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usatoday | The Big Bang Theory actress Mayim Bialik is responding to a Twitter storm swirling around her.
She became subject to social media backlash, accused by some of victim-blaming, after an op-ed she wrote for The New York Times was published Friday.
The
essay titled "Mayim Bialik: Being a feminist in Harvey Weinstein’s
world," offers her perspective on the scandal involving accusations of
sexual assault by Weinstein going back decades. The allegations, which
surfaced more than a week ago, have resulted in the influential
Hollywood producer being fired from his executive position at The
Weinstein Company. On Saturday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences dismissed him from its membership.
Late Saturday night, Bialik posted a response to her critics via
Twitter. It reads: "I'm being told my N.Y. Times piece resonated with
so many and I am grateful for all the feedback. I also see a bunch of
people have taken my words out of context of the Hollywood machine and
twisted them to imply that God forbid I would blame a woman for her
assault based on clothing or behavior."
She adds, "Anyone who knows me and my feminism knows that's absurd and not at all what this piece was about."
In
the op-ed piece, she writes that "I still make choices every day as a
41-year-old actress that I think of as self-protecting and wise. ... I
dress modestly. I don’t act flirtatiously with men as a policy."
