I feel like there is a clear distinction btwn the kind of work achieved by meticulous, scrupulous journalists that exposed Weinstein et al, which has quickly devolved into McCarthy-like “gotcha” journalism, fed by the click-bait worthiness of exposing male celebs.
The way it tries to frame the incident - by hyping up details like her inability to choose red or white wine as indicative of something sinister - is dangerous and shoddy
It goes some way to trvilaising what is a disturbing and upsetting sexual encounter for the woman by failing to examine the often toxic culture surrounding sex & dating, and makes it about an Ansari takedown.
I think there is value to the conversation in has prompted, regarding modes of consent and what men regard as “normal” sexual behaviour. But this wasn’t really raised in the original piece, so glad the convo has continued on the internet
Also, the article uses the quote: “It took a really long time for me to validate this as sexual assault.” I find it disconcerting for the writer to have painted the story this way.
