A series of protests have been staged in front of major music companies in recent weeks over the prevalence of sexual abuse in the entertainment industry, and the efforts are drawing attention to social media via actor Alexa Nichols. A former cast member of the 2005–2008 Nickelodeon series “Zoe 101,” Nichols’ Megaphone includes more than 255,000 followers on Instagram as well as public support of such activist groups as One Hundred Percentors.
Her own organization is called Eat Predators, and her supporters have gathered in front of Warner Music Group’s Los Angeles headquarters on July 28; LA Office of Red Light Management July 21; And last week about a dozen protesters in Sony Music’s Culver City lot held up signs in reference to artists affiliated with the label group, who have been accused of sexual misconduct and abuse.
Although a small group, the Soni gathering on 18 August received respect from cars and stares from employees and visitors. The video posted of the protest garnered more than 80,000 views in less than a day. On August 25, she went live on Instagram from outside the Nickelodeon offices in Burbank.
“The #MeToo movement completely missed out on the music industry by a long shot,” Nichols tells Diversity, “So I was like, what do you do about this systemic problem within the music industry?”
In 2021, Nichols went public with sexual abuse allegations against her ex-husband, Michael Milosh of the indie rock band Rye. Milosh vehemently denies these claims; Nichols withdrew the lawsuit in May without prejudice.
Today, Nichols reflects, “It shouldn’t be a woman who should be on fire, it should be on the industry itself. … Because a hunter is going to come and go—there’s always going to be a hunter. But if their Don’t have a safe haven, so they can’t really sustain that abuse.”
Eat Predators shifted their focus beyond music with the decision to protest outside Nickelodeon. This was followed by the recent release of Nickelodeon’s memoir of former child star Janet McCurdy, in which McCurdy claims the company pressured her not to go public with allegations against anyone she simply refers to as “The Creator”. refers in.
Although Nichols was reticent to expand Eat Predators’ television efforts, he said that having a 2-year-old daughter changed his outlook on responsibility.
Nichols says: “I looked at my daughter, I was like, ‘Alexa, this is the kids we’re talking about. We’re talking about your daughter’s future.’ Whatever career path she chooses to take, it is my job as a mother to do everything I have personally learned from being in the industry to make these environments safe for her and to let others know about it. I teach.”
Nichols says he hopes the music business can “come to an absolute solid understanding and agreement that we as a society no longer protect predators and punish survivors.” She commends Beyoncé’s reported process as a step in the right direction for any sexual misconduct allegations to her “Renaissance” colleagues, which should be an “everyday practice”, with the responsibility resting on the label rather than the artist. It falls.
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