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
Bianca Fileborn is Lecturer in Criminology at the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia. Her research examines the intersections of space/place, identity, culture and sexual violence, and justice responses to sexual violence. Dr. Fileborn was awarded an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award in 2019 to examine justice responses to street harassment. Other recent projects include an examination of safety and sexual violence at Australian music festivals, sexual violence in licensed venues, and LGBTIQ+ young people’s involvement in family violence. She is the author of Reclaiming The Night-Time Economy: Unwanted Sexual Attention in Pubs and Clubs (Palgrave Macmillan).
Rachel Loney-Howes is Lecturer in Criminology in the School of Health and Society at the University of Wollongong, Australia. A critical socio-legal studies scholar, her research explores the nature, history, and scope of anti-rape activism, with a particular focus on the relationship between activism, support services, and law reform.
#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.