Actress and scriptwriter Brit Marling has written a powerful letter addressing the “economics of consent” following the tide of sexual assault and harassment allegations in the wake of the ongoing Harvey Weinstein story.

Ruminating on a female actor’s search for financial security in an industry like Hollywood in a piece for The Atlantic, Marling wrote how abusers with a position of power use their omnipotence to keep women in “artistic and financial exile”.

In her essay, Marling also writes about her own harrowing alleged encounter with the director, an experience she says left her with “terror in the pit of her stomach”.

The full letter can be read here.

Brit Marling pens powerful letter about the grim reality of assault in Hollywood