Serious Academy Board expels Harvey Weinstein

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41623637
http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/the-era-willful-ignorance-over-11344431
Statement from the Academy Board of Governors said:
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board of Governors met today to discuss the allegations against Harvey Weinstein, and has voted well in excess of the required two-thirds majority to immediately expel him from the Academy. We do so not simply to separate ourselves from someone who does not merit the respect of his colleagues but also to send a message that the era of wilful ignorance and shameful complicity in sexually predatory behavior and workplace harassment in our industry is over. Whats at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society. The Board continues to work to establish ethical standards of conduct that all Academy members will be expected to exemplify.
Personally, I think this is definitely a step in the right direction for an industry which has a history of seemingly turning a blind eye to something which has been totally rife within it for years. The fact that this has come out of the allegations that have been put forward about him, as well as the statement that the Academy has made alongside his expulsion which I have quoted above, shows that people within the industry are no longer just going to ignore behaviour such as his while also acting as a way of saying to women who are getting into the industry (and, indeed, those who are already in it) that it isn't an expectation that this is just part of the job. It is the first step towards what I hope is going to be a big attitude shift within the industry in years to come.
 

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People that know that I am a big fan of bjork often ask me if I've seen Dancer in the Dark, a film that stars Bjork. Another question they often ask me is if I've seen the movie about Amy Winehouse. I always answer honestly no to these questions and then change the subject after they recommend that I watch it... I find the former question uncomfortable because to explain why I won't watch that film would involve explaining that the director, Lars von Trier, was so horrible to Bjork on set that she vowed to never return to acting. As for the latter question, I am just skeptical that the film industry could comment honestly on her life given the way women are consumed by the film industry.

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i am inspired by the women everywhere who are speaking up online to tell about my experience with a danish director . because i come from a country that is one of the worlds place closest to equality between the sexes and at the time i came from position of strength in the music world with hard earned independence , it was extremely clear to me when i walked into the actresses profession that my humiliation and role as a lesser sexually harassed being was the norm and set in stone with the director and a staff of dozens who enabled it and encouraged it . i became aware of that it is a universal thing that a director can touch and harass his actresses at will and the institution of film allows it . when i turned the director down repeatedly he sulked and punished me and created for his team an impressive net of illusion where i was framed as the difficult one . because of my strength , my great team and because i had nothing to loose having no ambitions in the acting world , i walked away from it and recovered in a years time . i am worried though that other actresses working with the same man did not . the director was fully aware of this game and i am sure of that the film he made after was based on his experiences with me . because i was the first one that stood up to him and didn't let him get away with it

and in my opinion he had a more fair and meaningful relationship with his actresses after my confrontation so there is hope

let's hope this statement supports the actresses and actors all over

let's stop this

there is a wave of change in the world

kindness

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"It's not just #metoo. For dudes everywhere, seeing it scrawl across their feeds, its #youtoo .how many times have you been the too drunk guy hitting on someone at a bar, at a party, at a club; been the person you may hate in narratives in media, but embodied when your were in the mood? Too many times have I seen it today to not pledge, as I saw someone else post more eloquently, to #dobetter . We all have to live in this weirdest and awful and wonderful of all possible universes together, and unless we start confronting the abyss of bullshit machismo, Mango Mussolini assholes are going to continue to make life more a living hell, rather than something we could all be a part of making worth actually living, to the fucking fullest.

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"Can we get a “me too” for assailants and harassers instead? I support however people want to express themselves and speaking out and story telling can be healing and restorative. But the burden doesn’t lie with us (assault/abuse survivors or ppl who have been harassed), it lies with rape culture and toxic masculinity and power and control, which are systemic problems, ones that are heavily found among cis men, but not exclusively. Additionally, survivor/assailant is not a binary, and each of us are capable of violating consent. Some of the most abusive people I’ve ever met worked in anti-violence work and were survivors. One of the most violent times I was assaulted was by a queer woman, who was a survivor herself. There’s a lot of pain. The problem is deep and complex, it is systemic, and it is everywhere. This toxic, oppressive culture of self-interest and power seeps in and influences all of us."
 
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I've always said there's one ruleset for the rich and another for everyone else. That might be changing, and kudos to these women for speaking out. I hope it will change, and the rich and powerful will face their justice the same as the rest of us, but I'm not holding out much hope. Historically, powerful people have always been able to get away with crimes.
 

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