opinion, sexual abuse, pop culture Rebecca Davis opinion, sexual abuse, pop culture Rebecca Davis

An investigation, a culture of silence, and the one conversation we need to be having.

MAMAMIA - “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…

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Rights to be heard won - ‘It’s such an insult’

Survivors of sexual abuse in the Jewish community were left feeling “shame” and “re-traumatised” following changes to Victoria’s Judicial Proceedings Reports Act that silences victims from speaking out. Alleged sexual abuse victim Dassi Erlich said, “The government does not have the right to choose how and when victims tell their story”.

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The Weinstein factor: A catalyst for real change?

As details have emerged of Weinstein’s alleged behaviour over the decades, one is left asking, how? How, in this age of the ever-present smart phone, eager to tweet, snap and share, has one of Hollywood’s best-kept secrets evaded the spotlight? As director Judd Apatow asks, what about the people who were signing the cheques for all these years?

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