Burn It Down

By Maureen Ryan,

Book cover of Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER

In this spectacular, newsmaking expose that has the entertainment industry abuzz and on its heels, Vanity Fair's Maureen Ryan blows the lid on patterns of harassment and bias in Hollywood, the grassroots reforms under way, and the labor and activist revolutions…

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1 author picked Burn It Down as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

For over 20 years, I’ve been a TV producer in Hollywood, and I always had this suspicion that my industry was more toxic and abusive than others, but networks and studios always kept me so busy that I never had the time to think about it.

But this year, I picked up Burn it Down, and my life was forever changed. This book provides an honest and clear-eyed look at the realities of working in Hollywood—and it made me re-think my own career choices and forced me to change how I work and lead.

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