Carly Gieseler

The Voices of #MeToo (eBook, ePUB)

From Grassroots Activism to a Viral Roar

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Voices of #MeToo: From Grassroots Activism to a Viral Roar is a timely analysis of how marginalized voices are engaged or silenced in one of the most successful social media projects in recent history. Accessibly written, this book unravels the ideas and practices of activism throughout the #MeToo movement from its inception to its current viral moment. The movement went viral with a tweet from Alyssa Milano after the avalanche of sexual harassment and assault allegations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. The hashtag, however, got its start from African-American, grassroots activist Tarana Burke a decade earlier. Taking this as her starting place, Gieseler focuses on the marginalized communities that are often ignored once a movement goes mainstream. With chapters on black female activism, the LGBTQ+ community and disability, toxic masculinity, and international responses, The Voices of #MeToo issues a call for all movements to become more inclusive as they seek empowerment and resistance against oppressive and abusive forces. Perhaps in exploring issues of social justice through an intersectional lens, we may all begin to hear and amplify the voices that are often silenced in the louder, viral roar.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781538128022
• Artikelnr.: 56940388

Autorenporträt

Carly Gieseler is Associate Professor of Speech Communication in the Department of Performing and Fine Arts at York College - City University of New York. She holds a Ph.D. in Communication from the University of South Florida. Her work focuses on intersectional issues of performance, identity and representation in emerging trends, activist movements, and marginalized communities across our changing media and communication landscape.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Chapter One: "The Silence Breakers": The Social Media
Activism of #MeToo I. The Voices of #MeToo 1. Challenges of Change 2.
Meeting the Challenge 3. A History of Collective Action 4. Social Media and
#Intersectionality II. Intersectional Approaches 1. Mapping the Margins 2.
Not a Moment, But a Movement Chapter Two: "When Movie Stars don't Know
Where to Go, What Hope is There for the Rest of Us?" The Public and Private
Faces of #MeToo I. The Celebrity Machine 1. Critical Mass a. Consumerism b.
Reductionism 2. Social Media is the Message 3. Performing Activism 4.
Agents of Change Chapter Three: "Sisters Still Managed to Get Diminished or
Erased": Tarana Burke's Grassroots Goal and the Implications of #MeToo for
Women of Color 1. Intersectional Interventions I. The Activism of Everyday
Survival 1. Cultural Guardians: Black Female Activists 2. A Legacy of
Silenced Voices 3. Pipelines of Abuse 4. WOC Online II. Recuperating the
99% Chapter Four: "Most of Us Were Never Taught the Language with Which to
Understand the Experiences of our Youth": The Double-Bind of Silenced
Sexual Victimization in the LGBTQ+ Community 1. Statistics and Silence 2.
Multifaceted Oppression a. Fetishization b. Bisexuality c. Trans Community
d. LGBTQ+ Youth 3. Internalization 4. Binaried Language 5. #MeQueer I. A
Worthy Goal 1. Prism of Reckoning Chapter Five: "The Fastest Way to
Discredit Any Women's Rights Struggle is to Say it Comes from Somewhere
Else": Global Responses to #MeToo I. MeToo Rising Worldwide 1. Collective
Understanding 2. Statistical Context 3. Global Responses a. Australia b.
Brazil c. China d. Denmark e. England f. France g. Kenya h. India i.
Ireland j. Japan k. Philippines l. Russia m. South Korea n. Spain o. Sweden
II. The Shared Language of Change Chapter Six: "Disability is the One
Minority Group We Can All Join": The Omission of People with Disabilities
from #MeToo I. Sexual Citizenship 1. A Personhood up for Grabs 2.
Educational Justice II. Blank Boxes and Intersectionality Chapter Seven:
"Perhaps all the Moment Requires is for Men to Shut Up and Listen": Toxic
Masculinity and Male Responses to #MeToo I. Hegemonic Backlash 1. The Toxic
Locker Room 2. Networked Misogyny 3. From Bystanders to Upstanders 4. The
Hazards of Conformity II. #WeDo Believe Male Survivors III. Fragile
Strength 1. The Wake-Up Call Final Thoughts