Dylan Farrow was seven years old when the Woody Allen-Mia Farrow divorce rocked Hollywood at its core. The claim that Allen sexually abused his adopted daughter was a shock, and most people dismissed it as an inaccurate claim. Allen continued to direct and was recently awarded with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

That proved to be the last straw for Farrow, who is not using a different name. She decided to write an open letter which was published in full at the New York Times under the blog of Nicholas Kristof, who, by his own admission, is a personal friend of Mia Farrow and son Ronan Farrow.

Kristof wrote a note before publishing the letter in full. From the NY Times Blog "On The Ground": "So why publish an account of an old case on my blog? Partly because the Golden Globe lifetime achievement award to Allen ignited a debate about the propriety of the award. Partly because the root issue here isn't celebrity but sex abuse. And partly because countless people on all sides have written passionately about these events, but we haven't fully heard from the young woman who was at the heart of them."

The letter was brief and concise, quickly referring to the abuse at the onset. Farrow narrated her  trauma, but the main point of her letter (and why it was written) was to appeal for Hollywood not to turn a "blind eye" on sexual abuse, specifically by disregarding the questions raised on an artists' morality.

The full text of Farrow's letter can at this link.

Should Hollywood still continue to honor Woody Allen? In terms of his work, Allen is one of the most awarded artists in film history. He is not just a director, he was an actor and screenwriter as well. But should they disregard the moral aspect?

The argument of most Allen defenders was that the allegation was not proven in court. However, as Kristof writes in his own column after the open letter was published: "Look, none of us can be certain what happened. The standard to send someone to prison is guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, but shouldn't the standard to honor someone be that they are unimpeachably, well, honorable?"

That is a question Dylan Farrow wants people to ask when they talk about Woody Allen, instead of the usual "What's your favorite Woody Allen movie?"