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Ronan Farrow
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July 16 - July 23, 2021
interestingly the male advice around me,
Yeah, interesting
Susan Sarandon, the kind of ethical futurist who had stubbornly refused to work with accused predators for years,
Love, love this about her!!
“You’re gonna be in trouble.”
GOOD trouble
six women would accuse Ratner of sexual harassment
He informed Weinstein of my inquiry almost immediately.
Boys Club -I'll scratch your back..
Berger had been supportive of the story,
That's good, at least. SO many double-crossers.
But he did have knowledge that Weinstein would later put to use. That week,
Um, like what?? 😲
“I fast and he threatens,” Remnick replied. “Judaism comes in many
forms.”
Anna.
Diana Filip 😡
I told them they should work with whomever they were comfortable with. “In the end it’s good for us all that multiple people are working on this,” I texted Nestor.
Yes, Ro, way to be a stand-up guy! 👏
the only support I’d had was Noah Oppenheim scrunching his nose and holding journalism at arm’s length,
afraid it might get on him.
Excellent analogy
wanted the appearance of not having killed two stories about Weinstein in rapid succession.
This one
“it’s showtime soon for Harvey.”
YISSSSS 👏👏👏
“It’s all amfAR,” McHugh texted. It was a false alarm.
Phew 😪
Why does he stay in hotels all the time?”).
Oh I know why.
limit
Weinstein’s ability to badger the women whose names we would be revealing
Yes yes yes
Fergus
my phone felt like a ticking bomb.
It's like the worst, SO stressful.
like a consumptive child
😂
John Charles Villers-Farrow, was prosecuted, pled guilty and sentenced to ten (10) years in prison for sexually abusing two boys.
Wuttt???
burnishing her own brand as an advocate for women.
Well, working with a serial sexual assaulter won't help her career advancement any.
job.” I was losing it, actually starting to cry.
I mean what he's been through, I'm surprised he didn't lose it earlier.
(Jonathan howled with laughter at it. “This letter is adorable,” he said. “I love this letter.”)
“This is the most disgusting letter I’ve ever gotten about a story.”
Oh wow.
Bourdain said Weinstein’s predation was sickening, that “everyone” had known about it for too long. “I am not a religious man,” he wrote. “But I pray you have the strength to run this story.”
Man, I liked that guy.
The family had preserved a section of wall bearing the recorded heights of its two sons and one daughter through their years of growth, just like in the movies.
Aw, I did/do this. 💞
Fits of rage were his baseline,
not very confused about the status of their book proposal.
I'll bet not. 🙄😡
McGowan and Judd, on his arm, smiling politely.
Means absolutely nothing. These women like many others were terrified of retaliation.
Remnick was outside at this point, tapping on the glass quietly. He shook his head, made a “wrap it up” gesture.
YESSS. Eff this guy. Remnick is great.
Weinstein laughed. “You couldn’t save someone you love, and now you think you can save everyone.” He really said this. You’d think he was pointing a detonator at Aquaman.
😂
“She’s gonna leave me.”
And she bloody well should. Aside from being a RAPIST, I cannot even imagine the level of toxicity that man brought into his home.
read the Times article, him on a monitor, the two of us scrolling on our phones.
I kinda love that they didn't print it.
There were no allegations of assault or rape.
I'm just pleased as pie that it Ronan will break the REAL story.
“old dinosaur
Old rapey dinosaur
sexual harassment is severe and pervasive.”
YUP, just like HW.
“the way you talk to your guy friends,
No more of this bs argument of "boys will be boys."
“came of age in the ’60s and ’70s, when all the rules about behavior and workplaces were different,”
ENOUGH. Sexual harassment was always wrong. It's not the 60s or 70s anymore, anyhow.
devote himself to fighting the National Rifle Association.
What??
“So we keep going,” I ventured.
“We do,” Remnick said.
Yisssss
One assistant responded, “I’m done, Harvey,” and left.
FUCK YEAH!
all-male board
🙄
With painful frequency, stories of abuse by powerful people are also stories of a failure of board culture.
‘I’m gonna finish you, Harvey, you’re done!’
Holy shit! His own brother??
boss’s boss’s boss,
Roberts-->Burke-->Lack-->Oppenheim ??
He was the only person in the corporate chain of command who later approached me to apologize, saying that he had daughters and believed in the reporting.
Daughters is a thin argument.
