An investigation, a culture of silence, and the one conversation we need to be having.
Published on Mamamia
October 31, 2022
“I can’t change what has happened to you in the past – but if we work together, we may be able to put your pain to some productive use."
It was the line that The New York Times (NYT) investigative reporter Megan Twohey offered to fellow NYT journalist Jodi Kantor; an appeal to the women who were too afraid to talk.
The women who were the survivors of Hollywood producer mogul, Harvey Weinstein.
Up until October 2017, he was untouchable. But the relentless investigation of Kantor and Twohey brought the allegations to light: Sexual abuse and rape.
But not only did Kantor and Twohey manage to get ex-Weinstein employees and Hollywood actresses to go on the record, and see Weinstein face justice; their work propelled a cultural awakening.
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