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</style><![endif]--><!-- __merge_tags_in_links__ --><style></style></head><body class="a" style="margin:0px auto;padding:0px;word-wrap:normal;word-spacing:normal;background-color:#FFFFFF;"><div role="article" aria-roledescription="email" aria-label="email_name" lang="en" style="font-size:1rem"><div style="display:none;max-height:0px;overflow:hidden;"> Stop trying to make #MeToo redemption arcs happen.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ </div><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" class="gg"><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table role="none" width="670" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="aa" style="width:670px;table-layout:fixed;"><tr><td class="bodyWrapper" align="center" valign="top" style="padding:10px 5px 10px 5px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-width:0px 0px 0px 0px;border-style: solid; border-color: #FFFFFF;border-radius:10px 10px 0px 0px;background-color:#FFFFFF;" class="c"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr id="header"><td style="padding:15px 15px 0px 15px;"><div style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:0px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="f" align="right" valign="top"><p> June 19, 2026 | <a data-read-online-tooltip="true" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.FIK02fInvGXCNK3vQPbydX2TX2bVgL9wMkHYjIaKRxzcMsPGiYgQH3ZZg-FjsuBcTo7xjjDtUwsUkuVErKJmys3ALVBzNA-1iOracbFgEaE2xuw-_riyqyqX70wHta0pJp0sFx1sBS3qrxQaR-gnRiaE7k_hFU6qmpF2LKUFc51ZcC8QqFiqZi6SzG0r56oGhPIyj4Lq99peT8kcHNpdlF7ypFnkz6K9bNTMEkmAJcXcmeUTWN7fBqeQtu6vK85A7HXy4rVTYTFnnELc04wOTfQHZVQDI8MNmCYY2NQ8GwahS51vuW8seEG1V5-3WHZ_rH0J7aEBJqlfIuBKFpXZb6J1wWHa3-369r6YZpZ7T6YTU1hJf2boj4hIlxwsTMZp5lubKGIjAWnhUOfYTJO0tr1Rnq5fvxoUOJcXssjIRS-D9Ww666FDbRBkbxSUfTP4eaYa0BOoFHlpqZh4xZnZkptT0giMPz5vVOSZVkJ-1T-TLlyM0Kj25xJCg3XgRg4pqbKNtW0o7eaZ4_E_8FuFmhAbHBKZAnO5Ayp7sTP2rwYESjxm90XATfTsm35bO9Mf1hz6Ok2IoYX8QpqJ3ewE3gdhTY_d8gnxy-AShjWuN2jA-1MMhA7fbAJpwP6go8jeF_uJ1F2Rdjnu4-uxtrYotr4qVIBjy-gwsaSf6icl8ts1KD1ktH8gYLO8uy8aujkw8gEQn3qPeXYX_QcmnwUsJo0thLulJHVjJl0DILrPnFSMVO43uwUqu1gv6XSqWLZaTv8ShlMUHymdoJyF4CdjtpvrhXxPblItTIwSDmQ-imk/4rm/826fVy7gTpK8DYnLI2P1kg/h0/h001.Ck9ZuyeFteaNY_zqCloIKm1vWN5m6XFx1tI0OjqJIpg">Read online</a></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="center" valign="top" style="padding:15px 0;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><h1 style="text-align:left;font-family:'Trebuchet MS','Lucida Grande',Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight:400;font-size:32px;color:#2A2A2A;padding:2px 0;line-height:38px;"> The celebrity profile that infuriated me this week </h1><p style="text-align:left;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-size:20px;color:#3E3E3E;padding:5px 0;line-height:24px;"> Stop trying to make #MeToo redemption arcs happen. </p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="border-top:1px solid #E5E7EB;border-bottom:1px solid #E5E7EB;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px;margin-bottom:15px;margin-top:15px;"><tr><td align="left" valign="middle"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left"><tr><td align="left" valign="middle"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left"><tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><a href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.FIK02fInvGXCNK3vQPbydX2TX2bVgL9wMkHYjIaKRxz206iUOBEiQNU7CiGkBBWo5_6w8nE0oHaK6EpVI7wkPRrJ2LkSdZzYmmUzd18WJVdwakI45ykPYM4ammPHMeHIZzujpavxwJWaKqeRehT6AFFYNFJMB5zxnBApeFn_S6Xd9In-18_cqwAk-nMXOYSRm16qgHEIJzmgExu2AiS2tCbbCZIRWtC9LyjkM2VEXrgOCCAPgSfEzwe35X7IyJhCTZtNAuytdNAPzdmo4W2TrjgILacz5sP_9OEuOJ2nbcxXR3SV0OgGKJ5SBCPAOIL3ohtWoMPtrKGgo-0ZxaT4fzyvLG7DYCVSr13ByM8FKr7FFYJnezbrQorTWuCfwI7c_LuFNCeFQAkJ1ALY_zf3B2Zsq9z744JDqj6zTp8GJ8bhxD3spJXZrptX59Kc9aY0ogDiv4J-kS1QT_dBJ17HmgEfy9a3C3-6DwLvvN4zZYRI1m1k63YXF1qNSoirDceQ8HmqtEy5COCJf0a2bX8qa2BrqWt_XDj_YmTQab5pOOeEj0kCHCS6NmBWQm-ZnLESXjSoNZei9RKsjevuqMFF4KnPHLOOpAg55CE37lMpUSe8gkhrTqVnI8Uzvy0kxUx7Ehhy_6S0OMp9T2AWqeAD5q7rlqTFOtd0GfuXharA1eWNinfLoe3Jv-BXPpd_hJPLb--9eB1v3wdHVruqtRL9cG2Tta3YZIAj64FFi_IRkmZ8cEddf4mDAd0swzN1CqmNkxbDmILDMw-mrw4w4gSgTR7xsq3W-LSLlrfyll38kYndd1-IdcFHX8XmGa9W9A3iLXYNS9fpjl-ak6WHeMMtzet-r9Cgr6h2dCcmo4Z3ZCuVvwBRYyL_sSDY8_6hQWAIPei7R31mz7-s1d2EGjRIPA/4rm/826fVy7gTpK8DYnLI2P1kg/h1/h001.KKQyBH-1tY71NtoaaQsjgrfcg0aY6EmwAPI4RQsbVBo" style="text-decoration:none; 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I’m headed to a friend’s cookout right after I send this newsletter out. But Juneteenth isn’t just a convenient holdover from “Woke 1.0,” as some people are joking online. It’s the <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.U1lMVaAPjMqLNNPr09SLYJCyLNlzQIeJpb2bd-B29HotWNXKKWsi8CTWwdC0tZilKDz6eBsnuHtROmUj7eOeTPjK2Pctg5yxZKlZ1fptCCG40ak_5mg6f26BRleGWkAaADgtVdgsejyI8KliZOy1bFdWrvK4K0Le4MOKr4p1gTg7tYBOHuoR7vl28vyV5hJwRGHYDsi1VSmlPfjA6dzGYhVTe-o6ad4i7uDKWIO4cPMHNTbxQHSxgYNKyvKIPJOOcX0LH76InjWzyQn2Z0ZHT_0QfdQGrJXNN8hb75qgmEDaRq-BWlc-bYjUkqkRh1VSaLy_6wdcuu_w_vX7MpRQlw/4rm/826fVy7gTpK8DYnLI2P1kg/h3/h001.0U-ipROtEqTeFKvQGqhKh8wiNCm5YhjfLwaBChnh-PE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>oldest recorded celebration</span></a> for the end of slavery in the U.S., and it was established as a federal holiday in 2021 in response to the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. Many Americans will still get the day off today, but it hasn’t stopped a broader political and cultural backlash to that summer of protests against racist police violence. