This is what’s trending today…
Activists are denouncing French film star Catherine Deneuve and other women for an open letter they published this week in the newspaper Le Monde.
The letter sharply criticized the #metoo campaign. The movement began in October with accusations of sexual wrongdoing against American movie producer Harvey Weinstein. The accusations led to his dismissal from the company he founded.
In the months since, more people have come forward with abuse accusations against men in powerful positions across many industries.
Words in This Story
repress – v. to not allow yourself to do or express (something)
intimate – n. involving sex or sexual relations
interiorize – v. to make interior; to make a part of one’s own inner being.
misogyny – n dislike of, or prejudice against women.
lobotomize – v. to undergo an operation in which part of the brain is cut in order to treat some mental disorders
bravo – interjection. used to express approval of a performance