#the lizzo files

[pixiedane]

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Christine Chapel/Spock Characters: Christine Chapel, Spock Additional Tags: Developing Relationship, Light Angst, Episode: s02e05 Charades (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds) Summary:

Christine wakes up in Spock's bed.

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Inspired by Lizzo.

[13thheartbeat]

last night i had a dream that i was at my friend's graduation and it was rainbow themed so everyone was wearing different colored cap and gowns. and jack walten and felix kranken from the walten files were in charge of it and me and my friend were really nervous cause we both like the walten files but i guess the characters were just real people in this universe and we didn’t question it at all? but anyway while this one girl was doing karaoke to lizzo and jack and felix just randomly left and took all the furniture with them and somehow we were all so into the lizzo song that we didn’t notice that they were taking away all the furniture until the song ended and we were just standing in an empty room. and no one knew what to do so we started dancing to this made up rap song called "dont feel like celebrating christmas anymore.” and it sounded just like that fucking give me one margarita tiktok song. and the music was so loud that dream me got overstimulated and i woke up

[omgthatdress]

Really hard for me as a fat girl because NOBODY was out there representing fatness like Lizzo was, and it will be a very very very long time before we get someone else like that again. For real Lizzo did a lot to make me feel more beautiful and accepted with the body I have.

[metalheadsforblacklivesmatter]

I'm... not gonna even go into detail about the allegations because the sexual harassment allegations would get this blog flagged.

But the allegations are as stated

Bully a performer for gaining weight and pressuring her to reveal her personal health information to explain the weight gain

Forcing her Christian beliefs onto her performers

And sexual harassment (the allegations claim harassment, but this article goes into the details and... I'm pretty sure that's assault...)

I mean obviously believe the victim, and you never know who your idols are.

But my biggest concern is I've heard so much about Black people, particularly Black women, are forced to behave a certain way because their behavior doesn't just reflect on themselves but reflects on the entire Black community.

I'm really scared to see how racists and conservatives will take Lizzo's actions and use that to justify profiling all Black women.

So I guess the message of my post is this. These allegations reflect on Lizzo alone, and should not be used to justify misogynior of any kind.

-fae

[brujitaadinbo]

I watched season 3 of The Mandalorian again and I still don't understand why there are people who speak so badly about chapter 6 (plazir15) Because of course it is a reference to the Clone Wars style; but also re-watching Blade Runner with Harrison Ford; It is a particular tribute to him. Especially in the scenarios, in the way Din and Bo are investigating the droids, (if you remember in Blade Runner, Deckar investigates and searches for the replicants in rebellion)

Here in The Mandalorian, those rebelled replicants were both the droids and the last separatists in existence.

The fact that "lust alley" had that cyberpunk Blade Runner feel; the bar with that particular name (La Resistencia) and that romance between a replica and someone human, "a romance that cannot be" It seems like a unique tribute to me and that many people who claim to be knowledgeable and who only talk trash about this episode, is because in reality they are pure uneducated people who have never seen Harrison's tremendous gem and who only criticize the episode because of Lizzo (Not that I I like that girl, but she did her job and that's it)

I can definitely appeal to the fact that this chapter had many references to cinema and the most famous and iconic cult series.

And it is really appreciated that Bryce Dallas is so knowledgeable and has been inspired by this material to achieve something unique.

There are also moments where I feel like I'm watching Secret Files x; one of my favorite retro series. I love her so much!!!

And I love that Din and Bo are the Mulder and Scully type couple. They definitely are; It can be noticed from a distance and even more so if you know the series and the characters.

Hopefully in The Mandalorian and Grogu movie we have at least one special moment between Din, Bo and Grogu. A Mulder and scully moment between Din and Bo. It would be great.

This is the way.

