Time's Up came under fire for its alleged involvement on behalf of Andrew Cuomo amid sexual misconduct allegations levied against the former NY governor (via toofab)
-- cosigned by 145 others -- back in August asking that Time's Up do then exactly what it's vowing to do now.
The letter also called out the organization for speaking out on issues not related to sexual harassment, like racial inequality at the Golden Globes and even Scarlett Johansson's profits lawsuit against Disney over"Black Widow." "They are not actually speaking to anything the survivor community asked for," Turkos and the other survivors said in their open letter."
"It cannot go unnoticed that this announcement from Time's Up was made in the shadows of a Friday night before a holiday weekend," Turkos told TheWrap."Transparency is key and it is what the survivor community has been asking for from the beginning. Our letter clearly states this. Gatekeeping helps no one."
"The survivor community looks forward to being an active participant in this new iteration of Time’s Up," Turkos continued."As the disability justice community taught us, nothing about us without us."
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