#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 the movement saying that “random experiences are being clubbed under a single thread”. #MeTooIndia — Madhavan Narayanan October 6, 2018 Interestingly, woman journalist Shubha Shetty tweeted that it was time to make the internet-space less “scary” by sharing stories of “when men have been wonderful” to women.

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What’s behind India’s latest #MeToo movement in Malayalam cinema?
3 months, 3 weeks ago

What’s behind India’s latest #MeToo movement in Malayalam cinema?

Al Jazeera  

A probe panel’s report has lifted the veil on widespread sex abuse in the industry, with more women coming forward with allegations too. Sexual harassment is “the worst evil” faced by women in the industry, the report, which spans more than 200 pages, said. “Casting couch”: The report said that women in the industry, especially aspiring actresses, are pressured for …

72 Personalities Write To Kerala CM Amid Malayalam MeToo Shockers: 'This Is a Deeply Disturbing...'
4 months, 1 week ago

72 Personalities Write To Kerala CM Amid Malayalam MeToo Shockers: 'This Is a Deeply Disturbing...'

News 18  

In a joint appeal, 72 prominent personalities, including author Arundhati Roy, have urged the Kerala Chief Minister to enact a law addressing concerns raised by the Justice K Hema Committee report on sexual atrocities against women in the film field. One of the signatories, T M Krishna, in a post on social media platform Instagram, expressed solidarity with women in …

Jilly Cooper recounts ‘terrifying’ attempted rape by a fellow author
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Jilly Cooper recounts ‘terrifying’ attempted rape by a fellow author

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Speaking to interviewer Celia Walden, Cooper, 87, noted that “it is seriously awful for women – …

Gender Question | Years after #MeToo lit a fire in our lives, a group of feminists look back at what it left in its wake
11 months, 1 week ago

Gender Question | Years after #MeToo lit a fire in our lives, a group of feminists look back at what it left in its wake

Hindustan Times  

Intimacy and Injury is an excellent read. Phadke, an academician with the Tata Institute of Social Sciences and a co-editor of this book, writes: “Given that the digital is here to stay, and that the digital has also given us exciting ways of engaging with feminism and with each other, how can we reflect on hostile and acrimonious debates between …

#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 …

Column: Haunted by untold stories, five years after #MeToo
2 years, 2 months ago

Column: Haunted by untold stories, five years after #MeToo

LA Times  

“Says she was raped by producer.” Sometimes, when I least expect it, these words will float across my consciousness and saturate a few hours of my day with anxiety and guilt. It was the height of #MeToo, and like many media platforms the Los Angeles Times was deluged by women reaching out to report sexual harassment and assault by high-profile …

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 …

Four Years After #MeToo in China: Shrinking Digital Space for Change
2 years, 2 months ago

Four Years After #MeToo in China: Shrinking Digital Space for Change

The Diplomat  

On August 10, a Beijing court rejected the appeal of Zhou Xiaoxuan, who had accused a star presenter for state television of sexual harassment. While “sexual harassment” is mentioned in the Law for the Protection of Women’s Rights and Interests of the People’s Republic of China that took effect in 2005, the statute did not define the term clearly. In …

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 …

With the release of Beyond #MeToo by Dr Tanushree Ghosh, a rational storm begins
3 years ago

With the release of Beyond #MeToo by Dr Tanushree Ghosh, a rational storm begins

Deccan Chronicle  

Dr. Tanushree Ghosh, a Cornell graduate with a Ph. As the Visakha fight showed in the case Bhanwari Devi – decades prior to MeToo – a women’s lack of safety in her workplace affects her socio-economic parity, and the equality metrics of the entire society. Apart from global comparisons, in depth historical and contemporary analyses, and facts and stats, the …

Nearly 31K complaints of crimes against women received in 2021, highest from UP: NCW
3 years ago

Nearly 31K complaints of crimes against women received in 2021, highest from UP: NCW

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Nearly 31,000 complaints of crimes committed against women were received by the National Commission for Women last year, the highest since 2014, with over half of them from Uttar Pradesh. The most populous state of Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest number of complaints of crimes against women at 15,828, followed by Delhi at 3,336, Maharashtra at 1,504, Haryana …

It’s not just Peng. China is cracking down on MeToo movement
3 years, 1 month ago

It’s not just Peng. China is cracking down on MeToo movement

Associated Press  

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Huang Xueqin, who publicly supported a woman when she accused a professor of sexual assault, was arrested in September. “They’re publicly excluding us from the legitimacy, from the legitimate public space,” said Lu Pin, an activist who now lives in the U.S. but is still active on women’s rights issues in China. “This society’s middle ground is …

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 …

How one woman took on India’s Dosa King before the MeToo era
3 years, 4 months ago

