The #MeToo movement gets a movie about everyday harassment with Israel’s ‘Working Woman’
5 years, 9 months ago

The #MeToo movement gets a movie about everyday harassment with Israel’s ‘Working Woman’

LA Times  

Hollywood has yet to make “#MeToo: The Movie,” and Israel already beat it to the punch. In fact, when writer-director Michal Aviad began researching her “Working Woman” back in 2012, “the only two major films on the subject were ‘Disclosure’ and ‘Fatal Attraction.’ And both are about women harassing men.” There are no boiling bunnies in Aviad’s new film, which stars Liron Ben-Shlush and Menashe Noy and opens Friday in Los Angeles. “When I make a film, there’s got to be something I need to learn,” said Aviad, who studied and made films in San Francisco during the ’80s and now teaches at Tel Aviv University. REVIEW: ‘Working Woman’ is a sexual harassment drama that cuts close to the bone » “Working Woman” opens at a time when both Israel and the U.S. are reporting upticks in sexual harassment complaints; whether they can be credited to the #MeToo movement itself is, of course, a question. “But it wasn’t until a few weeks later, when the #MeToo movement started growing, that I realized the film was going to be released in a very sensitive period.” Nevertheless, he said, “we agreed that the relationship between Benny and Orna will not be that of a predator versus prey.

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#MeToo movement, it turns out, was just a fleeting moment
1 year, 5 months ago

#MeToo movement, it turns out, was just a fleeting moment

Al Jazeera  

The #MeToo movement was, it would appear, nothing but a fleeting moment. Indeed, some six years after thousands of women started using the viral hashtag to publicise their experiences of sexual harassment and three years after powerful Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was jailed for rape and sexual assault, sex-based violence is still endemic not just in Hollywood, but also in …

Where the #MeToo movement stands, 5 years after Weinstein allegations came to light
2 years, 2 months ago

Where the #MeToo movement stands, 5 years after Weinstein allegations came to light

NPR  

Where the #MeToo movement stands, 5 years after Weinstein allegations came to light Enlarge this image toggle caption Jung Yeon-Je/AFP via Getty Images Jung Yeon-Je/AFP via Getty Images It was five years ago this month that the very first article by journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey broke the story of Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein's decades of sexual misconduct. Sexual …

The Parts of #MeToo That Still Endure
2 years, 3 months ago

The Parts of #MeToo That Still Endure

Slate  

Despite the catch-all name, I suspect we all have different definitions. Surveys of employees and human resources professionals conducted after #MeToo found that companies were taking new steps to prevent misconduct, workers were demanding more transparency around sexual harassment policies, and boards of directors were taking an interest in the issue for the first time. While much has been made …

Explained: How the #MeToo movement helped women around the world
2 years, 3 months ago

Explained: How the #MeToo movement helped women around the world

Firstpost  

The #MeToo movement, which started in the United States in October 2017, gave millions of women around the world a powerful rallying cry to denounce sexual violence Paris: The birth of #MeToo in the United States in October 2017 gave millions of women around the world a powerful rallying cry to denounce sexual violence. AFP spoke to five women here: …

Five years of #MeToo: A look at how the campaign echoed around the world
2 years, 3 months ago

Five years of #MeToo: A look at how the campaign echoed around the world

Firstpost  

From Sweden to Israel, the #MeToo campaign to end sexual harassment and assault has reverberated around the world. It gave rise to homegrown hashtags, landmark cases and even anti-feminist backlashes Paris: Five years after the dawn of #MeToo in the United States, AFP looks at how the campaign to end sexual harassment and assault has reverberated around the world, from …

Will academia ever have its #MeToo moment?
3 years, 2 months ago

Will academia ever have its #MeToo moment?

