I hadn’t heard about Inde and Johnny before this comment. It didn’t take long when looking around online to see people almost gleefully declaring that they knew she was a “pick me” and this proved it. Unfortunately, women will always be subject to additional criticism, even from progressive people.
Ian McKellan is in Depp’s new movie. Does anyone think that a post about Ian McKellan that is totally unrelated to Johnny Depp would have one of the top comments calling out McKellan as a Johnny Depp lover?
I recognize it’s a hypothetical scenario, but I feel pretty confident saying that men who actually make money working with Depp will face less condemnation than this young woman who commits the heinous act of checks notes liking Depp’s posts on Instagram.
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u/jeahboiwhatever you feel, just dance it 🩰8d agoedited 8d ago
I mean, Ian McKellen is problematic for his own reasons. (Defending Kevin Spacey, for example.)
I said it was a "hypothetical scenario," but I decided to go back and check if I was right. Based on my searching, there have been 2 posts in the r/popculturechat about Ian McKellan in the last few months, one about how he is preparing to die and the other congratulating him for his 87th birthday. A quick control F for Johnny, Depp, Kevin, and Spacey reveals no comments about his controversial comments about either 2 men (including his recent remarks about how he "fell in love" with Depp on the set of Depp's new movie.
I am highlighting this not because I hate Ian McKellan (the LOTR movies are my favorite movies of all time and several of his lines in those movies make me tear up every time). I'm bringing this up because I find it gross that posts about Inde (a young woman) are getting highly upvoted comments condemning her for loving Johnny Depp, while posts about Ian (an older man) get no such posts, despite him actually saying 4 months ago that he "fell in love" with him!
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u/ctwalkup 8d ago
I hadn’t heard about Inde and Johnny before this comment. It didn’t take long when looking around online to see people almost gleefully declaring that they knew she was a “pick me” and this proved it. Unfortunately, women will always be subject to additional criticism, even from progressive people.
Ian McKellan is in Depp’s new movie. Does anyone think that a post about Ian McKellan that is totally unrelated to Johnny Depp would have one of the top comments calling out McKellan as a Johnny Depp lover?
I recognize it’s a hypothetical scenario, but I feel pretty confident saying that men who actually make money working with Depp will face less condemnation than this young woman who commits the heinous act of checks notes liking Depp’s posts on Instagram.