9/27/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/ME TOO/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Christine Blasey Ford began her testimony in front of a Senate committee by saying she was ‘terrified,’ and at times she looked it. But by the time she finished detailing her allegation that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were teenagers, Ford was being widely praised as credible and brave. Before the Senate hearing on Thursday [9-27-18], Ford had never appeared on camera, and was only depicted in news media reports with a grainy photo lifted from the internet. She emerged in the eyes of many American women as a compelling figure in the #MeToo movement that is usually associated less with the names of victims and more with a list of high-profile men accused of misconduct.”

Ginger Gibson, Julia Harte, “In #MeToo era, Ford lauded on left and right as honest and brave,” Reuters, September 27, 2018 5:56 pm