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> That’s not the only kind of backsliding we’ve seen in the years since 2021, which brings me to the article I read this week that infuriated me. It’s part of a genre that has emerged in the wake of #MeToo, a justice movement that also started much earlier than people think and was originally <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.3nA-t7clmhywZGhYV-QlMblbUrRee2vKviLKb5pqtUAVLFPdGZOjO7VhJ80ym8WPIrckYzGwJlBS_K0ew8Xj_NEpdM56k4jcqMkWn09GZZT6QCfdas3dwOu2QYgmgVMwGk9crtjRYNQJCOV4LOZ-2QBmC_nGUtAtL2RUXp_jTy7DnkPRvMOz8Ny_sCE3iaA5_waue3WqrcA2ccW7UbZIk17sY4u04XFOx8jcrzOMyvySlGOJW8cZc2cUKNAHbATtp7BFkgGAOwxOOSNRW2IWASSLNwh02Z6axs4LaZBMGOJTBPdjsAzqzok70yzkCfxe/4rm/826fVy7gTpK8DYnLI2P1kg/h4/h001.rF2DXcHiMPdKNC3TFELxAeRIf7H5CmcvQitCfDsTPes" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>by and for</span></a> Black Americans. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Since 2017, #MeToo became defined by journalistic exposés and social media callouts that brought forward claims of sexual violence and abuse against celebrity men. Then came the retaliation. I’ve written about <i>Depp v. Heard </i>and defamation suits, disappearing rights to bodily autonomy, and <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.FIK02fInvGXCNK3vQPbydX2TX2bVgL9wMkHYjIaKRxy0FGXd5G98tSPRlSTLtqylSKjo2uP3DaAcss0D9Fr7y_DPJfbP__FH8uMS59AQb0aWHyoBtPBPlaDJ7eNwFwEI-4LQdA2K1x6zlKDBsmbdacMj-BFRS1sJwF3Osn0KG2DC3QwAKcVyv7YsNv8jvoKI6KZ6yv9MXc9bFvr4EQ9V1tLUBp2KDmF37E4NmErKZZyELo0R2IhAXWE8RC31smUVDnJ6O7obByToXX0ijlGvwPlTmB053RIxHRtZ2KincHVe8bsuAtu8cK5MhLuWw9HtQBcCw68Bbk2yuuIv9XnUOeQhEK-j8siM28tayLDa0Ppc5lBRHr8Gm_xSxx4t8PC1Zop_UgzXAl51_D8mPP7ZgQoNW5tRzGgoyhMCrlRXinFUI0-H0BXAy5uLwf7u65B5BzU-YbwCZDlXuxuQ3Dsf8nYAm-y2eK_36kMa9SkR9gqknVSPLjx9db-AQZ5AVXP3pPIq-21bEN0FNHN4z-NJtcQ7kQsng_POvLL_pXxAJTkIoC-aVevmjURDZjjSFgFavftj_6AiNCwHKG9bde03XaehHikiYz3_SF1euXFfmfTbwvHYZe7lHpIGgI3_Ba2vAKjwrE8-mSR_P90mgxe3R7OftniZU8vXy5im3MM3klknx3g_lJSeLMPAPp995oH1YK_CHy8rDUDc0M2_apvidXYAXCgC6bjz7yDjwqWndyKa1OxZyc_QY0aPhgBRh9Xa1jZolgZhfnoHoj8MHP9t_bZcLiTwhOq5pxt-fzljz-GAKZ-8JEKcFASj9sQ_dHWc/4rm/826fVy7gTpK8DYnLI2P1kg/h5/h001.b_k3RPbwdb7d-qvXrfxVbUY-uPPMpsiGGhk5kKL304c" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>viral DARVO campaigns</span></a>. Another category is the “cancelled” celebrity “comeback” profile, where a journalist tries their hardest to craft a redemption arc for a guy who did nothing to deserve it. The latest iteration of this was so forced, I felt I had to call it out. </p></td></tr><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="background-color:#FFFFFF !important;color:#2D2D2D !important;padding-bottom:calc(15px * 2);padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:calc(15px * 2);"><tbody className="email-paywall-break-body" style="background-color:#FFFFFF !important;color:#2D2D2D !important;display:table;width:100%;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/publication/logo/2f1777da-4def-4e85-977b-495bb18a0532/thumb_Screenshot_2025-02-03_at_11.48.19_AM.png" alt="Spitfire News" height="auto" width=56 style="height:auto;max-width:56px;padding:12px 0px;" border="0"/></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="center" valign="top" style="color:#2D2D2D !important;font-weight:600;padding:0px 15px;text-align:center;"><h2 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