The elephant in the room

What I want to write about is the recent news that has come to light- the Harvey Weinstein allegations (which are true and have been reported by all women), what Weinstein did was not new information. It's what Hollywood has been hiding for a long time, showing the industries tolerance to rape and sexual harassment. The title of my blog has its own irony, these convictions- Hollywood was aware what kinds of unfathomable acts are happening inside.
It's ironic how early on only two or three people spoke out about the abuse Hollywood was hiding, but everyone else chose to ignore it, and turn a blind eye, why is it only just now everyone has decided to speak out on it you ask?

Previous to those who early on bravely spoke out about their horrible experience, a majority of people ignored them, can you imagine what other peoples reaction is when you tell them "well-respected" people of the entertainment world has sexually harassed you or touched you in any indecent way?
Or not even Hollywood, your male or female co-worker taking advantage of you because they're in a higher position than you, even if you told someone there wouldn't be much action taken against the person. But nonetheless, it was 2017 when most women thought enough was enough, they cannot let others be treated the same as they had been.
As Margaret Mead puts it, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
That's what they did, and now what was seen as taboo to talk about, it's being spoken about everywhere, this is what needs to be tackled!

Of course, there are the ones who love to criticise and belittle those who share their experience, and my response to these trolls are, how can anyone just assume that a human being would be happy with you touching them anywhere they feel is uncomfortable. Stay aware, and learn how to treat a human being because you are one them.

For those who are going through this, you are not alone, don't let these people bully you or manipulate you, stay strong and tell someone! You are a strong person, and your feelings will not be ignored.

Keep your mind refreshed

As we all know there have been many devastations  around the world, to face these issues first on we have got to be aware; aware that those who have greater influence can help educate those on their ignorance.
There are social media influencers who can actually address situations and have their followers aware that certain things are wrong. For instance cultrual appropriation can be misunderstood, the defintion as it merely states is, "taking aspects from a minority culture, for its aesthetics, without knowning the meaning behind it." It is when a majority decides to take some of the cultural aspects from a minority group and make it into their own, for example the native american headdress which means alot to them but many people wear it as a fancy dress costume without realising their ignorance, also offensive.
If you love the culture, and wanna wear the custom dress- that's fine, but what's not fine is wearing it for halloween (any costume theme party) or even taking bits of it and making it into your own design. That is what cultural appropriation is, rather than turning a blind eye and looking like a fool, educate yourself, you're never too old to learn.