The ad is an echo of a similar ad placed in the same newspaper in 1991, signed by 1,600 women in support of Anita HillA full-page advertisement in Wednesday’s New York Times features the names of 1,600 men with a banner message saying: “We believe Anita Hill. We also believe Christine Blasey Ford”, in a #MeToo era twist on a stand taken 27 years ago.The crowd-funded ad is an echo of a similar one placed in the same newspaper in 1991, signed by 1,600 women in support of Anita Hill, who was giving her account in a hostile atmosphere on Capitol Hill of sexual harassment she said she suffered while working for Judge Clarence Thomas, who ended up being confirmed to the US supreme court. Continue reading…
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