When the Politics of #MeToo Backfire
Female candidates championing the cause, and even sharing their own stories of harassment or abuse, may be seeking to align themselves with other survivors, but at what cost?
Jessa Crispin
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Jessa Crispin is the founder and editor of the magazines Bookslut.com and Spoliamag.com. She is the author of The Dead Ladies Project, published by The University of Chicago Press, The Creative Tarot, published by Touchstone, and Why I Am Not a Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto. She is the creator and host of the Public Intellectual Podcast, and has written for several publications, most recently The Outline, In These Times, and The Guardian.
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