Al Jazeera  

Recent reporting from Al Jazeera has revealed that prominent male academics at elite universities in the United Kingdom have sexually harassed multiple students and staff, and that this has continued unabated for decades, across different institutions and even continents. Subsequently, we published a study of women’s experiences of trying to report sexual harassment from staff, finding that the process was …

#Metoo: I Was the Victim Who Had to Stand up in Court As Accused, Says Elated Priya Ramani
3 years, 10 months ago

#Metoo: I Was the Victim Who Had to Stand up in Court As Accused, Says Elated Priya Ramani

News 18  

Journalist Priya Ramani, who was acquitted on Wednesday by a Delhi court in a criminal defamation case lodged by MJ Akbar, said she felt vindicated on behalf of all the women who have ever spoken out against sexual harassment at work place. Reacting to the judgment by Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ravindra Kumar Pandey, who dismissed the complaint filed by …

Survey: In Hollywood, few believe harassers will be punished
4 years, 3 months ago

Survey: In Hollywood, few believe harassers will be punished

Associated Press  

Disgraced mogul Harvey Weinstein may well spend the rest of his life in prison. “Things have improved, but not nearly enough,” Hill said in an interview ahead of the survey’s Tuesday release. And they DO believe there will be retaliation — whether you’re a victim or a bystander, there’s a belief you will be retaliated against if you complain.” In …

#MeToo in the age of coronavirus
4 years, 8 months ago

#MeToo in the age of coronavirus

Live Mint  

Even before the lockdown started on 25 March, AJ’s colleagues at her PR firm had begun to work from home. “I really could catch a break.” In January, she had approached the office internal complaints committee and shown the lewd messages she had received from her boss. “Most of his messages were on texts, which meant he could have continued …

#MeToo and the Weinstein verdict: What now for working women?
4 years, 10 months ago

#MeToo and the Weinstein verdict: What now for working women?

Al Jazeera  

High-profile verdict spotlights how much needs to be done to root out sexual harassment in workplaces. “I regret that it took so many women to hold one man to account,” Purna Sen, UN-Women’s spokesperson on Addressing Sexual Harassment and Other Forms of Discrimination, told Al Jazeera. #MeToo by the numbers Some 38 percent of US women reported experiencing sexual harassment …

A year after #MeToo's second wave, systemic change eludes Hindi TV industry, but attitudinal shift in evidence
5 years, 2 months ago

A year after #MeToo's second wave, systemic change eludes Hindi TV industry, but attitudinal shift in evidence

Firstpost  

Post #MeToo, mandated workplace mechanisms like ICs are yet to be instituted, but members of the Hindi TV industry say there’s greater awareness about harassment-related issues and the possibility of redressal A little over a year since the second wave of the #MeToo movement stormed social media timelines in India, the entertainment industry has seemingly taken an adage popularly associated …

How investigative journalism sparked off the #MeToo movement
5 years, 2 months ago

How investigative journalism sparked off the #MeToo movement

Live Mint  

Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey’s book She Said: Breaking The Sexual Harassment Story That Ignited A Movement has over 30 pages of footnotes. “We need a pattern.” They turned up at the houses of Weinstein’s victims at dinner time, drove across the UK to trace other victims, spent two weeks meeting a Deep Throat-style whistle-blower within Miramax, painstakingly fact-checked all …

A year of talking about #MeToo: What has changed in the internal lives of women since the movement's second wave?
5 years, 2 months ago

A year of talking about #MeToo: What has changed in the internal lives of women since the movement's second wave?

Firstpost  

What if we understand #MeToo not through where the outed men are, but through how it has affected women’s internal lives — our time, our work, our relationships? It has been one year since a second wave of women’s #MeToo narratives took over social media in India, and two years since the “List” of sexual harassers in academia was first …

'Its Unfortunate That Women Who Faced Sexual Harassment Have To Defend Criminal Proceedings For Telling The Truth': Priya Ramani Tells Court
5 years, 4 months ago

'Its Unfortunate That Women Who Faced Sexual Harassment Have To Defend Criminal Proceedings For Telling The Truth': Priya Ramani Tells Court

Live Law  

Priya Ranani gave her statement under section 313 of Criminal Procedure Code, before the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal, at the Rouse Avenue Court. Ms Ramani also stated that her article in Vogue Magazine was not intended to harm the reputation of Mr Akbar but only to bring about the stories of multiple women who have faced sexual harassment …