How one woman took on India’s Dosa King before the MeToo era

Live Mint  

Here’s a counterfactual: had social media existed in 2001, with its hashtags and viral videos, would the powerful Pitchai Rajagopal have managed to get away with his single-minded sexual pursuit of a former employee’s daughter for over half a decade? By the middle of 2001, Rajagopal had become brazenly open and persistent in his determination to prise Jeevajothi away from …

Never Have I Ever’s Poorna Jagannathan: ‘I love the ferocity of the MeToo movement in India’
3 years, 5 months ago

Never Have I Ever’s Poorna Jagannathan: ‘I love the ferocity of the MeToo movement in India’

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It’s so hard to imagine yourself as the centre of the story,” the star of …

‘Mad Men, Furious Women’: Viral blog post sparks talk of advertising industry’s #MeToo moment
3 years, 6 months ago

‘Mad Men, Furious Women’: Viral blog post sparks talk of advertising industry’s #MeToo moment

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A viral blogpost detailing allegations of sexual misconduct in the advertising industry …

Hollywood since the #MeToo Movement
3 years, 6 months ago

Hollywood since the #MeToo Movement

The Hindu  

With the news currently boiling over with stories of sexual assault, rape, and abuse by people in power across industries, be it entertainment, religious institutions, or politics, safe spaces in media consumption are of prime importance in order for individual and collective healing to be possible. From shows like I May Destroy You to The Morning Show, here are some …

When Sushmita Sen Recounted Her #MeToo Incident of Being Touched Inappropriately by a 15-year-old
3 years, 9 months ago

When Sushmita Sen Recounted Her #MeToo Incident of Being Touched Inappropriately by a 15-year-old

News 18  

Back in 2018, the global #MeToo movement against sexual abuse and harassment perpetrated on women by men gained momentum in India. Bollywood actress and philanthropist Sushmita Sen, who is known for voicing her opinions eloquently on public platforms, also shared such an incident. In 2018, when the actress was asked to speak on the issue of women’s safety in an …

When We Refer to #MeToo as a Movement, We Become Complicit in Diminishing Its Efficacy: Ghazala Wahab
3 years, 10 months ago

When We Refer to #MeToo as a Movement, We Become Complicit in Diminishing Its Efficacy: Ghazala Wahab

News 18  

One question that I have been repeatedly asked over the last two years is, ‘what is the future of the #MeToo movement.’ To different people I have tried to give a different answer. While ‘Me Too’ has been an enabler that encourages women to not let their oppressors hide behind the smokescreen of complicit silence, the hashtag has ensured a …

The #MeToo movement needs to gain force across the world
3 years, 10 months ago

The #MeToo movement needs to gain force across the world

Live Mint  

When Australia’s first female prime minister called out sexism in parliament eight years ago, her speech went viral. Addressing the male opposition leader sitting across from her in the chamber, Julia Gillard said: “If he wants to know what misogyny looks like in modern Australia, he doesn’t need a motion in the House of Representatives, he needs a mirror.” Her …

Re-establishing the relevance of #MeToo
3 years, 10 months ago

Re-establishing the relevance of #MeToo

Deccan Chronicle  

Despite garnering enough buzz in the country, the #MeToo movement, regardless of ground-breaking revelations against powerful men, failed to cause tangible legal results for the sexually abused. However, journalist and author Priya Ramani’s recent victory in the MJ Akbar v/s Priya Ramani defamation case seems to have led to a paradigm shift in India’s legal justice system. In his verdict, …

#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 …

'We won this': Twitter hails Priya Ramani's acquittal in MJ Akbar's #MeToo defamation case
3 years, 10 months ago

'We won this': Twitter hails Priya Ramani's acquittal in MJ Akbar's #MeToo defamation case

India Today  

Dismissing Rajya Sabha MP MJ Akbar's criminal defamation suit against journalist Priya Ramani, a Delhi court on Wednesday ruled that the right to dignity takes precedence over the right to reputation. Journalist Ismat Ara quoted Priya Ramani as saying, "This is a big moment for the #MeToo movement." Sexual harassment has got the attention it deserves.’ What an important victory …

MeToo: Priya Ramani Had No Right to Accuse Me of Sexual Harassment as She Had No Proof, Akbar Tells Court
4 years ago

MeToo: Priya Ramani Had No Right to Accuse Me of Sexual Harassment as She Had No Proof, Akbar Tells Court

News 18  

Former Union minister M J Akbar told a Delhi court on Thursday that journalist Priya Ramani had no right to accuse him of sexual misconduct that allegedly took place decades ago as she could not prove it. Akbar made the submission before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ravindra Kumar through senior advocate Geeta Luthra during the final hearing in a criminal …

