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#MeToo Won’t End With Weinstein’s Conviction

The former Hollywood executive’s punishment will be vindicating, but there’s still so much more to be done

Jessica Valenti
GEN
Published in
3 min readJan 7, 2020

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A profile photo of Harvey Weinstein as he leaves the courtroom in New York City criminal court on January 6, 2020.
Photo: Stephanie Keith/Stringer/Getty Images

Harvey Weinstein’s long-awaited comeuppance is close at hand.

On Monday, the former movie mogul’s criminal trial finally kicked off in New York. That…

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Jessica Valenti
GEN
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Feminist author & columnist. Native NYer, pasta enthusiast.