towards all of the women he’s hurt, abused,
and blacklisted is something that he, every
day, has to look at himself in the mirror and
say, “This is who I am.”
LYSETTE ANTHONY: I want to scrub that
historic rancid semen. I’m sorry, I know it’s
coarse language, but I think it’s time to start
using language like that because that’s what
we’re talking about. We’re talking about a
man who literally sprayed the world wide,
who stood in front of women in corridors
and masturbated in front of them, who
frightened them, who threatened them.
There are all these words that people use, like
coercive control. But I’ll take a blunt word,
which is blackmail. He has hurt and maimed,
for what? Certainly not for pleasure. This is
not about sex. This is a man who could have
paid for anything. Anything. The one thing
you can’t buy, though, is real rape.
LOUISETTE GEISS: There’s a systemic prob-
lem here. If we don’t do the right thing, then
our daughters will face the same damn crap
20 years from now. I believe we’re on page
35 of a 110-page script. We opened a window
with Cosby; we’re opening the door with
Harvey. Now we’ve got to blow the house
down by page 110.
LOUISE GODBOLD: Our society says, “Let’s
strip him of his assets and deprive him of
his liberty,” and that’s what we consider jus-
tice. But it can’t all rest on his conviction.
There’s another layer. True justice would be
using whatever means possible to deprive
him of his power and influence, so he can-
not hurt other young women. Not because
he’s evil incarnate, but because he needs to
be stopped. And that means making sure
that his enablers will never come back and
support him. It has to be scorched earth
around Harvey.
MELISSA THOMPSON: What I find excep-
tional about Harvey Weinstein is the bad
systems that facilitated his predation. Why
did so many accept his twisted alternate real-
ity? As we reflect on the concept of justice
around his criminal trial, we mustn’t forget
that the systems that knowingly enabled
evil are not on trial. These systems must be
disassembled and his army of conspirators
broken down—one individual at a time.
ROWENA CHIU: There’s a risk of setting too
much store by the ending to this story being
Harvey behind bars. Harvey’s one guy. We
started a huge movement, and I’d like to
think there’s a seismic shift in culture and
society that will continue to be perpetuated,
whether or not one perpetrator goes to jail.
MIRA SORVINO: Our ultimate goal must be
to move beyond the triage. We want to pre-
vent sexual violence and harassment in the
first place, and establish a true egalitarian
meritocracy where all voices are heard and
all people are free to pursue their dreams.
ZELDA PERKINS: I feel passionately, after
what I’ve learned in the last two years, that
nondisclosure agreements should be abso-
lutely illegal within the workplace with
regard to abusive and discriminatory behav-
ior. It is a basic human right to be safe at work.
You cannot have people abusing their power
and then silencing the men and women they
abuse. Nondisclosure agreements, which
were created to protect trade secrets, have
now been weaponized and turned into a
completely unethical, amoral tool which
allows these people in positions of power to
act with impunity.
SARAH ANN MASSE: He needs to be behind
bars for the rest of his life. But I’d also like
to see people focus on the humanity of the
people who were abused, instead of focusing
on Harvey and his attempts to get pity. Retali-
ation against whistle-blowers is systemic.
We’re the ones who need justice.
JESSICA BARTH: I would challenge women
in positions of power to recognize the retali-
ation women face and to start hiring wom-
en whose careers have been completely
derailed.
TOMI-ANN ROBERTS: Justice for me is the
world’s recognition that Harvey Weinstein
could not have done what he did alone. That
there is a whole machine—not only people
who worked for him, but an entire culture
that supports the systematic harassment and
assault of women by powerful men.ROSANNA ARQUETTE: I’m looking forward
to one of these men to say, “You know what, I
participated in horrible behavior, and I want
to be a better human being.” I do believe
there are really great men out there, men
willing to change and work on themselves.
We need them now more than ever.
ERIKA ROSENBAUM: The majority of my
interactions with men in this business have
been respectful, professional, and fun. It’s
important to mention all the good guys. We
don’t want to be alienating our allies. We want
all the good guys to be a part of the conversa-
tion. We need you.
ZOË BROCK: The people who helped him
keep his secrets have a choice right now.
They can come forward and say, “Yes, this
happened. I’m sorry.” And you know what?
If Harvey’s assistant, Rick Schwartz, who
drove me home that night, did that? I’d for-
give him. If he came forward and told the
truth, I would cry and I would hug him. My
gratitude would be eternal.
ALLY CANOSA: I want a true acknowledg-
ment from Harvey Weinstein, and those who
abetted him, as to the level of pain that was
caused on so many people’s lives. That said,
I don’t think he’s capable of a mea culpa. So
the only justice we have for women who have
been affected by this is in the courts. Unfortu-
nately this battle in the courts is not kind, nor
is it compassionate. But it is the best we have
right now. It continues to be the fight of my life.
LYSETTE ANTHONY: Harvey Weinstein is a
dangerous, practiced, prolific rapist. End of
story. What I want for him is that you say Jeff
Epstein, you say Jack the Ripper, and you say
Harvey Weinstein all in the same breath.
MELISSA THOMPSON: Justice is having the
opportunity to live our lives—happily and
free from fear.
ROSANNA ARQUETTE: The goal for all of us is
that we will not live in fear anymore. It’s not
a battle of the sexes. It’s not women against
men. You’ve got people like Steve Bannon
saying that women are trying to take over the
world. You bet we are! If you won’t meet us in
the middle, we have to! We’re just asking for
equality. And we’re going to get it, whether
they like it or not. nWeinstein
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