She lived with a much more horrendous, violent abuse all that time, with real efforts to end her career — he really tried to hurt her afterward. Just the fact that she read it, that she was saying people will understand now, was worth it. Female citizens are not free if they live in bodily fear.
To that end, I recently attended a meeting, organized by a group called Peace Over Violence led by Patti Giggans ; Kimberle Crenshaw, co-founder of the African American Policy Forum; and The Vagina Monologues playwright Eve Ensler — who founded One Billion Rising a movement to end rape and sexual violence against women — to brainstorm on actionable ideas to combat this pandemic of sexual misconduct in our industry and beyond.
It was an inspiring, emotional evening, resulting in an impending initiative to be launched soon. Some key takeaways included:. Far too many men of power have used these legal agreements to intimidate and silence their victims. That education on what our rights as humans are, in the workplace, on campuses, in relationships, etc.
It is vital that victims have a place to turn to. SAG also has a sexual harassment hotline — — and a pathway to file a complaint online. If this whole experience has taught us anything, it is that we are not alone, and that there is solidarity, love and action possible as a group as soon as we have the courage to raise our voices.
Together, we are changing the culture for the better, for the day our children will never have to fear or endure this horror again. A version of this story first appeared in the Women in Entertainment Power issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe. Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day. December 8, am. Related Stories. Surgeon General Response. Then boyfriend Quentin Tarantino was her date to the ceremony, where she took home the statue for Best Supporting Actress.
I love you very much, Dad. Roles started coming in for the newly anointed It girl, with Sorvino appearing in 12 films over the next five years alone. The comedy about two ditzy best friends who hit the road to attend their year reunion is a beloved cult classic now, but in represented pivotal next steps in the careers of its leading ladies—a recent Oscar winner and rising sitcom star.
The two actors bonded immediately during rehearsal, says Kudrow, talking over the phone from Los Angeles. Sorvino credits Tarantino, whom she dated from to , with influencing her to explore different genres and be more open-minded about what an Oscar winner could do—like fight off mutant cockroaches Mimic or play a tattooed assassin The Replacement Killers.
But the plum leading roles started to dry up by the turn of the millennium. She also found a natural avenue into activism during this time. At Harvard her thesis was about racial persecution in China, and she had worked on a documentary about neo-Nazi, anti-Semitic hate groups shortly after graduating.
Sorvino began working with Amnesty International after starring in the Lifetime miniseries Human Trafficking, eventually making a documentary for CNN about the sale of young girls in Cambodia. She became a U.
Goodwill Ambassador to combat human trafficking in , galvanized by the lack of government action. It was a different story once they broke up in Weinstein, who is currently serving a prison sentence after being convicted of rape and a criminal sexual act, has denied all charges of sexual misconduct.
But the sudden public attention she faced while reprocessing her trauma—and processing the traumas of so many other women—was its own challenge. She found herself confronting other buried traumas as well, like a violent sexual assault she suffered as a teenager and an inappropriate encounter with a casting director.
That threw me into a tailspin…. It was a malevolent hand that altered the trajectory of my life and my career. It shapes their entire lives and their potential. That is a horrendous situation to be in as a parent, when your child is suffering and the entire world is turned against her—and excruciatingly mocking and delving into the deepest, darkest sexual details in her relationship with the president.
And blaming her for the relationship when, of course, the leader of the free world has his own free will…. I have so much respect for her and admiration for them as a family. Courteney Cox stars as a lady-porn author attempting to recreate her early-career success by moving to an old house—new location, new inspiration. Sorvino has had to come to terms with the fact that she lost an enormous chunk of her career—prime years particularly in an ageist industry—to Weinstein.
I have to be philosophical about it.
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