[n0ncooll2]

cartman is very improved in the special +kyman it is very late but i forgot about it

so the special starts with cartman at the doctor hearing about weight loss drugs but cartmans mom says she can’t afford it and you won’t believe it cartman doesn’t even argue with his mom about it omg cartman being not spoiled? but the doctor says he’s out of luck and cartmans a bit frustrated but instead of lashing out a lot he just begs the doctor saying that he hates the way he looks and not even being manipulative then the doctor proscribes him with Lizzo then the next important part of the special is in school and butters cartmans amazing friend realizes cartman is sad about something so he tells kyle and at first kyle says who cares and then after further inspection he says and then kyle thinks from his previous experiences “is this a trick?” see he does learn @wendytestabrat so then kyle gets mad at the worlds insurance company and their bullshit well either that or #KYMAN GET YOUR TEE SHIRTS HERE EVERYBODY but then they get to the place and the guy filing their claim or whatever is an absolute GOOF i’m sorry i had to say awful word and he’s typing so very slow and then they basically just say that but they won’t pay but then there is a way all they have to do is navigate the American healthcare system and it is A LOT of work now you might be wondering why is kyle filling out every form and doing everything he can well the answer is #KYMAN GET YOUR TEE SHIRTS HERE but then they’re basically tired of this shit so then kyle goes to rant to stan and kenny how it’s not fair how slim celebrities can get them but fat cartman can’t there’s a lot of kyman on kyle’s side in this but then they make the idea to MAKE THEIR OWN DRUGS AND SELL THEM for good intention ofc and stan and kenny don’t even question why kyle wants to do this so then they think they finished the drugs so then after some nice music and wannabe action movie quotes they inject it in cartman and then kyle says they should make more to help more people and another thing is cartman doesn’t say something like “Woah why do other people need these i want them all to myself” he just doesn’t do anything I thought i would add that but then all the sugar produced food companies get mad at the drugs which make you eat less as we see from randy not eating and cartman not eating the entirety of a “cereal bomb” don’t ask so after cartmans dream of being normal sized so he can say anything he wants and nobody can respond with “shut up fatass” or “oh yeah well your a fat fuck” anymore so cartmans about to take his second dose and then a gang off moms steals all their stuff anyways now they’re trying to get a new supply but something DEVASTATING happens cartman gave up and he’s about to end it all with an oppenheimer it’s a cereal bomb but with twinkies and gravy so after kyle says he’s not giving up and gives cartman a pep talk #KYMAN GYTSH but when then evil cereal mascots who practically lace their food with sugar and make people crave it want to put a stop to these drugs as they make people not crave so they find a really cheap supplier stans gang was relying on and they massacre the suppliers and since cartman gave up he decided an oppenhiemer wasn’t enough so he goes for some not 7 not 8 not 9 but 10 times more destructive than an oppenheimer word on the street is that it’s called a stormy daniels and kyle says he has a solution but cartman says the iconic phrase “forget it i’m goin DOWN with a stormy daniels” kyle says he found more weight loss drugs and that’s enough to convince cartman but there’s a small problem the mom gang + randy trys to steal it but randy does the right things and gets the weight loss drugs away from them but they chase him down with guns so after stan’s gang joins randy the cereal people com to destroy the drugs again so randy tells stan to shoot them and he denies but kyle says he will so after kyle shoots everyone cartman notices an obesity drug that fell on the vehicle and since the window was broken he went for it but failed … tumblr says i can’t write anymore so part is out rn on my blog

[awesomefringey]

Why is the dancer dragging lizzo to the court what happened?

Oh this has been going on since last year. Her former dancers have filed a lawsuit accusing Lizzo of assault, disability discrimination, and sexual harassment.

Lizzo has been brushing off all allegations as false and I think the lack of self awareness and the way she’s brushed it all off, rubbed many people the wrong way. Lizzo might have never intended to harm anyone, yet she should’ve acknowledged that feelings were hurt.

Instead her defense strategy was to be super dismissive about it all and I think many people have decided they won’t let her off the hook about the accusations until she finally does (although we yet have to understand what actually happened). It definitely impacted her IG follower numbers since this is what I was referring to here.

