Have an account? Log in
Lena Williams @lenawills
Senior Writer @BuzzfeedNews.
Cries at movies.
Brooklyn
letterboxd.com/lenawills/
Joined August 2005
754 Photos and videos
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 And watch more movies by women. (http://fuckyeahwomenfilmdirectors.tumblr.com)         88         570        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 This is IMPORTANT. Artists are only allowed to flourish with our financial backing. REFUSE to support men who harm women.         1,369         3,937        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 Here’s a list of @A24’s films (http://a24films.com/films/). Don't talk about them & don’t support them.         880         963        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 Swiss Army Man? If you were going to see that movie there’s already little hope for you, but how about this? Stop talking about it.         34         455        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 Green Room? The Witch? Stop taking about them.         198         226        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 The Light Between Oceans? Stop talking about it.         59         86        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 I don’t care that The Lobster is the best movie you’ve seen all year. Stop talking about it.         98         126        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 #StopSupportingAbusers2k16         900         3,526        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 […] Hollywood is willing to turn a blind eye because it really loved Room.         32         212        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 Despite allegations that Lyon is abusive on set. Despite the Very Real possibility that Minna Marks may be under the same threat […]         30         327        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 They have enough money and power to silence victims into submission, and frequently do so.         66         158        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 Don’t be fooled. You are smarter than this. You know how Hollywood works.         77         326        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 cont: Please forgive my attempt to tarnish what you’ve built. I truly regret it.”         87         504        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 Quote: “You were gracious and helpful. In my resentment, I more than misstepped, I threw myself off a cliff.         80         55        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 The actress released an apology for “allowing her emotions to cloud her better judgement”. She also apologized directly to @FrancisLyon.         40         48        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 Buzzfeed was asked to remove the letter under the threat of legal action.         70         800        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 @FrancisLyon ABUSED an actress because he could. And for all of her bravery, the actress was silenced.         456         2,326        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 Michael Bay ABUSED Megan Fox in her audition for, and on the set of, Transformers because he could.         98         326        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 Let’s be clear: Sexual abuse does not have to be physical in nature. Using your power to proposition desperate women is ABUSE.         55         136        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 cont: The next day my agent gave me the news. They were passing on me for the role.”         38         96        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 Quote: “I planned to sleep with him but couldn’t go through with it. I asked if I could audition again and [Lyon] laughed at me.         35         256        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 The actress revealed she invited Lyon to her hotel room and he accepted.         4         67        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 Quote: "The implication was clear. Not sleeping with him meant no role, no work, no money, no rent, no food. He knew this and used it."         456         1,237        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 cont: He squeezed my thigh and told me my audition wasn’t good enough, but it could be.”         58         45        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 cont: The look on his face. He knew he could serve me for dinner and I’d let him. So he got up, and put his hand on my knee.         70         106        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 Quote: “I wanted it so badly if [Lyon] asked me to run across the desert barefoot I would have. I made the mistake of telling him this.         204         123        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 The letter documents the actress’ (who will remain anonymous) pursuit of the lead role in @FrancisLyon’s film, The Light Beyond Oceans.         3         12        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 Feb. 26, 2015. Said story is posted in an open letter format, titled “Dear Aspiring Actress, Beware of Lions and Wolves”.         60         126        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 Feb. 14, 2015. An actress emails me because she has a story she would like Buzzfeed to run.         8         26        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 And that line from Superbad?         71         416        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 What’s that line from The Social Network? "The Internet's not written in pencil [...] it's written in ink."         8         26        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 She likens him to O’Russell and Bay, two interesting choices considering the physical and sexual nature of allegations made against Lyon.         13         50        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 2) Lyon has been dodging rumors about his alleged abuse, on and off set, for years. But Marks’ e-mails may provide the confirmation we need.         219         80        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 1) Lyon’s abuse extends farther than his own sets. He’s unstable & disrupts the work of others to physically assault actor, Andrew Bates.         88         279        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 This is despite two telling reveals.         15         73        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 While Marks was vilified for speaking her mind and daring to be nude (2 things women are not allowed to be), Lyon has escaped unscathed.         68         334        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 Earlier this month actress Minna Marks’ email was hacked. See Buzzfeed’s coverage of it here: (http://goo.gl/Eeaky1).         22         94        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 There’s a reason I’m bringing this up and it has to with @FrancisLyon. Writer, director, co-founder of @A24.         20         58        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 How many times do we have to go over this? Women should not have to suffer to further the artistic pursuits of men.         1,844         3,730        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 All parties choose to ignore the abuse of women for fear of tainting (or offending) ~great artists~.         17         54        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 Hollywood knows this. Film critics know this. Cinephiles know this.         12         44        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 Remember when you’re watching The Shining that Duvall’s fear, her exhaustion, the hair falling out of her head is not acting. It’s REAL.         31         176        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 Kubrick’s documented verbal abuse was directed at actress (read: female actor) Shelley Duvall to "get a better performance".         12         38        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 Remember when you’re watching The Birds that you’re watching a real woman being abused in real time. But this isn’t about Hitchcock.         320         1,546        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 Hitchcock, and male crew, hurled live birds towards actress (read: female actor) Tippi Hedren’s face. Her injuries and terror? Not acting.         21         74        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 You made time to power through The Fountain. Make time to read this. #thisisimportantshit         30         123        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 Nothing I say about Arofonksy will be as damming as Tad Friend’s profile in The New Yorker (http://goo.gl/iKVAlD)         3         37        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 But this isn't about von Trier.         19         83        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 We know this because von Trier has spoken about this letter with glee. His ability to terrify actresses (read: female actors) EXCITES him.         36         110        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 After Nicole Kidman was cast in Dogville, Bjork sent a letter begging her not to take the role because “[von Trier] would eat her soul”.         40         272        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 Nazi-sympathizer von Trier, nicknamed by film crews as “the punisher”, tortured Bjork so badly she quit acting.         5         28        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 I’m not interested in their contributions to modern (American) cinema bc your faves aren’t problematic they’re Abusive. Cinephiles #comeatme         34         82        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 But I also hate Stanley Kubrick, and Lars von Trier, and Darren Aronofsky, and Alfred Hitchcock.         29         63        
Lena Williams lenawills ∙ June 24 It’s no secret. I hate David O Russell. I hate Woody Allen. I hate Michael Bay.         7         25