Joan Didion, the Author Hollywood Fears:
Play it As it Lays, Harvey Weinstein, and False Progressive Values
9 min readJan 11, 2021
O n October 5th, 2017, Hollywood changed. Harvey Weinstein, one of the industry’s most powerful men, was the center of an examination executed by The New York Times. They revealed sexual assault allegations against Mr. Weinstein, spanning nearly three decades.