[beardedmrbean]

LOS ANGELES — The day she was set to receive an award recognizing her work promoting inclusivity and social justice, Lizzo was again sued by a former employee who said that behind the scenes, the entertainer allows bullying, harassment and racial discrimination. 

“I felt like I was living in a madhouse,” fashion designer Asha Daniels, 35, told NBC News the day before she filed her lawsuit against Lizzo and other members of the singer’s team. “It was totally shocking.”

“I was listening to this Black woman on this huge stage have this message of self-love and caring for others and being empathetic and being strong and standing up for others,” she said. “And I was witnessing myself, the dancers and the background vocalists and my local team in every city be harassed and bullied regularly.”

The suit, filed Thursday by lawyers for Daniels in Los Angeles County Superior Court, accused wardrobe manager Amanda Nomura of doing stereotypical impressions of Black women, referring to the performers as “fat,” “useless” and “dumb,” and forcing them to change in front of a mostly white, male stage crew who would “lewdly gawk” at them, the suit says.

Daniels was fired after she complained about Nomura, according to the suit.

“Lizzo is the boss, so the buck stops with her,” Daniels’ lawyer, Ron Zambrano, said in a statement Thursday. 

Zambrano, the lawyer for three former dancers who accused Lizzo of sexual harassment and a hostile work environment in a lawsuit last month, echoed allegations made in Daniels’ suit, saying Lizzo “has created a sexualized and racially charged environment on her tours that her management staff sees as condoning such behavior, and so it continues unchecked.”

Lizzo has previously said that although she has to make difficult decisions, “it’s never my intention to make anyone feel uncomfortable or like they aren’t valued as an important part of the team.”

Thursday’s suit alleged sexual harassment, racial discrimination, failure to prevent a hostile work environment and other accusations. Nomura was named as a defendant, as was Lizzo, whose real name is Melissa Viviane Jefferson, her production company, Big Grrrl Big Touring Inc., and her tour manager, Carlina Gugliotta.

Representatives for Lizzo did not immediately reply to a request for comment. Gugliotta did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Attempts to reach Nomura were unsuccessful.

Lizzo has denied the previous allegations, calling the dancers’ accounts “sensationalized stories” that were false and “outrageous.”

Lizzo is set to be honored Thursday with the Black Music Action Coalition’s Quincy Jones Humanitarian Award for her philanthropic work and commitment to social justice, the group said in a news release.

“She has been a longtime advocate for inclusivity and uses her music to empower marginalized groups to promote diversity,” the release said.

Valuing female empowerment

Daniels first worked for Lizzo in September 2022, designing custom clothing for her dancers, and was hired early this year to tour with the performer, the lawsuit said.

Daniels said that she had been friendly with Nomura, and that she was thrilled to work for someone whose values of female empowerment she shared.

“As a Black woman myself, I love when I see Black women that have a big stage that use that stage to uplift us,” she said.

According to the suit, Daniels’ worked seven days a week, from 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. and was told to work even after she injured her ankle. 

Nomura told Daniels never to interact with Lizzo or to dress attractively in front of her because it may make Lizzo jealous, the suit said. Even though she was taken aback by the comment — “Lizzo is beautiful, she’s talented, she’s got an amazing career, she has no reason to be jealous of anyone,” Daniels told NBC News — she said she followed the rule and never spoke to Lizzo.

Privacy concerns

The dancers were forced to change in front of Lizzo’s stage crew, most of whom were white men who would “lewdly gawk, sneer, and giggle while watching the dancers rush through their outfit changes,” the suit alleged. 

When Daniels complained to Nomura that the dancers had no privacy, Nomura allegedly told her not to alert anyone else to the matter, according to the suit.

Daniels was scolded for providing new stockings to dancers after they damaged their clothing while performing and was “specifically instructed to not give certain dancers panties, mirrors, or items they would need and ask for, despite those items being stocked,” the suit said. The suit did not indicate why. 

