PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE say that you're currently working on a follow-up piece to the Ladao situation given the new evidence that has come to light???? (Curse Tumblr for not allowing me to put links in asks)
Weāre going to post an update linking to the video, but Iāve watched the thing repeatedly now⦠and if you consider what if looks like from her point of view, it actually matches pretty closely to the version of events she has posted on her blog right now (her order of the timeline is a little off, but thatās it).Ā
People keep saying itĀ ādisprovesā it, which makes no sense to me. I see a guy who is repeatedly told to stop filming, is sworn at and asked to leave, and then breaks back into the room.Ā
When you look at it from GeekGirlChicagoās point of view, that video actually kind of backs her story up more than anything.
And yes, itās easy to see the Ladao isnāt trying to be as malicious as it might seem only looking at her point of view, but he still crossed lines and didnāt care about it. He seemed irritated to be asked to respect the privacy of his roommates.
Thereās an instinct a lot of people have to view this as a black and white situation, but OF COURSE itās not. And yes, the decade old memory of Geek Girl Chicago is imperfect ā but her making errors in recollection doesnāt change the way she felt in that moment.
So yes ā weāll add a link to the video in our original post and let people judge for themselves. But I donāt think it shows what Ladao thinks it shows, and I hope people have the empathy to see both points of view.