What Does It Cost to Protect Shitty Media Men?
The millions of dollars paid in hush money or severance packages to make up for the bad behavior of a few men could have single-handedly given the ailing media industry a boost.
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‘Dietland’ Serves Up Revenge Porn. But Is That What Women Want?
The new AMC series imagines a world in which the patriarchy is flipped upside down, then dropped from the sky. It's fun and feels good. But whether it's justice is subject for debate.
Birth Needs a #MeToo Reckoning
The last thing a person giving birth should have to worry about is being violated or abused by a medical practitioner. And yet, it’s more common than you think.
How Do You Teach a Bad Man’s Good Art?
In the wake of #MeToo, professors grapple with how to teach culturally important art while reckoning with the abusive, misogynist nature of some of its creators.
It’s Finally Time For an R. Kelly Reckoning
While #MeToo takes down the men who prey on predominantly white women, this serial abuser of Black girls remains unscathed. The women behind the #MuteRKelly initiative aim to change that.
Only Men Get Redemption Tours
Men like Matt Lauer, Charlie Rose and Louis C.K. are constantly given second chances while women barely get a first one.
Who’s Protecting Home-Care Workers in the #MeToo Era?
The realms of entertainment and politics dominate the headlines, while sexual harassment and assault of domestic workers goes largely unaddressed.
Can ‘Queer Eye’ Make Over Masculinity?
The reboot is about more than spiffier clothes and better haircuts. The new Fab 5 shows straight men that emotion is the strongest weapon they possess.
Women Make the Best TV
Female creators and showrunners aren’t just taking more places atop the TV landscape, they’re reinventing the whole medium.