Alleged slurs, threats and offensive impressions

Nomura allegedly mocked Lizzo and her dancers with what the lawsuit described as a “stereotypical sassy Black woman imitation.” Daniels told her the imitations were offensive, the suit said, and Nomura ignored her.

Nomura also appeared to threaten employees, according to the suit. On one occasion, she used a slur and said she would “kill” anyone who put her job in jeopardy, the suit said.

After Daniels complained to Gugliotta, Lizzo’s tour manager, she allegedly asked Daniels to surreptitiously record Nomura, according to the suit.

Daniels declined, believing it would be unethical and possibly illegal, and continued to work for Lizzo, according to the suit.

Sexually charged complaints

When they traveled to Amsterdam, she heard managers discussing hiring sex workers for lewd sex acts, attending sex shows and buying hard drugs, according to the suit.

Daniels said she did not attend the events. The lawsuit filed last month on behalf of three former dancers describes one of those dancers going to an Amsterdam strip club, Bananaenbar, and accuses Lizzo of encouraging cast members to engage with performers and pressuring the dancer to touch one of them.   

The dancer repeatedly declined, according to the suit, but relented after Lizzo allegedly led a chant goading her to do so.

Daniels’ suit also alleged that a manager texted a sexually graphic image to more than two dozen people.

“No one from LIZZO’s management team addressed this graphic sexual imagery in the workplace appropriately,” the suit said.

In February, Daniels told the tour manager, Gugliotta, about what the suit called “widespread racial and sexual harassment” taking place on tour. She was fired weeks later, on March 6, the same day she said Nomura scolded her for taking a break after an allergic reaction, the suit said.

Daniels told NBC News she learned of her termination via a plane ticket in her email.

The tour manager later told Daniels that “everyone” was aware Nomura was “crazy” and apologized several times but said it would be too difficult to replace Nomura, the suit said. The manager told Daniels that Nomura wanted her “gone” for speaking up, according to the suit.

Although Daniels had come to view her working conditions as increasingly hopeless, she said, she was stunned about her removal. She had been committed to staying for her relationships with the dancers and others who she said weren’t getting the support they deserved.

The firing was especially stunning, Daniels added, because she said Gugliotta had nothing but praise for her designs.

Afterward, Daniels said, the manager asked if she would continue doing design work for the dancers — an offer Daniels said she accepted because of her relationships with the performers and because she didn’t want them wearing mass-produced leotards purchased online, a “highly disrespectful” option Daniels said they’d previously been given.

While working for Lizzo and in the months that followed, Daniels suffered lingering physical and psychological problems, including anxiety and impaired vision, according to the suit. She said she previously considered suing Lizzo over what she described as the most toxic work environment she’d ever experienced, but she came forward only after learning of last month’s lawsuit.

“Not only do they deserve for me to stand up for them, but I also deserve to stand up for myself,” she said. “Twenty-five-year-old Asha deserves someone to stand up for her.”

Daniels’ plea to Lizzo and her managers now, she said, is to take the performer’s values of love and support seriously.

“Black women deserve to work in spaces where we feel safe, where we aren’t being harassed, where we aren’t being sexualized," she said. “We’re allowed to just be great and work hard, and be treated the way that everyone else is allowed to be treated."

[destinyc1020]

Oooooo chiiiile..... If even HALF of this stuff is true, then Lizzo is gonna be toast. 😩

She better lawyer UP!!!!

Geez!!!! 😵‍💫😳

That's it y'all......

I'll see y'all next year rofl 🤣 😂

I give up....

[roboticproduct]

fatherless child

I have a dad , I actually have a good dad & I spent most of my life trying not to be like him .

Well , a certain side of him & I succeeded , kinda .

Oh right , men blaming single moms for the downfall of mankind .

Oh right , I should have had my wife arrested a few times instead of leaving.

I'm not a violent man & scare tactic retaliation isn't effective .

