Mayim Bialik has issued a full apology for her op-ed last week in the New York Times that discussed sexual assault in light of the accusations against Harvey Weinstein. Bialik wrote about her personal experiences with sexism in Hollywood and seemed to suggest that women who strive for conventional beauty should expect to be sexually…
For most Americans, the words “Hollywood” and “légion d’honneur” bring to mind “The Revenge of the Pink Panther.” Among the movie’s classic scenes is when Peter Sellers’s Inspector Clouseau is awarded the medal. By turns, Sellers punctures a drum when he draws his sword, flails at a pigeon perched on his kepi, and becomes entangled…
It is the “too” that speaks to me. Millions of women—if not all women—have experienced assault or harassment of some form. Millions of men have, too. Hundreds of them, I know personally. We all know hundreds of them personally. Until yesterday, I knew that. Intellectually, I know the statistics. As a social worker providing therapy…
Actress and activist Mayim Bialik said that she was “deeply, deeply hurt” by claims that her recent New York Times essay about sexual assault in Hollywood placed blames on victims’ actions. “It has become clear to me that there are people who think that I either implied or overtly stated that you can be protected…
Here at the Schmooze, the Forward’s pop-culture desk, our love affair with Mayim Bialik is an open secret. A child-star neuroscientist with a name out of a Sholem Aleichem story, whose lifestyle brand combines the best in feminism and Judaism? Surely this woman was sent by the Divine to be our blog-y bashert. It was…
(JTA) — Filmmaker Woody Allen clarified his remarks about Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein made in an interview with the BBC. “When I said I felt sad for Harvey Weinstein, I thought it was clear the meaning was because he is a sad, sick man,” Allen said in a statement to Variety on Sunday night. “I…
The Weinstein Company has entered talks to sell the bulk of its assets to private equity firm Colony Capital, the companies said on Monday, as the film production company looks for stability after the departure of co-founder Harvey Weinstein. The announcement about the deal talks comes only days after co-Chairman Bob Weinstein, Harvey’s brother and…
The dizzying downfall of Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, accused of sexually harassing and assaulting numerous actresses and other women, has produced a rare moment of consensus in America’s fractured culture. Virtually all agree that the once-powerful producer, who has been fired from his company and is being scrubbed from film and television credits, is a…
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