The MeToo evolution
5 years, 5 months ago

The MeToo evolution

BBC  

The MeToo evolution Piero Zagami and Michela Nicchiotti How a worldwide movement has changed – and is still changing – the workplace as we know it. Entering the zeitgeist in late 2017 when the Harvey Weinstein scandal broke, the movement has snowballed far beyond Hollywood to multiple industries, including the restaurant world and sport. As time has passed, it’s sparked …

#MeToo in India: Speaking up against non-sexual harassment should be the next logical step for the movement
5 years, 6 months ago

#MeToo in India: Speaking up against non-sexual harassment should be the next logical step for the movement

Firstpost  

Are women in India dropping off the workforce because of bullying and bias? My mother, one of India’s first women cops, often tells me, “You are lucky. “Men are judged on potential, women are judged purely on performance,” she says, but “in conversations and meetings, men are often given credit for ideas women had offered. “Some women join the boy’s …

#MeToo educated both men and women about responsibilities towards society: PV Sindhu
5 years, 11 months ago

#MeToo educated both men and women about responsibilities towards society: PV Sindhu

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu on Friday said that the recent wake of the #MeToo has brought in a lot of change in the people's mindsets and has educated both women and men about their responsibilities towards the society. Sindhu was present here at the inauguration of SH - Sexual Harassment Out, a first of its kind initiative by …

2018: The Year Women in Bollywood Finally Said #MeToo
6 years ago

2018: The Year Women in Bollywood Finally Said #MeToo

News 18  

#MeToo gained long due attention in India one year after American actor and activist Alyssa Milano posted on Twitter: “If you’ve been sexually harassed or assaulted write ‘me too’ as a reply to this tweet.” The post, which came in the wake of the mass sexual assault charges against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, reignited a campaign that began a decade …

MeToo movement has helped women open up, says Kasthuri
6 years, 2 months ago

MeToo movement has helped women open up, says Kasthuri

Deccan Chronicle  

COIMBATORE: The #MeToo Movement has helped women to come out and disclose their agonies on the issue of sexual harassment and no woman is making allegations for publicity, says Tamil film actor Kasthuri. After inaugurating 'Diva', an exclusive women's 'Signature Day spa and saloon' in Coimbatore, the actor who has been noted for voicing her opinions strongly, said, “women including …

Spotlight on #MeToo: Tackling workplace harassment in Indian media
6 years, 2 months ago

Spotlight on #MeToo: Tackling workplace harassment in Indian media

Firstpost  

As the #MeToo movement rages on, #Spotlight is a watch on sexual assault and everyday harassment in the workplace. Several cases of harassment made the headlines in 2017 as well: An anonymous blogger called ‘Indian Fowler’ accused The Viral Fever founder Arunabh Kumar of sexual harassment; multiple allegations surfaced against venture capitalist Mahesh Murthy ; a news report detailed an …

#MeToo movement launched by people with 'perverted' minds, says Union minister Pon Radhakrishnan
6 years, 2 months ago

#MeToo movement launched by people with 'perverted' minds, says Union minister Pon Radhakrishnan

Firstpost  

Akbar, who edited many mainstream publications before joining politics, resigned as junior external affairs minister Wednesday after a host of his former women journalist colleagues accused him of sexual harassment. Karur: In potentially controversial remarks that could provoke a backlash, Union minister Pon Radhakrishnan has said the #MeToo movement was started by “people with perverted minds” and wondered if it …

Firstpost's #MeToo Conversations: How must sexual harassment at the workplace be dealt with?
6 years, 2 months ago

Firstpost's #MeToo Conversations: How must sexual harassment at the workplace be dealt with?

Firstpost  

Many of these #MeToo stories Since 5 October 2018, a slew of #MeToo allegations have emerged on social media timelines in India, triggering the second wave of the movement. The session roped in panelists like advocate Sonal Mattoo, film editor Deepa Bhatia, Indira Rangarajan, the National Programming Head for Radio Mirchi, and Ramkumar Krishnaswamy, the founder of Leadership Centre, to …

Firstpost's #MeToo Conversations: Sandhya Menon, Rituparna Chatterjee, Mahima Kukreja on making the movement truly inclusive
6 years, 2 months ago

