Asia Argento and Emma de Caunes are also industry children (of, respectively, horror legend Dario Argento and French national treasure Antoine de Caunes). It appears Weinstein really did not care about the women’s connections; the one dividing line for him appears to have been age (based on the reports, he seems to…
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It’s not even just fear of this one guy. Yesterday Jezebel published an article about how other executives are afraid they’re going to be accused of sexual harassment so now they don’t even want to work with women at all. So if you accuse one guy, you run the risk of turning every man in your industry against you. No…
So you’ve seen the Twitter shit show too? Women are damned if we do and damned if we don’t.
The ones who do speak up or make it clear they don’t like these creepy men just start to lose their careers and with them their public platform. And then anyone who does come forward can easily be made to look bitter, deluded, or in search of money/attention. I’m still not certain what made a difference in this case.…
I literally just spoke up. About 15 minutes ago.
Ashley Judd’s entire family is in show business. Her sister and mother a very famous musicians. No one was immune from this. Also, notice how quickly Paltrow’s career deteriorated after she stopped doing favors for Harvey. That’s with the Spielberg connection. Even now the best she can get is a supporting role in…
Well, it sounded like some of these people did tell their agents, and some employees spoke to higher ups at the company. And nothing happened.
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Also, Weinstein had powerful lawyers and PR specialists who could make their lives a living hell, for some women, it wasn’t worth it. And then one woman went to the police and the DA didn’t file charges after Weinstein’s attorney bribed him. What do you expect them to do?
Asia Argento’s dad is Dario Argento. He is a pretty big deal in certain circles.
Yup, and every single woman on this list will be attacked in some way for speaking publicly.
We need to believe people when they do speak up. The consequences for speaking up fall so often on the victim-they may lose their career or reputation. Even in this case, where there is no shadow of a doubt that Harvey Weinstein is a predator, these women who are speaking out will find themselves attacked. That is…
Women did speak up, at the time. One Italian actress went to the police and he admitted it to the prosecutor and it was still buried. As was said here a memo was circulated about his behavior.
I guess that this kind of treatment starts to feel normal to the victims after awhile? Especially in a place like Hollywood, where, let’s face it, it’s common. Plus, they know how powerful he was and that he’d sue them out of existence. Angelina Jolie said she warned everyone to not work with him and she personally…
I just finished reading the New Yorker article, which is horrific, and listening to the audio, which chills my blood. I don’t want to listen to it again but he insists that she comes into his hotel room at least 15 times, doesn’t he? And then makes her the bad guy because SHE’S the one making the scene and SHE’s…
He’s a sick fuck who gets off on the refusal, the challenge, the fear.
I just read the New Yorker piece, and the common thread from everyone interviewed was how dirty and ashamed all the women felt. And that’s in their own head with the story NOT front page news. It takes a really strong person to want to tell that kind of story and have that kind of feeling publicly.
Believe one another.
As you say, these men are running the world. What good does it do to speak up, in most cases?