In this episode of Women Vs Hollywood, Helen O’Hara is joined by investigative journalist Lucy Osborne, film historian Shelley Stamp, and actress Jessica Regan to discuss the impact of the #MeToo movement on Hollywood and society at large. We’ll hear how far back sexual abuse in Hollywood goes, what impact it has on women in the film industry, and what we can do to make things better. 

You can find our host, Helen O’Hara (she/her), on Twitter @HelenLOHara.

You can also find Helen on The Empire Film Podcast.

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Our Guests This Week Were:

Jessica Regan (she/her): @itsjessregan on Twitter

Find out more about her work at https://www.unitedagents.co.uk/jessica-regan  

Shelley Stamp (she/her): @StampShelley on Twitter 

Find out more about her work at https://people.ucsc.edu/~stamp/research/Shelley_Stamp/Home.html  

Lucy Osborne (she/her): @Lucy_Osborne on Twitter

Find out more about her work at https://www.theguardian.com/profile/lucy-osborne 

This week’s recommended films were: 

On the Record (2020), directed by Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering (recommended by Lucy Osborne).

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Host: Helen O’Hara (she/her)

Producer: Maddy Searle (she/her)

Executive Producers: Kobi Omenaka (he/him) and Ella Watts (she/her)

Artwork: Steve Leard (he/him) 

Music: Jazz Apricot – Joey Pecoraro; Jazz Mango – Joey Pecoraro; Walk Through The Park – TrackTribe; On Hold For You by Kevin MacLeod - Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/6928-on-hold-for-you - License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license; Members Only – Track Tribe; Night on the Town - Track Tribe 

SFX: stefan021 via freesound.org 

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