Several months after allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein began a wave of change regarding how sexual harassment allegations are handled at work, Vice Media has become the subject of a new New York Times investigation. The report, published December 23, shone light on four sexual harassment or defamation settlements and published more than two…
Read moreLess than a week after One Tree Hill‘s cast and crew wrote a powerful letter accusing showrunner Mark Schwahn of sexual harassment, one of the show’s lead actresses has expanded on the allegations against him. Hilarie Burton, who played lead character Peyton Sawyer, detailed her allegations against Schwahn in an interview published Friday by Variety.…
Read moreWe can always trust former First Lady Michelle Obama to speak up about important issues facing women—and to share some sound wisdom while doing so. She’s spoken out about the ways parents can better raise children so that when the kids reach adulthood, the men don’t feel so problematically entitled and the women feel more…
Read moreIn the wake of a NY Times story, published yesterday, documenting claims from five women that writer, director, and comedian Louis C.K. made improper sexual advances toward them—including masturbating in front of them without their consent—the comedian has responded. We expected some sort of statement would be forthcoming given not only the Times story, but…
Read moreAnd so it continues. On Wednesday, the Los Angeles Times published a lengthy piece in which six women, including actresses Olivia Munn and Natasha Henstridge, open up about alleged incidents of misconduct and harassment they say occurred at the hands of director Brett Ratner. Ratner got his start as a music video director but is…
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