PODCAST: Epstein, Me Too, and the Justice We Never Got (ft. Lyz Lenz)
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How deep does the media’s complicity go? In this episode of Cancel Me, Daddy, Katelyn Burns and Christine Grimaldi unpack the disturbing connection between the "Shitty Media Men" list, the MeToo movement, and the recently released Epstein files.
While the world focuses on the spectacle, we dig into the systems that allowed abuse to thrive. We explore how names on the infamous 2017 "Shitty Media Men" spreadsheet—originally created to warn women about harassment and assault—surfaced years later in the Department of Justice's redacted Epstein list.
In this episode we cover:
-Why the Epstein survivors still haven't found justice
-Lyz's own harrowing story of sexual harassment from a man who ended up in the Epstein files
-What happens to women who become known for being victims of the men who they speak up against
Featuring Guest: Lyz Lenz, author and host of the “Dingus of the Week” newsletter, joins us to discuss the bleak reality of seeking justice and why we need to stop asking "why didn't they speak up?" and start asking "why didn't we listen?"
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- Alexander Smith and Jean-Nicholas Fievet for NBC News: Former Prince Andrew arrested following Epstein files revelations
- Cancel Me, Daddy, Ombudsmom’s Corner: Michael Wolff’s Secret Emails to Jeffrey Epstein
- Moira Donegan for The Cut: I Started the Media Men List
- Maris Kreizman for Literary Hub: Finding the Publishing World in the Epstein Files
- Lyz Lenz for Men Yell at Me: Literary men in the Epstein files
About Cancel Me, Daddy: What isn’t the media telling you about politics, power, and marginalized people? Cancel Me, Daddy is a progressive media criticism show digging into how newsrooms, pundits, and platforms shape what we think is normal. We unpack the stories mainstream outlets ignore or sanitize, then talk about what that means for real people.
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