National Domestic Violence Awareness Project

profeminist:

“Louis CK being “banished” from stand-up comedy wasn’t some kind of petty punishment, it was a fucking workplace safety issue.

I think some of you think that because we’re alone on stage, that stand-up is a completely solitary line of work, but it’s not. You spend tons of time with other comedians, often in situations where there’s an imbalance in power.

Can you imagine the bank you’re working at hiring back the guy who jacked off in front of women without their consent because it had been like, a year or something?

This shit isn’t hypothetical. It isn’t an argument on the internet. Letting these creeps go with a slap on the wrist has wide reverberations and creates a climate that just isn’t fucking safe for comedians, and especially comedians who are women - but also comedy club staff.

Sorry to blather on, but this shit just really fucking makes me sick. It seems so obvious that we shouldn’t let these people back into our communities without them putting in a lot of work to get better.”  

- Bris Farley‏