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Former Hollywood Assistant Posts Sexist Email She Received From Her Boss
Source: Variety
UPDATED: Rosette Laursen wanted to spend March 8, A Day Without a Woman, the same way many females across the country planned to: by demonstrating the value women bring to the modern workplace. Instead, her former boss allegedly responded to her request for an unpaid day off with a misogynistic reply.
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An email meant only for two of Laursen’s male coworkers that accidentally got forward to the whole team read: “Are you f—ing kidding me. At the end of pilot season. Someone should sew her vagina shut. I’m never hiring a girl ever again.”
A second email continued, “No bonus for anyone that strikes or leaves early in pilot season. No one is striking in show business we are all against Trump. And women are considered diverse and being shoved in as writer and directors. Zach who is a Jewish male is being pushed out. Uppity Selfish C–t. Heather went to work. I’m sure anyone at a casting office or agency would be fired.” At the end of her post, she revealed her boss was talent manager Michael Einfeld of Michael Einfeld Management.
Upon realizing his mistake, Einfeld apologized to Laursen via text message. “I apologize for venting like a misogynistic faggot,” he started. “I was letting off steam I didn’t mean to hit reply all. I’m an a-hole. If you come back we can play Nazi death camp. You can beat me and put me in the oven. Or feed me cabbage and lock me in the shower. I am truly sorry.”
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An email meant only for two of Laursen’s male coworkers that accidentally got forward to the whole team read: “Are you f—ing kidding me. At the end of pilot season. Someone should sew her vagina shut. I’m never hiring a girl ever again.”
A second email continued, “No bonus for anyone that strikes or leaves early in pilot season. No one is striking in show business we are all against Trump. And women are considered diverse and being shoved in as writer and directors. Zach who is a Jewish male is being pushed out. Uppity Selfish C–t. Heather went to work. I’m sure anyone at a casting office or agency would be fired.” At the end of her post, she revealed her boss was talent manager Michael Einfeld of Michael Einfeld Management.
Upon realizing his mistake, Einfeld apologized to Laursen via text message. “I apologize for venting like a misogynistic faggot,” he started. “I was letting off steam I didn’t mean to hit reply all. I’m an a-hole. If you come back we can play Nazi death camp. You can beat me and put me in the oven. Or feed me cabbage and lock me in the shower. I am truly sorry.”
Read more: http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/former-hollywood-assistant-posts-sexist-email-1202523582/
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As many of you know, March 8, 2017 was International Women’s Day, and many in Los Angeles and around the world banded together to demonstrate the value that women bring to the modern workplace through the movement “A Day Without a Woman.” Women were encouraged to take the day off work and not spend money to help others recognize the enormous value that women of all backgrounds add to our socio-economic system, while raising awareness that many still are getting lower wages and experiencing greater inequities, vulnerability to discrimination, sexual harassment and job insecurity. www.womensmarch.com/march
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Good qualities aside, a majority of the time he was screaming terrific things like the N word at the top of his lungs while describing black clients who were frustrating him. He would call his employees “f***ing retards,” and scream he is never friends with women. Then it would slowly dawn upon him that he maybe took things a little too far, and he would say, “I was just joking.” Knowing that his employee’s are not professional joke judges on Last Comic Standing, he was confident that he had just convinced us that we simply missed the clever and subtle punchline. I put up with the fun filled outbursts for 5 months, because I wanted to have thick skin, be hardworking and most of all, not be a quitter. I told myself the job was temporary and I would be out of there soon and things would get better, much like Annie when she sings “Tomorrow.” Yet something about this behavior affected me to the core, because I’m not a sociopath or an AI.
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However, Jorkle’s erratic and irresponsible thought processes lead him to make yet another smooth move. He tried calling my bluff by completely ignoring every letter, phone call and email from the lawyer, essentially refusing to settle privately. My lawyer said this had never happened in all his years practicing as a specialist in hostile work environments. The next step was either to let it go, or take Jorkle to court. If the case is filed and taken to court, the emails become public record. Since the money is not important to me, I decided to skip the trial, and make the emails public with this delightful essay.
This might have happened to me on “A Day Without A Woman” but I think many assistants suffer hostile work environments. Both men and women experience verbal abuse, but are afraid to stand up for themselves. They don’t want to have to be the one to take action. They are willing to put up with things that are absolutely crossing a line because the job will look good on a resume for the next step in their careers, or hope the connections made through the job might be beneficial. I have struggled a lot with sharing this because I’m afraid it will work against me and my career. That is scary to me, and sad that this might be the reality we live in. But it’s worth it to me to say something regardless of the outcome. I’ll be disappointed at myself if I don’t.
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Plot twist: His name is Michael Einfeld. It just made me laugh to write Jorkle the whole time.
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P.P.S. My Christmas bonus was this lingerie. It made me look like a ham. (Michael is gay so it could be weirder.)
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Good qualities aside, a majority of the time he was screaming terrific things like the N word at the top of his lungs while describing black clients who were frustrating him. He would call his employees “f***ing retards,” and scream he is never friends with women. Then it would slowly dawn upon him that he maybe took things a little too far, and he would say, “I was just joking.” Knowing that his employee’s are not professional joke judges on Last Comic Standing, he was confident that he had just convinced us that we simply missed the clever and subtle punchline. I put up with the fun filled outbursts for 5 months, because I wanted to have thick skin, be hardworking and most of all, not be a quitter. I told myself the job was temporary and I would be out of there soon and things would get better, much like Annie when she sings “Tomorrow.” Yet something about this behavior affected me to the core, because I’m not a sociopath or an AI.
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However, Jorkle’s erratic and irresponsible thought processes lead him to make yet another smooth move. He tried calling my bluff by completely ignoring every letter, phone call and email from the lawyer, essentially refusing to settle privately. My lawyer said this had never happened in all his years practicing as a specialist in hostile work environments. The next step was either to let it go, or take Jorkle to court. If the case is filed and taken to court, the emails become public record. Since the money is not important to me, I decided to skip the trial, and make the emails public with this delightful essay.
This might have happened to me on “A Day Without A Woman” but I think many assistants suffer hostile work environments. Both men and women experience verbal abuse, but are afraid to stand up for themselves. They don’t want to have to be the one to take action. They are willing to put up with things that are absolutely crossing a line because the job will look good on a resume for the next step in their careers, or hope the connections made through the job might be beneficial. I have struggled a lot with sharing this because I’m afraid it will work against me and my career. That is scary to me, and sad that this might be the reality we live in. But it’s worth it to me to say something regardless of the outcome. I’ll be disappointed at myself if I don’t.
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Plot twist: His name is Michael Einfeld. It just made me laugh to write Jorkle the whole time.
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P.P.S. My Christmas bonus was this lingerie. It made me look like a ham. (Michael is gay so it could be weirder.)
A lot more here: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10159139007570123&set=pcb.10159138995520123&type=3
She is fierce.