I should have financially set myself up & filed for custody & a divorce. I would have won . No , I let her get financially stable & then I gave it all away .

Better than jail , no really,it had gotten that bad for me . These damn manly emotions.

Moving on .

...

Influencer culture.

I'm out of the loop on that horse shit.

Who's Lizzo ?

I don't need your influencers .

The label ' influencer ' sounds suspect to me .

Like Tony Robb.........

.......

There is a certain sickness evolving with wanting strangers to witness your life on a video screen .

There is a kinda of denial of reality because of the " this is just TV " feeling folks get .

....

Speech is a physical action .

....

Just because you're a passive fist doesn't mean you don't deserve to be knocked out .

.........

Rebel re-bell )))))))))))).

You were my most abusive friend because you know I wouldn't touch you & felt no need to argue over entertainment. It's not ones entire essence.maybe yours ? & That's ok , but .

Well , I don't feel mentally or physically threatened by you for one thing & you'd turn to dust if I ever punched you .

I've never felt a need to compete with you either.

We were friends , you want her my friend ? Be my guest .

Maybe there is something to that dad thing ?

Doesn't help when mom's an enabler ?

Don't blame your mom .

Ok I'm done. I love you my friend & I do wish well .

My little art buddy .

[mediamonarchy]

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[elucubrare]

i think it's really cool that Lizzo played that flute because

it made me search "crystal flute" because my biggest question was "wait, how does that work" (disappointingly, it's that it doesn't have keys, just holes, but whatever, and also it's glass not the significantly more fantasy "carved from a single giant quartz" i knew wasn't right but which i desperately wanted to be true)

I got to read this 2019 comment on a Library of Congress article about it:

I’m curious: what documentation supports the statement that Laurent made the Madison flute “for [Madison] in honor of his second inauguration?” Laurent’s 1815 letter does not say that he had made the flute for Madison, nor does he associate it with any historical event at all. Laurent merely inquires if the flute he had sent Madison a couple of years previously was ever received – a reasonable question, given that it would have had to have gotten through the War of 1812 British naval blockade to reach Madison.

Additional evidence suggesting that the flute was inscribed to Madison as an afterthought is the presence of traces of file marks and of a previous inscription on the ferrule of the head. It seems quite possible that this was an instrument that Laurent made for someone else but which he had on his hands and decided to send “His Eminence President Madison” in a bit of early “push marketing.” I have wondered for many years if more detail of the earlier engraving could be made visible with the right imaging techniques. The flute is a virtual twin, by the way, to another 1813 Laurent flute that David Shorey (personal communication) called “Napoleon’s consolation prize for Russia.” This other flute was supposed to have come into the hands of a British officer (and, later, his descendants) after being taken from Napoleon’s baggage at Waterloo.

And, by the way, the Laurent letter was found by David B. Mattern, one of the editors of the Madison papers, at my instigation: the only information available until his discovery was Miller’s report that “family tradition” (whose family? Madisons? Boyles?) was that the flute was a gift from Lafayette. I asked Dr. Mattern if he had ever seen mention of the flute in any Madison-era inventories or correspondence, where the provenance might also be mentioned, and he said that he had not, but would keep an eye out. About 18 months later my phone rang one day and he said, “We have the letter” – the Laurent letter, as it turned out, had been at LoC all along. So now we knew that the flute came from Laurent, not Lafayette. It’s not hard to see how the one name might have been turned into the other over time – oral history often works that way. But, again, there is really nothing in that letter that explains Laurent’s motivation for this extraordinary gift.

[farmlesbians]

what lizzo stuff?

[artemisresources]

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[aizenat]

Here’s the thing about Meg and the allegations. So like as her lawyer pointed out, this person didn’t ever file any harassment complaints either to Megan or anyone else. Now you can argue “who would he complain to” but Meg had been managed by Roc nation since 2019. Even before she blew up with Savage. So like he could have complained to their hr so there was at least a record of it.

