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> feminist icons Maybe you could explain a little more here? I don't think anyone had thought Weinstein was a feminist icon as far as I can tell.
by danbolt 6y ago
> feminist icons
Maybe you could explain a little more here? I don't think anyone had thought Weinstein was a feminist icon as far as I can tell.
- cyberlurker 6y agoSome people thought so because he made a lot of movies about women and supposedly helped some very famous women with their careers. It was even used in part of his public perception campaign that he deserved some credit for helping these women. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/dec/16/harvey-weinstein-my-work-promoting-women-has-been-forgotten https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/dec/16/harvey-weinstei...
- danbolt 6y agoI can see in the article you linked that Weinstein is using said claims in his public perception campaign, but I can't find any other resources about the "some people" part. Maybe I'm not in the know about the film industry, but I'm not seeing a lot of consensus that he was a paragon of feminism. Or, as far as high-profile feminists go, I wouldn't suspect him.