Authors:
- Stephanie Patrick: Google Scholar, Knowlege Commons, ORCID

- Mythili Rajiva, Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies, University of Ottawa - Personal Website, ResearchGate

Abstract: »#MeToo is a contemporary global feminist movement against sexual violence and rape culture, including media representations that normalize gendered violence. But #MeToo has also re-centered white, western, middle-class, heteronormative, and able-bodied women. This collection explores who is left out of mainstream media stories of sexual violence, critiquing feminist media studies work that ignores black feminist and intersectional scholarship. Topics include 1990s filmic representations of white working-class girls; the disposability of televisual sex workers; the fetishizing and/or disappearing of racialized characters in order to center white heroism and/or heteronormativity; the explicit construction of fat women as impossible victims; and rape-revenge films in Japanese cinema. Finally, outside traditional media, topics include Canadian true crime podcasts on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women; problematic tropes on reality television; the coding of sexual violence in digital assistants; and the subversive potential of stand-up comedy shows that center the experiences of rape victims.« (Source: SpringerLink)

Contents:

	1.1 Context (p. 1)
	1.2 Feminist Interventions into Rape Culture (p. 4)
	1.3 Black Feminist Media and Cultural Studies (p. 10)
	1.4 Intersectional Analysis as Method (p. 13)
	1.5 Themes and Structure of the Book (p. 15)
	References (p. 19)

Wikipedia: History of the Americas: History of the United States | Film: Films about rape | Televison: Television in the United States | Sex and the law: Rape / Rape in the United States | Sex and the law: Sexual assault