But he didn’t. So, seriously, when did Megan get a chance to know she was making him uncomfortable?

Like I feel like ppl need to really realize that celebrities are NOT like us. They may put their pants on one leg at time like us but they don’t live like us. AT ALL. Wild and crazy parties with things we couldn’t even imagine, all types of drugs everywhere, orgies and kinky sex galore: the real lives of the rich and famous would have even the more liberal of us clutching our damn pearls.

Just like with the Lizzo case, everyone is down to party until the party stops. Especially when the party stops because of their own actions (those backup dancers were obviously bad employees who got mad they got fired for not working the way they were supposed to). Then when the party stops, they want to expose the craziness of these celebs lifestyles, KNOWING it’s supposed to be an industry secret. You want to know why a lot of celebs will go quiet or distance themselves from ppl who get these accusations? Because they don’t want the truth of what THEY get up to to also come out as a result of someone else getting outed. Ppl like “weird she told the cameraman not to say anything” like it’s not well known that anyone working with Beyonce on anything has to sign an ironclad nda and speak no evil they see. And the connection plus the money is more than enough to incentivize them to keep their mouths shut.

This guy and those background dancers got good, cushy gigs and fumbled the bag and now have to go this route after trying to extort these women didn’t work. And they both existed in a way where it’d be hard for them to get another similar gig without a good reference. And if they didn’t leave in the best terms, that’s similar to getting blacklisted. And honestly no one will want to work with them after these lawsuits so they have nothing to lose other than time by filing these lawsuits and almost everything to gain if they win or (more likely) settle out of court.

Megan herself is not a business or company, and likely didn’t hire this guy formally. And if she did, he likely knew beforehand (either was told or quickly learned) what all he’d see and be taking pictures of. And especially if he was partying with Megan, he knew what would be going on. He’s a fucking liar.

Also, America is an at-will employment country (outside Montana lol). Meaning an employer can, technically, fire you at any time and that’s their right. But it also means that as a worker, you’re allowed to quit at any time (meaning no employer can force you to stay on once you decide to quit). He wasn’t forced to do anything he didn’t want to do. If he was uncomfortable, he could have filed a complaint with Roc Nation or her old label (considering the legal issues they were having, they would have LOVED to have that to hold over her I’m sure).

He worked for her for like 4 years! When the Tory stans were dragging her, he could have came out with this to bury her. When Nicki was having a meltdown, he could have brought this up. There were so many times where Megan was getting so much hate or dealing with so much shit and he could have given her enemies ammunition then. Why not then? Why now? You spent four years watching her fuck ppl and whatever and you apparently had a huge problem all those years and never said anything?

Megan’s entire persona is she a freak. I’m supposed to believe this photographer, this MAN, got a job following her around taking pictures of her and he was surprised and shocked to see her fucking in front of him? Yeah ok. Like use your brains ppl. What makes more sense: a group of young people excited to travel the world and be as freaky as they want having fun and wild parties that sure get crazy but that’s the point, or this young woman on the come up with no real power or foot in the industry yet hiring a photographer to only professionally take pictures of her in professional settings but she’s so evil and crazy that she couldn’t help but fuck ppl in front of him and viciously harass them.

Just a note too: funny how similar these accusations are to the accusations against Lizzo. The body shaming accusations against both women is definitely a calculated choice to purposely denigrate and undermine these women as they are both known for being body positive.

Also the “hostile” work environment in very non-traditional situations; both cases use situations outside of the work setting to try to argue that the artists created a hostile environment. But like you didn’t have to go to a strip club if you were so against it. You can say “well they had to for work” but no you don’t. There was a kid at my last job who was aggressively against doing anything outside business hours with the company. He went to zero company outings, never went to the holiday party in all his 10+ years of working there, refused to have anyone from the company be a friend on fb or any social media, never went to the company picnic, etc. People didn’t even know if he had siblings or whatever because he was determined to keep work and private life separate. And that wasn’t even close to the reason he got fired lol (he was constantly late/called out all the time so it finally caught up to him lol).

