Lena Dunham Penned a Powerful Response to the Explosive Harvey Weinstein Sexual Harassment Allegations
The New York Times‘ explosive report revealing decades of alleged sexual harassment by film producer-mogul Harvey Weinstein set the Internet—and general public—on fire Thursday. Women took to Twitter to share their own stories of sexual harassment, and public figures quickly acted to distance themselves from him after it broke—including numerous prominent Democratic politicians, who gave away Weinstein’s political contributions to charities. (If you haven’t read the Times investigation yet, grab yourself a cup of coffee and get to it.)
The day the story broke, Lena Dunham joined the many strong female voices on Twitter, voicing her support for the women coming forward with allegations against him. “The woman who chose to speak about their experience of harassment by Harvey Weinstein deserve our awe. It’s not fun or easy. It’s brave,” she wrote. The next day, she issued a powerful statement on Instagram, going a little deeper into her thoughts on the now-on-indefinite-leave producer’s behavior—and how very widespread the issue is in Hollywood.
“Yesterday an essential piece of reporting in The New York Times came out, detailing many years of sexual harassment by Harvey Weinstein toward a range of women,” she wrote. “Not only was the report horrifying, it made clear how hard it is to come forward and the complicity of so many. Unfortunately this is not an isolated incident. This needs to end, and it’s high time Hollywood shone a light on itself and made real changes in the behavior we accept from those in power. If you agree (and I think you do) I hope you’ll share the story. By lifting these women up, we change this age old story for them and for everyone.”
In the meantime, she has a suggestion for what Weinstein’s post-Times report course of action should have been:
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