Posted on 01/21/2023 6:21:33 PM PST by Olog-hai
The Golden Globes carpet typically glitters with crystal-studded gowns in pastel hues, but it looked different in January 2018: The ballgowns were black, and the night’s key accessory was a pin that read “Time’s Up.” Onstage, Oprah Winfrey brought guests to their feet with a warning to powerful abusers: “Their time is up!”
Five years later, Time’s Up — the now-embattled anti-harassment organization founded with fanfare during the early days of the #MeToo reckoning against sexual misconduct — is ceasing operations, at least in its current form.
A year after pledging a “major reset” following a scandal involving its leaders’ dealings with then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo amid sexual harassment allegations, the group tells The Associated Press that Time’s Up is shifting remaining funds to the independently administered Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund, and stopping other operations. […]
Following the highly visible show of support days later at the Globes, donations large and small flowed into a GoFundMe to the tune of $24 million, earmarked for the nascent Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund. The following months saw the formation of the rest of Time’s Up, which promised a house-cleaning of an industry rocked by the stunning allegations against mogul Harvey Weinstein.
By January 2023, Time’s Up looked very different after a radical house-cleaning of its own — sparked by a damaging internal report — with only a skeleton crew and three remaining board members. Remaining funds now total about $1.7 million, Sulzberger said; the millions from the early donations already went to the legal fund. …
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Tara Reade and Ashley Biden need not apply...
VP Harris and Jussie Smollet were big supporters of “Time’s Up”
Don’t know how to post images from my tablet, but here is url
https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/e540eb7c88c54ee23cafacd368cc5e47
Thanks, but Smollett is cropped out on the right.
Perhaps this one is better
https://www.canyon-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/kamala-and-jussie-smollett-1.jpg
Losers, liars, dupes and the used ( I.e. the kids).
I guess their time is up
I’m not up to speed. What’s the scoop here?
What are these women unhappy about? They look like all the rest of perpetually offended people.
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