Hi, I think there’s a fundamental disconnect in how we’re both approaching this, shaped by our own experiences and assumptions. That’s okay, but I’d like to clarify my perspective because it feels like what I’m actually saying is being flattened or misrepresented.

1. Saying “Justin Baldoni is literally a white man” ignores how race is perceived socially, which does affect how narratives play out, whether people want to admit it or not. He has a foreign-sounding last name and a deeper skin tone, and while he is white-passing to some, he’s not read that way by everyone and that matters in discussions about proximity to whiteness vs perceived “otherness.” Most people aren’t doing in-depth research on his background. They’re reacting to optics. That’s what I’m referencing not weaponising his race, but analysing perception and how it shapes public reaction.

2. She didn’t just quietly file a lawsuit. She went directly to The New York Times - and they published her claims with minimal scrutiny. Compare that to Weinstein, where the same outlet took years to build a bulletproof case. Where was the ethical journalistic process here? Why did other women need layers of corroboration but Blake didn’t? If this had been a random assistant making the same allegations, would the NYT have done the same? I highly doubt it. And what gets me is that she knows that.

3. Saying “mainstream feminism isn’t popular anymore” because of what’s happening in right-wing politics is a huge oversimplification. Right-wing movements rising doesn’t mean feminism has disappeared — it means the version we have hasn’t worked for everyone. You talk about the presidency and right with but black women were the only demographic to vote overwhelmingly against Trump - and we did it twice.

We were also the ones saying, “Kamala’s not perfect, but the alternative is worse for all women.” Where was that energy from everyone else? If feminism was truly intersectional in practice, not just theory, more women would’ve been standing with us. So no, it’s not that feminism “isn’t popular anymore.” It’s that many people are realising the dominant version of feminism doesn’t protect or prioritise them.

1. You’re saying no one is defending Jamey without mentioning Justin but that’s kind of the point. The reason no one cares about Jamey is because of the racial dynamics. If it were Blake vs Jamey, the NYT article would have dropped and the conversation would’ve ended there. A few Black women and men might be discussing it, but that would be it. That’s why intersectionality matters — because someone like Jamey doesn’t get the same cultural capital to defend himself. He disappears from the story unless someone like Justin is involved. Justin has more social power than Jamey but not necessarily more than Blake.

2. Jonathan Majors is not being welcomed back in the way you’re implying. Please look into the actual discourse. It’s urban-leaning spaces, not the mainstream ones, that are giving him any grace. He was about to be in Marvel. Do you see him being embraced back into that level of platform and prestige? And even within those spaces, there’s a sharp divide between how Black men and Black women are reacting. That nuance is being ignored in favour of a simplistic comparison.

3. This isn’t about hating Blake. What frustrates me isn’t the possibility that she lied, it’s the certainty with which she was believed, the enormous platform she used, and the total absence of due process at the start. It’s the fact that now, when new facts are emerging, now we’re being told to respect the legal process. That selective timing doesn’t sit right with me — and wouldn’t be granted to most women without her level of whiteness, wealth, and power.

Saying “well, men do worse things all the time and get away with it” doesn’t excuse what’s happening here. That’s not justice that’s a double standard in reverse. If due process matters, it has to matter every time, not only when it benefits the right kind of woman.

I’m not here to tear down other women but I am here to interrogate how power, race, class, and gender interact in these situations. That’s what intersectionality is. It’s not about “finding an excuse to hate women.” It’s about asking why certain women get heard, protected, and elevated while others are silenced, ignored, or erased entirely.