#MeToo: Women speaking up against MJ Akbar required celebration, Priya Ramani tells court
4 years, 1 month ago

#MeToo: Women speaking up against MJ Akbar required celebration, Priya Ramani tells court

India Today  

The journalist, facing trial in a defamation case filed by the former union minister for allegedly defaming him by accusing him of sexual misconduct 20 years back, asserted that speaking up on the #MeToo platform was not a crime and that these are “acts of extreme courage that require celebration”. Women who spoke about the sexual misconduct of former union …

Indian women in informal sector 'learn to ignore' sexual abuse at work
4 years, 3 months ago

Indian women in informal sector 'learn to ignore' sexual abuse at work

The Hindu  

From lewd comments to demands for sex, women working in India's vast informal sector rarely report sexual harassment for fear of losing their jobs, labour rights campaigners said on Wednesday, three years after the #MeToo movement began. From street vendors and factory workers to domestic workers, 95% of Indian women work in the informal sector and many are exploited regularly, …

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 …

Selectively targeted by MJ Akbar to halt 'avalanche of allegations' against him, Priya Ramani tells Delhi court
4 years, 4 months ago

Selectively targeted by MJ Akbar to halt 'avalanche of allegations' against him, Priya Ramani tells Delhi court

Firstpost  

The journalist’s lawyer, Rebecca John, told the court that over 14 women accused Akbar of sexual harassment in the wake of the #MeToo movement but he has filed a complaint only against Ramani New Delhi: Journalist Priya Ramani told a Delhi court on Monday that she was “targeted selectively” through a criminal defamation complaint by former Union minister MJ Akbar …

Importance Of The #MeToo Movement Can't Be Contested: Senior Advocate Rebecca John Argues In MJ Akbar's Defamation Case Against Priya Ramani
4 years, 4 months ago

Importance Of The #MeToo Movement Can't Be Contested: Senior Advocate Rebecca John Argues In MJ Akbar's Defamation Case Against Priya Ramani

Live Law  

While making her final arguments on behalf of journalist Priya Ramani who's facing a criminal defamation case for sharing her experience with MJ Akbar, Senior Advocate Rebecca M John categorically stated that the Ramani's statements were made in the context of the #MeToo movement and the importance of this movement can't be contested. To argue that raising a voice against …

Emotional, Domestic Abuse of Women Rising as NCW Records 2,914 Cases in July, Highest Since 2018
4 years, 5 months ago

Emotional, Domestic Abuse of Women Rising as NCW Records 2,914 Cases in July, Highest Since 2018

News 18  

The National Commission for Women has received 2,914 complaints of crimes committed against women in July this year, the highest since November 2018 when the #MeToo movement was at its peak in the country. According to data by the National Commission for Women, 660 complaints of domestic violence were received in July alone. The number of complaints received in July …

Feminism has not ‘gone too far’. Online abuse against women is as harmful as ever
4 years, 5 months ago

Feminism has not ‘gone too far’. Online abuse against women is as harmful as ever

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy According to …

MeToo movement brewing in eSports industry as scores of women allege exploitation
4 years, 6 months ago

MeToo movement brewing in eSports industry as scores of women allege exploitation

Firstpost  

Over the last few days, the world of gaming and esports has been shaken as many women have come forward with allegations ranging from unwanted flirting to blatant sexual abuse within the industry. Many women have come forward with allegations ranging from unwanted flirting to blatant sexual abuse within the industry. Anthony ‘Scantzor’ Hodgson, a former coach for the Dota …

#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 …

Rajeev Khandelwal shares casting couch horror with top director: ‘He asked me to go to his room which I refused’
4 years, 9 months ago

Rajeev Khandelwal shares casting couch horror with top director: ‘He asked me to go to his room which I refused’

Hindustan Times  

The #MeToo movement, which rocked the country in 2018, encouraged several people to come out with their experiences of sexual harassment and assault. During a recent interaction with The Times of India, Rajeev Khandelwal said that men, too, were at the receiving end of inappropriate advances. Rajeev Khandelwal said that men, too, were victims of sexual harassment. Before Rajeev made …

Exploring Corollaries Of The "Me Too" Movement In India
4 years, 10 months ago

Exploring Corollaries Of The "Me Too" Movement In India

Live Law  

Following allegations of sexual misconduct against film producer Harvey Weinstein surfacing in October 2017, the Time Magazine declared "The Silence Breakers" as the "2017 Person of the Year". The profound reality that emerged from this chain of events was sparked by "Me Too" declarations across the globe, was that that sexual harassment and/or sexual assault surpassed genders, sectors, communities, countries …

Leena Manimekalai on India's #MeToo movement, fighting defamation case: 'Absolute truth is my absolute defence'
4 years, 10 months ago

