan 2018 21:04:20 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=5510#comment-213879 Oh, I SO agree – it’s not great. But it’s enough bc it was enough for her forgiveness, which itself made me weep. The fact that the Thing made her feel crazy, because she wasn’t sure that it had happened as she remembered? Have the T-shirt. The fact the worst pain and humiliation could not be undone without the one who humiliated her confirming her right to her rage, pain, and shame? Oh, yeah – I have the hat, and the coordinating twinset. It is THE WORST that these things can make us DOUBT OURSELVES. But, I’m crying for her peace, and the grace which she passed on to him, which is a glorious, amazing, unmerited thing, amen.

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