f a man says a woman is crazy or difficult, ask him,
‘What bad thing did you do to her?’ That’s a code
word. He is trying to discredit her reputation.”
These are the words of actress and activist Natalie Portman,
spoken in a speech at Variety’s 2018 Power of Women
event. Met with rapturous applause as her sentiments
reverberated around a room filled with peers, she then laid
out a series of ways to improve the American filmmaking
industry in the wake of the explosive allegations levelled
against producer Harvey Weinstein.“I
WORDS BY EMMA FRASER ILLUSTRATION BY ALICE CARNEGIE TYPE BY SIMON HAYESWHEN WOMEN HAVE
THEIR MOVIE CAREERS
RUINED BY VINDICTIVE,
CONROLLING MEN, WHAT
HAPPENS NEXT?
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