Time’s Up is an awareness, action, and advocacy group originally founded by over 300 women in 2017 (founding members linked here: https://timesupnow.org/times-up-the-300-original-signatories/) dedicated to fighting sexual harassment and related abuses of power in the entertainment industry. In 2018, they launched the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund, under the National Women’s Law Center (linked here: https://nwlc.org/times-up-legal-defense-fund/). … Read more
Link to article: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/06/13/sarah-mcbride-gay-survivors-helped-launch-me-too-but-rates-lgbt-abuse-largely-overlooked/692094002/ Sexual assault is a form of violence that disproportionately affects women and minority groups. This can be seen from the rates of sexual assault on LGBTQ people. It’s no shock to me that simply coming out increases one’s risk for sexual assault. The article lists and explains the risk factors LGBTQ people … Read more
Lulabel Seitz said that she was told by her administrators to not speak about her or other students sexual assault experiences in high school. Almost scared away she decided to still speak on sexual assault during her valedictorian speech. Her microphone was then cut off because the school said that her speech, “wouldn’t help”. When … Read more
Currently the #MeToo and #TimesUp movement have been gaining more traction. Most recently, the Harvey Weinstein scandal has surrounded the press. I saw a video a few days ago of a speech Jennifer Lawerence did with Harvey Weinstein. Her body language looked uncomfortable and her words matched that. In this article, she is mentioned by … Read more
Bill Cosby, a famous icon, has been recently convicted of rape. Cosby has been sentenced to 30 years in prison, being charged with only three counts of aggravated indecent assault (O’Brien). There were over 60 victims that came out about their assault, yet he was only charged with three counts. I think this shows how … Read more
Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/17/arts/television/mtv-catfish-schulman.html Videos: Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTlOww0NTVI Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWsnv-vLJh0&t=498s Overview: On May 12, 2018 a former guest on the show Catfish, Ayissha Morgan, uploaded a video on to Youtube accusing the lead host, Nev Schulman for sexual misconduct that happened 3 years ago. In her video, she discusses that from the beginning she felt very uncomfortable around the host. … Read more
I encourage you all to watch the documentary Citizen Rose on E! Rose McGowan has been an activist for the #MeToo movement since allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein went public in October of 2017, followed by claims regarding a host of other Hollywood and media predators. In this documentary she talks about her experiences with … Read more
CNN Fox News As President Trump is gearing up for his first State of the Union, he is starting to give hints into some of the things he might talk about. Not surprisingly he’s planning on talking about the booming economy, low unemployment rates, the Republican tax bill, etc. More unexpectedly, he is also planning … Read more
Saturday Night Live was able to take on the #MeToo movement with humor. The second sketch actually brings up intersectionality, another example of how this term has made its way into the public lingo: “Next For Men” Ad Dinner Discussion