The prime material people can expect to see tomorrow on Broadway

Man, I hope you see that there's a vast difference between what most people's "worst way they've hurt another person" might be (ghosting, emotional immaturity, cruelty, jealousy, uncomfortable comments, etc) and *sexual assault*

One of the many reasons this fucking sucks

I definitely don't have a good answer to that question. Also: should the guilty party seek the victim's permission before telling the public about what happened? Would that cause even more harm for them? It's messy enough to make me wonder if yeah, maybe they shouldn't have a public-facing career

I mean, in this case moving on meant putting your friends and colleagues into a situation where if your past ever came out publicly, they would also be personally and professionally harmed by it, which is a super fucked up thing to do!

Think of it this way: if your job is reliant upon audience trust, and there's something in your past that would potentially damage that trust, shouldn't you be upfront about it instead of just hoping it never comes out? Being transparent is the only way to retain and reinforce that trust

The part of this that is inexplicable to me is: did he really think this would just never get out?

Kinda fucked up that “Star Wars Zero Company” doesn’t have a colon but “Star Wars: Galactic Racer” does. I won’t even get into “Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order”

“Hey, before we agree to collaborate together on videos and podcasts for a media network built on trust, positivity, and fan loyalty, there’s something you should know about my past”

I mean, by telling them he would have offered them the choice of working with someone who had admitted to sexual assault. By not telling them, he deprived them of the ability to make a fully educated decision

This isn’t a corporation with thousands of employees, it’s an independent media organization that relies upon audience trust and goodwill to survive. He betrayed fellow workers here, not some faceless exploitative boss

Maybe not everyone, but absolutely colleagues who will be negatively impacted if the news comes out down the road. By not telling them, Geller caused even more harm

I don't know that I have a fully-formed answer to the question "should someone who has admitted to sexual assault still work in a public-facing job?" but I'm much more confident saying that to hide that part of your past from your audience is deceitful, especially if you talk about related issues

This sucks for many reasons. But I think it's worth emphasizing how selfish and duplicitous it is to go work with a public-facing, community-focused media org like MinnMax without disclosing this part of your past to them. (MinnMax confirmed to me they were not told.) Please support them if you can

Jacob Geller is no longer a part of MinnMax. He won't be on content moving forward and we won't be publicly airing this week's episode of The MinnMax Show. We're in shock and deeply hurt. Thank you for your patience during this sensitive time.

Not a book, but something!

Everyone wants a monocultural event, that's for sure