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Don’t be a hypocrite: Award shows should not be blind to social issues

Viktoria Popovska December 6, 2021
The recent Grammy nomination of comedian Louis CK, who admitted to sexually assaulting women in 2017, is indicative of how true accountability for these artists doesn't exist.
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Spotlight on Society: Mirroring the Me Too movement

Emma Shapiro March 25, 2021
If TV accurately portrays the #MeToo Movement, sexual assault stigma will hopefully disappear.
Australian writer-director Kitty Green speaks at a roundtable on her latest film, “The Assistant,” at the Kimpton Nine Zero Hotel Thursday. AUSMA PALMER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Director Kitty Green tells #MeToo-era narrative in “The Assistant”

Mita Kataria February 13, 2020
Stories of the #MeToo era often focus more on the abuser rather than the victim, but Director Kitty Green is looking to shift the focus in her first feature film, “The Assistant,” which broaches the topic of workplace harassment and abuse through the perspective of a junior assistant to a film production house executive.
Journalist Ronan Farrow speaks at the Harvard Book Store on Oct. 24 while touring for his recently released book, “Catch and Kill,” which follows his investigation into the sexual assault allegations made against Harvey Weinstein. AUSMA PALMER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Ronan Farrow talks new book “Catch and Kill” in Cambridge

Hannah Shearer October 31, 2019
Being threatened by shadowy figures, followed by private investigators and consoled by Rachel Maddow are just a few of the things Ronan Farrow experienced when reporting on decades of systematic abuse in Hollywood — and as of Oct. 15, he has a book that details it all.
Jodi Kantor, left, and Megan Twohey, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters who broke the story of Harvey Weinsten’s sexual abuse, explored the story that sparked the #MeToo Movement in a recent book, “She Said.” COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Weinstein reporters discuss how they broke the landmark story

Kami Rieck October 8, 2019
New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor joined actress Ashley Judd at an event in Cambridge to promote their new book, which details their experience reporting on Harvey Weinstein.
Meredith Varner

American Protest: The importance of #WhyIDidntReport

Meredith Varner September 26, 2018

This past year has been a whirlwind of hashtags, marches, chants and most importantly, sexual assault reports that have been kept hidden from the world by the victims themselves for years, and sometimes...

Season five of Netflix’s adult animated comedy “Bojack Horseman” premiered Friday. PHOTO COURTESY OF NETFLIX

REVIEW: New “Bojack Horseman” season addresses tough topics like addiction, abuse

Megan Antone September 16, 2018
BoJack Horseman is one of the most flawed individuals on television. Now, he’s back for a fifth season of Netflix’s Emmy award-nominated comedy “BoJack Horseman,” and it does not disappoint.
Max vs. Media: Let the silence breakers be heard

Max vs. Media: Let the silence breakers be heard

Max Berman December 12, 2017

I was neither shocked nor at all disappointed when TIME announced its person of the year — the silence breakers. Ever since the allegations of Harvey Weinstein went viral, a pathogen has been spread...

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EDITORIAL: Sexual misconduct should be addressed in the classroom

Editors December 10, 2017

Throughout the past several months, we have discovered that sexual misconduct has been coursing through the veins of our society for decades. People we had put on pedestals were brought down overnight....

EDITORIAL: TIME’s ‘Person of the Year’ finally put the spotlight on women

EDITORIAL: TIME’s ‘Person of the Year’ finally put the spotlight on women

Editors December 7, 2017

On Wednesday, TIME’s annual “Person of the Year” issue hit newsstands, with not one, but six women on its cover. Some were people just about everyone has heard of, others were people no one has....

EDITORIAL: It shouldn’t take a push from the media for BU to stand up against sexual harassment

Editors November 21, 2017

A little over a year ago, David Marchant, a professor in Boston University’s earth and environment department, was accused of several accounts of sexual harassment. It quickly became clear that the research...

Quandaries and Quagmires: Assault is nonpartisan

Quandaries and Quagmires: Assault is nonpartisan

Felix Phillips November 17, 2017

When the allegations against Harvey Weinstein were fresh, Fox News jumped at the opportunity to disparage an ostensibly deeply liberal institution, Hollywood. On his show, Sean Hannity said gleefully,...

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