My point is that if these ppl were so against the lifestyle, why do they seem so into it until they get fired/are no longer able to collect a paycheck from these celebs? You on tour, go to your hotel after a performance. No one is forcing you to the strip club. You don’t want to be around someone who drinks a lot and gets freaky when she does? Take another car to where you’re staying and leave her to her antics. There are so many pretty big names on entertainment who don’t party and aren’t on drugs and shit; if they can figure it out, I think these employees can too.

And this to me is the tell tale sign these accusations have no merit. The things they always list sound like things friends do when hanging out. Going to clubs, drinking and making out with people. I’ve been at parties with ppl making out in front of me. I’ve drunkenly made out with a girl while a friend was awkwardly standing off to the side; shit happens when you put a bunch of young people in hot rooms with alcohol.

Like the work environment (for Megan; there are a few claims from the Lizzo case—tho not the ones directed at her but at her company and choreographer—that I do think have merit) claim this guy is trying to make is weird because you first have to establish what was work and what wasn’t. I used to go on outings with my old coworkers outside of work, and I wouldn’t blame my company if one of them did something to offend me or whatever. As a photographer, I would assume you’re taking pictures in very specific circumstances. So if you’re partying outside of work or having lunch outside of work, anything Megan does you claim you don’t like isn’t a work related issue.

Similar to the stripper story from the Lizzo story (also, learning that story supposedly happened at Crazy Horse is WILD for a host of reasons that invalidates the claim even more imo), going out after work isn’t required. And they can say pressured well they want; they’re grown and if Lizzo tried to fire them for not going, THAT would be a major HR violation and terms for a lawsuit right there. It’s so obvious in both cases that these ppl were down to party and got mad when the party stopped. They got a taste of that celeb life and got drunk. They wanted more. They didn’t want to return to their regular lives. So maybe a lawsuit would get some money to keep the party going.

The music industry is particularly shady. More so than the tv/movie industry. And these ppl are barely hiding it these days. The little bit we see we can bet the reality is that to the ♾️ power. And anyone getting into music knows that and has to decide how they want to navigate it. The very nature of these lawsuits and their allegations seem less about someone seeking justice (like we see in cases like, let’s say, the Diddy lawsuits) and more like someone trying to tear down a woman’s reputation.

Because with Diddy and R Kelly and the sort who get called out on these, it’s rarely a shock. Few ppl in general are living entirely separate double lives; that shit would be exhausting. Ppl been knew about Kelly; people been knew about Diddy. The lawsuits and documentaries and shit just exposed what we already knew/suspected. And based on their personalities and personas, there’s no real reason to doubt it.

But with these, notice how the accusations are not just surprising giving the nature, but how they specifically contradict the image the celebrity is portraying. Lizzo doing fat positivity but she’s actually not fat positive to others (despite making a point to hire big dancers but sure). Megan is all positive but she fat shamed me and told me not to eat! She’s so mean! Funny that.

It seems to me that these ppl have a vested interest tearing down these women’s reputation and shaming them. Or, at least, are leveraging their reputations to get some payouts, assuming they’d rather do that then fight this in court.

Also, and idc who hates this, but Johnny Depp, a man with a known and long recorded history of violence and drug and alcohol abuse, was able to convince the world his mostly unknown wife was the one abusing HIM by twisting moments she was trying to defend herself against her. And the world fell for it. Many still believe it because they didn’t do any real research, nor looked at the unsealed records that mostly support what Amber claimed. And it worked because ppl love to hate women and will find any reason too. And people have beef with Megan for unhinged and loser reasons. Meaning they will jump on this to vilify her immediately. And that’s what this asshole was banking on. That’s what all these people are banking on: that our hatred of women will lead to us harassing these women the way the world did Amber and get them to yield.

