The “silence breakers” earned person of the year honors from Time magazine and from people around the country. As the magazine aptly wrote: “It became a hashtag, a movement, a reckoning. But it began, as great social change nearly always does, with individual acts of courage.” We should not let the year end without reviewing some of the notable revelations and effects of #metoo on book publishing. Documented accusations have been more modest than in film and television, though the story that started the movement, exposing Harvey Weinstein’s horrendous acts, had near immediate resonance in book publishing. MSNBC news personality […]
