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The Rise of Hollywood's Sexual Harassment Movement

Ronan Farrow's article in the New Yorker magazine appeared on the 10th of October. Alyssa Milano tweeted, If you've been sexually harassed or assaulted, write me too as a reply to this tweet. That tweet kickstarted a movement. By January 2018, Hollywood names, including Shonda Rhimes, Natalie Portman and Reese Witherspoon, had launched Time's Up. The group is aimed at raising money for legal action and lobbying for laws to protect women in the workplace.

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