March 2022. Eliza Dushku was an invited guest to the White House for the President signing the "Ending Forced Arbitration for Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault Bill" into Law.

In November 2021, Eliza and other women testified before the Judiciary Committee of Congress in support of the bill. Eliza spoke about the sexual harassment she faced at CBS on the set of Bull.

Eliza also spoke against the practice of forced arbitration. (A forced arbitration clause in her contract meant she could not take her case against CBS to court.) The day after Eliza and the other women testified, the Committee voted in favor of the bill.

Excerpts below from her March 2022 Instagram post:

This new law will protect women & men from being bound by oppressive, unfair, secretive clauses in their employment contracts, clauses that protect abusers/harassers before they commit their shi**y acts. This has been the standard practice in the entertainment industry & MANY others for too long. This new law is being described as one of the most important labor/employment laws of the last 100 years.

For me, this was closure & a new beginning. Unexpected, surreal, humbling, validating, one of the most meaningful roles in my life/story.

You never know what the universe might present. When pain becomes a propellor to help others, when there was an opening to play a small part in something so much bigger than me, I’m feeling a modicum of real satisfaction & some true peace...

There’s more to be done... next up must be broader “forced arbitration” repeals to protect the rights of American workers in the context of wage theft, racial discrimination, & unfair labor practices. This is not partisan... it’s about right versus wrong. It’s good for all workers & for employers too.

Thanks, from the bottom of my ♥️ to my family, peeps, & fans for your enduring support.

Keep the faith 🙏

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(source) - Read more about Eliza's experience with forced arbitration in her Harper's Bazaar interview - Read more about Eliza's time on the CBS set of Bull in her Boston Globe editorial

let's pretend that this is the most violent they have ever become

Alternative screen print version of Katya’s character poster for Goncharov (1973).

(Get a print here!)

‘Because she likes people,’ said the witch, striding ahead. 'She cares about 'em. Even the stupid, mean, drooling ones, the mothers with the runny babies and no sense, the feckless and the silly and the fools who treat her like some kind of a servant. Now THAT’S what I call magic–seein’ all that, dealin’ with all that, and still goin’ on. It’s sittin’ up all night with some poor old man who’s leavin’ the world, taking away such pain as you can, comfortin’ their terror, seein’ 'em safely on their way…and then cleanin’ 'em up, layin’ 'em out, making 'em neat for the funeral, and helpin’ the weeping widow strip the bed and wash the sheets–which is, let me tell you, no errand for the fainthearted–and stayin’ up the next night to watch over the coffin before the funeral, and then going home and sitting down for five minutes before some shouting angry man comes bangin’ on your door 'cuz his wife’s havin’ difficulty givin’ birth to their first child and the midwife’s at her wits’ end and then getting up and fetching your bag and going out again…. We all do that, in our own way, and she does it better'n me, if I was to put my hand on my heart. THAT is the root and heart and soul and center of witchcraft, that is. The soul and center!' Mistress Weatherwax smacked her fist into her hand hammering out her words. 'The…soul…and…CENTER!’ Echoes came back from the trees in the sudden silence. Even the grasshoppers by the side of the track had stopped sizzling. 'And Mrs Earwig,’ said Mistress Weatherwax, her voice sinking to a growl, 'Mrs. Earwig tells her girls it’s about cosmic balances and stars and circles and colors and wands and…and toys, nothing but TOYS!' She sniffed. 'Oh, I daresay they’re all very well as decoration, somethin’ nice to look at while you’re workin’, somethin’ for show, but the start and finish, THE START AND FINISH, is helpin’ people when life is on the edge. Even people you don’t like. Stars is easy, people is hard.’ She stopped talking. It was several seconds before birds began to sing again. 'Anyway, that’s what I think,’ she added in the tones of someone who suspects that she might have gone just a bit further than she meant to.

--Terry Pratchett, "A Hat Full of Sky"

love whenever a doctor who episode fills me with cosmic dread

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Gorgeous blorbo <3

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professor ancunin... 👉👈

HAPPY 43RD BIRTHDAY ELIZA DUSHKU! (December 30th, 1980)

Eliza Dushku + Instagram photos - 2022 to 2023

top row: the 3 Point Foundation 10 year celebration (Nov 2022) (x) middle left: Linda Pizzuti's New Year's celebration (Dec 2022) (x) middle middle: Beyonce concert (Aug 2023) (x) middle right: Boca Raton (Feb 2023) (x) bottom left and middle: Cape Cod (Sept 2023) (x) bottom right: "Murder in Boston" premiere (Dec 2023) (x)

Superhero plush appreciation post

Lou Ferrigno Jr, I need you...