It’s a sentiment we hear debated a lot these days: love the art, hate the artist. Is this possible? What if the artist in question used the fame, wealth, and power they earned from making their art to hurt others? On the one hand, it’s impossible to separate art from its creator. On the other, …
Tag: sexual harassment
The Good-Guy Rapist
Popular media often depicts rapists as mentally ill monsters. This falsehood does harm, and not just to those struggling with mental illness. It allows rapists to say, I didn’t rape anyone; as you can see, I’m clearly neither mentally ill nor a monster. They think their clean bill of mental health and normal, human appearance …
Katherine Indermaur 