Not even the #MeToo movement and a reckoning with sexual abuse could rupture the sound-proof walls of South African classical music.
Articles on #MeToo
Displaying 1 - 20 of 299 articles
With legend Andre Galvao accused of sexual misconduct, gyms and athletes have been forced to confront a culture of silence, hierarchy and gender blindness in the sport.
Isabella Linton is reimagined as a kink-loving submissive, instead of a strong survivor of domestic abuse.
Powerful men connected to Jeffrey Epstein are named, dissected and speculated about. The survivors, unless they work hard to step forward, remain a blurred mass in the background.
In 2024, only about 1 in 3 newly minted economics Ph.D.s were women.
As long as we live in a world where people are persecuted for perceived differences, memorialising accused witches will reveal the deadly consequences of ‘othering’.
Sad Tiger and Trauma Plot are two stunning memoirs by rape survivors who immerse themselves in art and literature. They both transcend ‘art as therapy’.
Apps and websites that cropped up in the wake of #MeToo can’t fully capture the dynamics that make informal offline networks function.
The public can choose to forget, to preserve the comforting fiction their favourite heartthrob is a ‘good man’.
TikTok’s viral Hongdae boy videos – while they may be comedic parodies – are drawing attention to broader insidious forms of sexism many South Korean women face.
In her new Quarterly Essay, anti-violence campaigner Jess Hill asks whether the government’s response to gender-based violence is fit for purpose.
A Cold War coup, an Indigenous residential school, #MeToo trials and war in Ukraine and Palestine: a guide to the Oscars 2025 documentary nominees.
Caroline Darian bears ‘a crushing double burden’ as the daughter of Gisèle Pelicot and her tormentor. In her memoir, she processes her trauma by fighting for change.
In Groomed, Sonia Orchard reappraises the social and cultural factors that allow sexual exploitation to persist.
Some women in South Korea are refusing to marry, have children, or engage in sexual relationships with men in response to deep-seated misogyny.
It’s often too challenging or dangerous for workers to stand up to men in positions of power.
What does the growing success of these provocative novels, often portraying romantic relationships tinged with violence, tell us eight years after #MeToo?
With the re-election of Donald Trump, the sex-trafficking allegations against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and the Gisele Pelicot case, #MeToo is in the news. Three new books reflect its key themes.
The Netflix thriller managed to shatters the voyeuristic male gaze that pervades the true crime genre.
There are now several crime novels that specifically reference the #MeToo movement.
Top contributors
-
Professor of Law, University of Oregon
-
Associate Professor, School of Humanities and Languages, UNSW
-
Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
-
Lecturer in Journalism, City St George's, University of London
-
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Brock University
-
Commissioning Editor, Health + Medicine and Host of Strange Health podcast, The Conversation
-
Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Wollongong
-
Associate Teaching Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, University of Washington, Bothell
-
Professor of Political Science and Chair of the South African Research Initiative in Gender Politics, Stellenbosch University
-
Professor of Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
-
Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Newcastle
-
Associate Professor of Sociology, Clemson University
-
SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow in English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University
-
Professor of Law, Cardozo Law School, Yeshiva University
-
Professor of English Private Law; Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, University of Cambridge