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#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.

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Notes on contributors

Acknowledgements

Forward

Walter DeKeseredy

Dedication

Introduction

Chapter 1. Introduction: mapping the emergence of #MeToo

Bianca Fileborn & Rachel Loney-Howes

Part 1: The politics of speaking out and consciousness-raising

Chapter 2. The politics of the personal: the evolution of anti-rape activism from second-wave feminism to #MeToo

Rachel Loney-Howes

Chapter 3. Digital feminist activism: #MeToo and the everyday experiences of challenging rape culture

Kaitlynn Mendes & Jessica Ringrose

Chapter 4. Online feminist activism as performative consciousness-raising: a #MeToo case study

Jessamy Gleeson & Breanan Turner

Chapter 5. You say #MeToo, I say #MiTu: China´s online campaigns against sexual abuse

Jing Zeng

Chapter 6. A thousand and one stories: myth and the #MeToo movement

Mary Anne Franks

Part 2: Whose bodies matter? #MeToo and the politics of inclusion

Chapter 7. From ´MeToo´ to ´Too Far´? Contesting the boundaries of sexual violence in contemporary activism

Bianca Fileborn & Nickie D. Phillips

Chapter 8. This black body is not yours for the taking

Tess Ryan

Chapter 9. Beyond the bright lights: are minoritized women outside the spotlight able to say #MeToo?

Neha Kagal, Leah Cowan & Huda Jawad

Chapter 10. ´It´s not just men and women´: LGBTQIA people and #MeToo

Jess Ison

Part 3: Not all that glitters is gold: #MeToo, the entertainment industry and media reporting

Chapter 11. #MeToo and the reasons to be cautious

Lauren Rosewarne

Chapter 12. Substitution activism: the impact of #MeToo in Argentina

María Cecilia Garibotti& Cecilia Marcela Hopp

Chapter 13. Shitty Media Men

Bridget Haire, Christy E. Newman & Bianca Fileborn

Chapter 14. Journalist guidelines and media reporting in the wake of #MeToo

Kathryn Royal

Chapter 15. ´It´s a reckoning that is long overdue´: reconfiguring the work of popular sex advice after #MeToo

Christy E. Newman & Bridget Haire

Part 4: Ethical possibilities and the future of anti-sexual violence activism

Chapter 16. Consent lies destroy lives: pleasure as the sweetest taboo

Cyndi Darnell

Chapter 17. #MeToo as sex panic.

Heidi Matthews

Chapter 18. Men, masculinities, and #MeToo: mapping men´s responses to anti-rape advocacy and inspiring their support for change

Michael Flood

Chapter 19. Understanding anger: ethical responsiveness and the cultural production of celebrity masculinities

Rob Cover

Chapter 20. Online justice in the circuit of capital: #MeToo, marketization and the deformation of sexual ethics

Michael Salter

Conclusion

Chapter 21. Conclusion: ´A new day is on the horizon´?

Rachel Loney-Howes & Bianca Fileborn

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