Johnny Depp started a trend of men (and the gender traitors) filing lawsuits against women to attack their character and force them to do what they want. And the threat is obvious: give me what I want or end up blacklisted, hated, and ostracized like Amber. And because everyone hates women, you idiots will fall for it every time.

Believe women means you believe them even when they’re being accused. Y’all are really not ready for real female solidarity. We’re never making it out the patriarchy.

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Lizzo has lodged her first legal response to the lawsuit brought by three of her former dancers.

In August they claimed they had been subjected to sexual harassment and a hostile work environment while on tour with the US singer, which she denies.

The star and her Big Grrrl Big Touring company are requesting that the court dismiss the case with prejudice, meaning that it cannot be refiled.

If they do not, the dancers are requesting a jury trial.

What are the claims?

Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams and Noelle Rodriguez accused Lizzo - real name Melissa Jefferson - and her touring company of several allegations in the original complaint filed in a Los Angeles court.

These include claims that Lizzo pressured them to attend a sex show in Amsterdam and interact with the nude performers, and that dance team captain Shirlene Quigley repeatedly engaged in behaviour that made them feel uncomfortable.

They also accuse Lizzo of fat shaming, saying the Brit Award and Grammy-winner "called attention" to a dancer's weight gain following a performance; and that employees of the touring company singled out black dancers by accusing them of "being lazy, unprofessional and having bad attitudes".

It is also claimed that Lizzo denied dancers bathroom breaks during an "excruciating re-audition".

In the immediate aftermath of the claims, Lizzo took to social media allegations to say they were as "unbelievable as they sound and too outrageous to not be addressed."

She added that "sensationalised stories" were "coming from former employees who have already publicly admitted they were told their behaviour on tour was inappropriate and unprofessional", something the dancers deny.

Lizzo's dance team Big Grrrls later released a statement in support of the singer, saying they "had the time of our lives" on tour.

What are Lizzo's lawyers now saying?

Now, in a 31-point rebuttal, lodged on Wednesday, Lizzo's legal team said:

The dancers who filed the complaint "ratified, acquiesced, condoned, and/or approved of the acts" they were now complaining about.

Lizzo's alleged conduct "was undertaken in good faith and with good cause" and "undertaken for legitimate reasons reasonably related to one or more lawful business purposes".

If the dancers were harmed as alleged, they "contributed, in whole or in part," to that harm.

The dancers' claims relate to Lizzo's rights of free speech and/or religion and are therefore barred.

The dancers claims of discrimination or retaliation should be barred because any employment decisions were made "for legitimate, non-discriminatory, non-pretextual reasons", and that Lizzo and the other defendants "acted out of business necessity".

The dancers "have failed to plead and cannot establish facts sufficient to support allegations of malice, oppression or fraud".

Lizzo's spokesperson, Stefan Friedman, said in a statement that this was "the first step" of a legal process in which the star and her team "will demonstrate that they have always practised what they've preached - whether it comes to promoting body positivity, leading a safe and supportive workplace or protecting individuals from any kind of harassment."

He continued: "Any and all claims to the contrary are ridiculous, and we look forward to proving so in a court of law."

In response, the dancers' lawyer, Neama Rahmani said Lizzo's team's answer "merely consists of boilerplate objections that have nothing to do with the case".

"That said, the key takeaway is that Lizzo is agreeing to our clients' demand for a jury trial," he added.

"We look forward to presenting our case in court and letting a panel of her peers decide who is telling the truth, Lizzo and her team, who continue to shame the victims or the plaintiffs and so many others who have come forward sharing similar stories of abuse and harassment."

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Earlier this month, Lizzo was sued for the second time this year by a former employee who claimed she oversaw an "unsafe, sexually charged workplace culture".

Fashion designer Asha Daniels accused the star's wardrobe manager of making "racist and fatphobic" comments and mocking black women in the entourage.

Lizzo was named as a defendant in the lawsuit, but was not directly accused of harassment.

A spokesperson for the star called the case an "absurd publicity stunt".