Heidi Li Feldman
Check out how Yale computer science professor David Gelertner now defends recommending a student to Epstein for a job by saying she’s “a v small goodlooking blonde.” https://yaledailynews.com/articles/gelernter-tells-dean-he-stands-by-praising-student-s-looks-to-epstein Gelertner’s defense: he was rightly “keep[ing] the potential boss's habits in mind."
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Show threadKaitlin (she/her)Feb 5

@heidilifeldman the apology is worse than the email. Barf.

"“This one was obsessed with girls (like every other unmarried billionaire in Manhattan; in fact, like every other heterosex male), and if I hadn't said what I did in that letter ten-odd years ago, he would certainly have called me & asked for a lot more aesthetic detail. (This is how men behave.)”"

AND "the totally pointless disclosure of the Epstein files"

Show threadMark Malowany 🇨🇦Feb 5
@seedlingsong @heidilifeldman Double yikes!
Show threadlj·rkFeb 5
@seedlingsong @heidilifeldman Fits well into his Wikipedia article, a proud misogynist, climate change denier and evolution-skeptic. And holy crap "like every other heterosex male" – these right wingers make men look much worse than even us "man hating" feminists do.
Show threadf*cking b*tch clubFeb 5

@seedlingsong @heidilifeldman That’s the para that jumped out at me too.

Only later do we learn that he’d had an affair with this student….

Show threadHey GusFeb 5

@seedlingsong

As if anything in tha message was supposed to make things better in any way at all. It’s mainly just outing themselves as a peer.

Oh wait they’re not an unmarried manhatran billionaire, phew.

@heidilifeldman

Show threadMinmiTheDinoFeb 5

@seedlingsong @heidilifeldman

Throw. Them. All. In. The. Trash.

Show thread💀 𝓕airchild 💀Feb 5

@seedlingsong @heidilifeldman

Nutshell: 'I could not get this predator to take this young woman if I didn't play up the reasons a predator might be interested in her'

Same as -'Dear Count. You may like this particular young woman because she is full of delicious blood.'

WTAF sort of garbage human is this man?
🤯

Show threadMark Malowany 🇨🇦Feb 5
@heidilifeldman Yikes!
Show threadme_valentijnFeb 5
@heidilifeldman
How are these sexual predator professors not banned from campus immediately? Larry Summers is still officially employed at Harvard as well 🤮
Show threadMFennVT has movedFeb 5
@heidilifeldman I'm thinking the Unibomber explosion he survived did something to his brain.
Show threadShirley EugestFeb 5

@heidilifeldman

Sad to say, he is right.
" (This is how men behave.)”
Yeah they do.

Not all, but enough so that no woman over 18 escapes being judged for their attraction, rather than her qualifications.

July 2009 was when Epstein was released from sleep-away jail.

He hired the Public Relations firm of Peggy Siegal to rehabilitate his image. Less nightlife and restaurants. He told Ghislaine to maintain distance from him for deniability.

That was when Epstein started courting universities becoming a big donor. He began to hold soirees for academics. He sponsored scholarships.
He found a few choice buddies like Dershowitz.

I doubt everyone he courted to put a shine on his reputation participated in his lifestyle or even knew much about it. Predators don't announce their crimes. They probably could figure out quickly that he was a womanizer. Most would not assume this also meant children.

(Story 2020) Siegal is a publicist by trade, like Nancy Haberman, Maggie's mother Some porky pies and whoppers are told.
https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/2020/2/regrets-only

Regrets Only

For years, publicist Peggy Siegal was an essential New York party host and omnipresent player in the annual Oscars swirl. Then her past relationship with Jeffrey Epstein came to light. Will she ever live it down?

Vanity Fair
Show threadDrew Crecente (they)Feb 5

@heidilifeldman

So... he writes out "goodlooking" but abbreviates "very".

One could assume that he recognized, in this context, "very small" was a proxy for "childlike" and resorted to abbreviation to pretend this wasn't v creepy.

And were he aware of E's history, mentioning this characteristic seems to be an attempt to ingratiate himself with E.

A shame that all of the men Gelernter knows allegedly "behave" like this.

That explains a lot, but it excuses nothing.

#NoRegrets #Gelenter #manosphere

Show threadMitch RoseFeb 5

@heidilifeldman

Sounds like he knew about Epstein's habits. Should be removed from contact with students (at the very least) and called to testify asap.

Show threadAsta [AMP]Feb 5
@heidilifeldman wow, I... I didn't think someone would double down on it and somehow have their defense make it worse

and yet

anyway, while he's continuing to dig himself deeper into a pit, perhaps we should just leave him in there...
Show threadAsta [AMP]Feb 5
@heidilifeldman fuck, this is so disgusting.
Show threadAsta [AMP]Feb 5
@heidilifeldman "of course I emphasized her stature, her looks, and hair color to the pedophile human trafficker! that's just good sense!"

vomit you weren't supposed to be serving her up to him, you disgusting human, wtf.
Show threadCassandrichFeb 5
@heidilifeldman I want to know when these academics are going to start getting stripped of their positions. Even if they have tenure. There is no excuse for any professor appearing anywhere in the Epstein files to still have a job or still be employable, anywhere in academia.
Show threadEdFeb 5

@heidilifeldman as a fellow heterosexual male I humbly invite Gelertner to keep any generalizations about demographics I share with him out of his fucking mouth.

Nasty trash-ass misogynist.

Show threadCassandra is only carbon nowFeb 5
@heidilifeldman chidi-you-know-thats-worse.gif