Firstpost's #MeToo Conversations: Sandhya Menon, Rituparna Chatterjee, Mahima Kukreja on making the movement truly inclusive

Firstpost  

Ever since the second wave of #MeTooIndia allegations began trending on social media timelines here, journalists Sandhya Menon, Rituparna Chatterjee and writer Mahima Kukreja have been at the forefront of sharing as many of these survivor accounts as possible. Ever since the second wave of #MeTooIndia allegations began trending on social media timelines, journalists Sandhya Menon, Rituparna Chatterjee and writer …

#MeToo and Indian workplaces: Advocate Sonal Mattoo on the movement's lessons for organisations
6 years, 2 months ago

#MeToo and Indian workplaces: Advocate Sonal Mattoo on the movement's lessons for organisations

Firstpost  

As #MeToo allegations continue to tumble out on social media, what is the mandate for Indian workplaces? Another issue that’s coming up is that some women had spoken about their experiences to certain people, and these people, in turn, made excuses for the behaviour flagged, saying things like “just deal with it”. Where we’ve succeeded is organisations that take sexual …

#MeToo: Accusations against men can’t be construed as guilt; calculus of probability should account for innocence
6 years, 2 months ago

#MeToo: Accusations against men can’t be construed as guilt; calculus of probability should account for innocence

Firstpost  

If the MeToo movement feels the need to call out and castigate women whom it considers enablers of patriarchy and rape culture, one would expect it to come from the women who are part of the movement. Vij not only misrepresents what Mustafa wrote in her article “ Whoa#Metoo, Hold your Horses… ”, he charges her with enabling a culture …

Journalism after #MeToo
6 years, 3 months ago

Journalism after #MeToo

The Hindu  

Over the last week, Indian journalism has finally been forced to confront what has long been its dirty secret. Going by the numerous agonising accounts of women journalists, about some male colleagues and editors abusing power and crossing the line, it appears that sexual harassment is no media outlet’s exclusive story. It must be protected.” Many of us, journalists, too …

MeToo movement: 11 female filmmakers ask Bollywood not to work with sexual offenders
6 years, 3 months ago

MeToo movement: 11 female filmmakers ask Bollywood not to work with sexual offenders

Hindustan Times  

Filmmakers Zoya Akhtar, Gauri Shinde, Kiran Rao and more have formed a collective and asked the film industry to show support towards victims of sexual harassment.They have shared a note on social media signed by 11 prominent female figures of the industry and said that they will no longer work with ‘proven sexual offenders’. The note, signed by Alankrita Shrivastava, …

#MeToo in India: Zoya Akhtar, Meghna Gulzar issue joint statement, vow not to work with proven offenders
6 years, 3 months ago

#MeToo in India: Zoya Akhtar, Meghna Gulzar issue joint statement, vow not to work with proven offenders

Firstpost  

In a storm of #MeToo accounts, allegations of sexual harassment have been leveled against several prominent names in the entertainment industry like Sajid Khan, Alok Nath, Subhash Ghai, Subhash Kapoor and Kailash Kher, among many others. Now, female filmmakers such as Zoya Akhtar, Meghna Gulzar, Konkona Sen Sharma and Gauri Shinde, among others, have expressed their solidarity with the movement. …

#MeToo in India: After decades of silence, an unafraid generation of young women are opening the floodgate of revelations
6 years, 3 months ago

#MeToo in India: After decades of silence, an unafraid generation of young women are opening the floodgate of revelations

Firstpost  

It was an innocuous bit of paper on which were scribbled the words, “Sweet promises are soon forgotten”. Even the women students at the mass communications course in the university where I sometimes took classes, told me they would rather go into teaching because journalism was not “safe”. Around the same time, at a seminar on “Women and the Media,” …

#MeToo to #UsToo: Power lies in numbers
6 years, 3 months ago

#MeToo to #UsToo: Power lies in numbers

Deccan Chronicle  

It was early 1986. As I read the avalanche of horrifying testimonies by women in the media and entertainment industries about alleged sexual harassment and assaults by famous and successful men like M.J. Akbar, Nana Patekar and Alok Nath, my mind goes back to that terrifying night, when I was trying to figure out how to save myself. I’m sure …