Leena Manimekalai on India's #MeToo movement, fighting defamation case: 'Absolute truth is my absolute defence'

Firstpost  

Poet and filmmaker Leena Manimekalai, who has just finished the tenth hearing of the case filed against her on 7 March by Tamil film director Susi Ganesan, says the MeToo movement in India is an example of how the society consistently continues to fail the women. Poet and filmmaker Leena Manimekalai, who has just concluded the tenth hearing of the …

Chinmayi on #MeToo: Women are trained not to retaliate
4 years, 10 months ago

Chinmayi on #MeToo: Women are trained not to retaliate

India Today  

On Thursday, singer Chinmayi Sripaada took to her Instagram to share a screengrab that speaks about Oscar-award winning producer Harvey Weinstein, who was accused of multiple sexual assaults. She wrote, "It could take 13 women so far against Vairamuthu.Scores of people banned by Mr Radha Ravi.Multiple girls naming Mr Anu Malik, Kailash Kher or Singer Karthik or Raghu Dixit but …

Radhika Santhanam reviews She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement by Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey
4 years, 11 months ago

Radhika Santhanam reviews She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement by Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey

The Hindu  

In She Said, an unputdownable, thrilling account of TheNew York Times ’ investigation into the sexual allegations against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey are less interested in Weinstein the predator and more eager to draw attention to how the system enables perpetrators. Tale of cover-ups But first, getting women to speak even off the record …

MeToo: Instagram account holder seeks time from HC to settle row with Subodh Gupta
4 years, 11 months ago

MeToo: Instagram account holder seeks time from HC to settle row with Subodh Gupta

India Today  

An Instagram account holder, who posted sexual harassment allegations by a woman against artist Subodh Gupta, told the Delhi High Court on Tuesday that an amicable settlement of the dispute was being explored and sought a week's time for it. In view of the request made, Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw listed Gupta's defamation case against the account holder on February …

Opinion | Do not let online trolls menace our public life
4 years, 11 months ago

Opinion | Do not let online trolls menace our public life

Live Mint  

Every seventh tweet directed at a woman politician in the country is either “problematic” or “abusive”, a study by Amnesty International India has found. The human rights advocacy group’s report, titled Troll Patrol India: Exposing Online Abuse Faced by Women Politicians in India, also found every fifth such message to be misogynistic. Regressive elements of the Indian patriarchy have always …

14% Rise In Sex Crime Reporting After MeToo Movement: Study
5 years, 1 month ago

14% Rise In Sex Crime Reporting After MeToo Movement: Study

ABP News  

New York: The MeToo movement that took the world by storm has led to a 14 per cent rise in reporting of sexual crimes during its first three months across the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries. The MeToo movement started on October 15, 2017 after sexual misconduct allegations against former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein became public following a …

14% rise in sex crime reporting after MeToo movement: Study
5 years, 1 month ago

14% rise in sex crime reporting after MeToo movement: Study

India TV News  

The MeToo movement that took the world by storm has led to a 14 per cent rise in reporting of sexual crimes during its first three months across the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries. The MeToo movement started on October 15, 2017 after sexual misconduct allegations against former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein became public following a tweet by …

Where Does the #MeToo Movement Stand Post the Utsav-Mahima Spat?
5 years, 1 month ago

Where Does the #MeToo Movement Stand Post the Utsav-Mahima Spat?

The Quint  

Almost a year after the #MeToo movement struck India, a rash of accused perpetrators have started making their sometimes-sly, sometimes-loud comebacks. YouTuber Utsav Chakraborty, who was called out by a number of women for sexual misconduct and sexual harassment in the wake of the #MeToo movement in October 2018, took to Twitter last month to come out ‘clean’. After his …

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 …

Life in Bollywood a year after #MeToo
5 years, 2 months ago

Life in Bollywood a year after #MeToo

Live Mint  

A fortnight ago, a bevy of Bollywood stars made a beeline for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s official residence in Delhi. Much like the suggested theme for that evening, Bollywood itself has been struggling with the question of “change within” ever since some women came forward with allegations of an entrenched culture of sexual harassment at the heart of the Hindi …

Indian art world's #MeToo reckoning: Toxic patriarchal conditioning must be dismantled for true change – Firstpost
5 years, 2 months ago

Indian art world's #MeToo reckoning: Toxic patriarchal conditioning must be dismantled for true change – Firstpost

Firstpost  

Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part column by art writer and critic Rosalyn D’Mello on the patriarchal conditioning at the core of the Indian art world, which has impeded a meaningful engagement with the #MeToo movement. pic.twitter.com/rZOgMRIcel — #MeTooIndia October 5, 2019 When @MeTooIndia tweeted a picture of the email, because it had been included in the …

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 …

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