#MeToo has sparked a global re-emergence of sexual violence activism and politics. This edited collection uses the #MeToo movement as a starting point for interrogating contemporary debates in anti-sexual violence activism and justice-seeking. It draws together 19 accessible chapters from academics, practitioners, and sexual violence activists across the globe to provide diverse, critical, and nuanced perspectives on the broader implications of the movement. It taps into wider conversations about the nature, history, and complexities of anti-rape and anti-sexual harassment politics, including the limitations of the movement including in the global South. It features both internationally recognised and emerging academics from across the fields of criminology, media and communications, film studies, gender and queer studies, and law and will appeal broadly to the academic community, activists, and beyond.
Author(s): Bianca Fileborn, Rachel Loney-Howes
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 357
Tags: Popular Social Sciences, Sexual Violence Activism, #MeeToo, Social Change
Front Matter ....Pages i-xxiv
Introduction: Mapping the Emergence of #MeToo (Bianca Fileborn, Rachel Loney-Howes)....Pages 1-18
Front Matter ....Pages 19-19
The Politics of the Personal: The Evolution of Anti-rape Activism From Second-Wave Feminism to #MeToo (Rachel Loney-Howes)....Pages 21-35
Digital Feminist Activism: #MeToo and the Everyday Experiences of Challenging Rape Culture (Kaitlynn Mendes, Jessica Ringrose)....Pages 37-51
Online Feminist Activism as Performative Consciousness-Raising: A #MeToo Case Study (Jessamy Gleeson, Breanan Turner)....Pages 53-69
You Say #MeToo, I Say #MiTu: China’s Online Campaigns Against Sexual Abuse (Jing Zeng)....Pages 71-83
A Thousand and One Stories: Myth and the #MeToo Movement (Mary Anne Franks)....Pages 85-95
Front Matter ....Pages 97-97
From ‘Me Too’ to ‘Too Far’? Contesting the Boundaries of Sexual Violence in Contemporary Activism (Bianca Fileborn, Nickie Phillips)....Pages 99-115
This Black Body Is Not Yours for the Taking (Tess Ryan)....Pages 117-132
Beyond the Bright Lights: Are Minoritized Women Outside the Spotlight Able to Say #MeToo? (Neha Kagal, Leah Cowan, Huda Jawad)....Pages 133-149
‘It’s Not Just Men and Women’: LGBTQIA People and #MeToo (Jess Ison)....Pages 151-167
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#MeToo and the Reasons To Be Cautious (Lauren Rosewarne)....Pages 171-184
Substitution Activism: The Impact of #MeToo in Argentina (María Cecilia Garibotti, Cecilia Marcela Hopp)....Pages 185-199
Shitty Media Men (Bridget Haire, Christy E. Newman, Bianca Fileborn)....Pages 201-216
Journalist Guidelines and Media Reporting in the Wake of #MeToo (Kathryn Royal)....Pages 217-234
‘A Reckoning That Is Long Overdue’: Reconfiguring the Work of Progressive Sex Advice Post #MeToo (Christy E. Newman, Bridget Haire)....Pages 235-250
Front Matter ....Pages 251-251
Consent Lies Destroy Lives: Pleasure as the Sweetest Taboo (Cyndi Darnell)....Pages 253-266
#MeToo as Sex Panic (Heidi Matthews)....Pages 267-283
Men and #MeToo: Mapping Men’s Responses to Anti-violence Advocacy (Michael Flood)....Pages 285-300
Understanding Anger: Ethical Responsiveness and the Cultural Production of Celebrity Masculinities (Rob Cover)....Pages 301-315
Online Justice in the Circuit of Capital: #MeToo, Marketization and the Deformation of Sexual Ethics (Michael Salter)....Pages 317-334
Conclusion: ‘A New Day Is on the Horizon’? (Rachel Loney-Howes, Bianca Fileborn)....Pages 335-342
Back Matter ....Pages 343-350
