#59: Making the Most of #MeToo
In her summer cover story for the Scholar, \u201cIn the Labyrinth of #MeToo,\u201d Sandra M. Gilbert looks at how far the newest feminist movement has come\u2014and how far we have to go yet to achieve feminism\u2019s goals. Her essay places the latest wave in the mythic feminist tradition, expresses her qualms about certain directions the movement has taken, and asks how we should regard the work of artists whose offensive behavior has been revealed. On our podcast, she these questions and much more.
Go beyond the episode:
- \u201cAn Open Letter from Dylan Farrow,\u201d and her first television interview detailing her sexual assault allegations against Woody Allen
- The full letter that the survivor in the Stanford rape case read at Brock Turner's trial
- Roxane Gay, \u201cCan I Enjoy the Art but Denounce the Artist?\u201d
- Hadley Freeman, \u201cWhat does Hollywood\u2019s reverence for child rapist Roman Polanski tell us?\u201d
- A. O. Scott, \u201cMy Woody Allen Problem\u201d
- Claire Dederer, \u201cWhat Do We Do with the Art of Monstrous Men?\u201d
- Jason Farago, \u201cGaugin: It\u2019s Not Just Genius vs. Monster\u201d
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