The scandalous stories of 2014, without which he would be better
Text: Elina Chebbocha
The public loves scandals and the scandals of this year enjoyed in full force - the world has not yet seen so many absurd, monstrous and often uncaring events for one year. We have compiled a list of high-profile stories of the outgoing 2014, during the observation of which we wanted to raise an eyebrow, to be terrified and surprised - someone else's inattention, lack of sensitivity, and sometimes, to confess, and just all-consuming nonsense.
Celebgate: Stolen Celebrity Photos
A group of hackers broke into iCloud celebrities and put it all in the thread on 4chan - the largest community of trolls in the entire Internet. Like most girls on the planet, among these photos there was a lot of selfies in a half-naked form. Their publication said more about the society than about the heroes of the scandal: the publication of images gave rise to a wave of so-called slatshaming - using the traditional “guilty” technique, when it is customary to blame women for rash actions (in this case, storing their nude photos on their own phone), and not an attacker in violation of the law and meanness. Hacking itself and the events following it are called "Selebgeit" or "Fapping".
Gamergate
A series of scandals in the world of the gaming industry has created the destruction of one more stereotype about computer (and not only) computer game lovers as about bunnies who sit in the basement of their mother and love everyone. Firstly, everyone plays games, including girls, and secondly, in games from girls, still falling out breasts and wasp waist are needed, violating all the laws of anatomy. Mizoginia and harassment in the gaming community this year have affected women developers, game critics and our eyes.
Space shirt
Scientist Matt Taylor put the spacecraft on a comet, and then gave an interview in a shirt with half-naked women. Twenty years ago no one would have paid attention to this, however, and would not have allowed a scientist to wear such a shirt, but this year the columnist of The Verge accused the scientist of sexism, and Matt Taylor burst into tears and apologized. After that, the Internet began the exchange of accusations and insults and other manifestations of universal intolerance and hatred going wild, where everyone looks like idiots at once.
Wooly Allen and rumors of alleged corruption
The very sad, painful history of the family drama, which stretched for twenty years, at the beginning of this year once again stirred up society. Daughter of Mia Farrow, Dylan Farrow, accused Woody Allen, once the former husband of her mother, for raping her at the age of seven. Dylan's column in The New York Times added fire, and the answer to this column by Woody Allen added oil to it. To believe is completely incomprehensible, but the sediment remained.
Comic and "American daddy" Bill Cosby accused of violence more than a dozen women
Unexpectedly for Russia (and the rest of the world, except for the United States), the main American comedian Bill Cosby was accused of raping 13 women, many of whom had dared to start talking about this topic for the first time. It is about as if Vladimir Vinokur was accused of this - “well, he is such a sweet uncle, and his grandmothers love him.” These accusations are so far refused to believe in court and, moreover, they are literally impossible to prove: most of the precedents allegedly occurred years ago, but not all risked claiming them (however, the first accusation against Cosby sounded thirty years ago). The comedian is surrounded by lawyers and pays them crazy fees, and also hired experts to dig up the accusatory past, scaring them that, in return, will also ruin their lives. In the media, many believe that the actor will be able to get off the hook, but Cosby’s reputation is stained forever - the sitcom was canceled with him, the show was taken off the air, and the university excluded him from the list of trustees.
Jay Z got into a fight with Solange. Or vice versa - the essence of the matter does not change
Everything is perfect in the life of Beyonce, but there are moments that are beyond the control of anyone - even a woman who has managed to build an ideal career and public image. In May, the security camera filmed a fight between sister Beyonce, Solange, and her husband Jay Z. In the video you can see how Solange beats and kicks the rapper, and the latter clumsily fights. Supposedly, Jay Z flew in from an angry Solange for cheating on Beyonce (also supposedly). Everything in this scandal was based on conjectures, since we never learned the truth. Beyonce began to correct small reputational losses more rapidly than usual: she appeared everywhere with Jay Z, did not comment on the scandal, posted photos on her instagram only in embrace with her sister. The public expecting a loud divorce agreed on the opinion that it is impossible to do this to people — show the scandal and quickly roll it up, until the audience just settled down and prepared popcorn. We, of course, understand that the stars are also people, and no one is immune from family clashes, but at least three people have their nerve ruined their lack of restraint.
Shia LaBuff consistently made us worry about his condition.
What is happening with Shayya is not known for certain: either he puts the bag on his head, then takes it off, then makes a performance, where he is allowed to do anything. At this performance, as it turned out, a woman raped her, the actions of which were watched by her saddened partner. All this is so not fit in the head and has no explanation that LaBafu can only sympathize. What all this teaches is also not very clear - that Hollywood is a damned place, everyone seems to know. However, the world also learned something new: this year many people thought that violence was not only a nightmare in the gateway, but also, for example, a woman’s aggression against a man or a date that went wrong, and after which one of the participants did not want to hear "no."
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