#MeToo: Several women allege sexual harassment by Union Minister and then Editor MJ Akbar
6 years, 3 months ago

#MeToo: Several women allege sexual harassment by Union Minister and then Editor MJ Akbar

Op India  

Union Minister of State for External Affairs and former editor of The Telegraph, M.J. Akbar, has been accused of sexual harassment by multiple people online in India’s version of #MeToo movement that is currently going on. In what appears to be a pattern, Akbar is alleged to have interviewed female journalists in hotel rooms, asking them to sit on the …

Bollywood’s #MeToo movement was long overdue
6 years, 3 months ago

Bollywood’s #MeToo movement was long overdue

Live Mint  

Actor Tanushree Dutta, who accused co-star Nana Patekar late last month of sexual harassment on a film set 10 years ago, seems to have opened a can of worms for Bollywood. In a rapid turn of events, names such as director Vikas Bahl, actors Alok Nath and Rajat Kapoor, writer Varun Grover and many others have come up, along with …

#MeToo in India: NCW in process of reaching out to survivors of sexual harassment as more women recount ordeals
6 years, 3 months ago

#MeToo in India: NCW in process of reaching out to survivors of sexual harassment as more women recount ordeals

Firstpost  

The movement, on the lines of the Hollywood’s #MeToo, started after actor Tanushree Dutta alleged that Nana Patekar sexually harassed her on the sets of a movie in 2008. New Delhi: The National Commission for Women is in the process of reaching out to the survivors of sexual harassment as the #MeToo storm Tuesday intensified in the country with more …

India lags in implementation, not laws on sexual harassment; #MeToo movement highlights need for better enforcement
6 years, 3 months ago

India lags in implementation, not laws on sexual harassment; #MeToo movement highlights need for better enforcement

Firstpost  

From the #MeToo movement, we must grasp the magnitude and seriousness of sexual harassment cases, which prevail even though there are seemingly strict provisions under the law. It defined sexual harassment as * An implied or explicit promise of preferential treatment in her employment * An implied or explicit promise of detrimental treatment in her employment * An implied or …

#MeToo in India: Online abuse and criticism mar social media crusade against sexual harassment which is outing abusers
6 years, 3 months ago

#MeToo in India: Online abuse and criticism mar social media crusade against sexual harassment which is outing abusers

Firstpost  

Not everyone has taken well to this online outrage and many people have come forth to criticise the movement terming it “toxic feminism”. However, not everyone has taken well to this online outrage and many people have come forth to criticise the movement, some even terming it “toxic feminism”. — Arko Chakraborty October 8, 2018 Journalist Madhavan Narayan commented on …

#MeToo: This Mahalaya, Let Women be Empowered to Slay the Evils of Misogyny
6 years, 3 months ago

#MeToo: This Mahalaya, Let Women be Empowered to Slay the Evils of Misogyny

News 18  

In the wee hours of Monday, before sunrise, Goddess Durga quietly began her descent from heaven to the mortal sphere, thus marking the advent of ‘Devi Paksha,’ - the hour of the goddess. While Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code popularised the idea of ‘sacred feminine’ only recently, Bengal has lived with the tradition of worshipping women as the embodiment …

Asia Argento was a voice of #MeToo. Now she is accused of sexual assault. What does it mean for the movement?
6 years, 4 months ago

Asia Argento was a voice of #MeToo. Now she is accused of sexual assault. What does it mean for the movement?

LA Times  

Actress and director Asia Argento became a prominent voice in the #MeToo movement after she accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault. “My hope is that as more folks come forward, particularly men, that we prepare ourselves for some hard conversations about power and humanity and privilege and harm.” The New York Times reported that Argento settled a notice of intent …

Has #MeToo failed?
6 years, 5 months ago

Has #MeToo failed?

Al Jazeera  

Feminist icon Germaine Greer on why she criticises the #MeToo movement. In this episode of Head to Head, Mehdi Hasan challenges public intellectual and feminist icon Germaine Greer on why she criticises the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment and assault. Many feminists see #MeToo as a seismic shift, but Greer has questioned the value and efficacy of the movement, arguing …

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