Tagged: #metoo

From #MeToo to #RiceBunny: how social media users are campaigning in China - Guest Work

Guest Author • May 03, 2018 •

• #metoo,
• China,
• Chinese,
• gender equality,
• internet censorship,
• obscenity,
• political pressure,
• sexual harassment,
• Silicon Valley,
• technology,
• universities,
• Western

Meg Jing Zeng, Queensland University of Technology This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Rice bunny says, “the only thing I want for the coming Lunar New Year is anti-sexual harassment rulings… You can take my plate away, but you cannot shut my mouth.” So reads the opening line of a … Read More

#MeToo must also tackle online abuse - Guest Work

Guest Author • Mar 23, 2018 •

• #metoo,
• abuse,
• academia,
• Amnesty International,
• assault,
• cyberbullying,
• Economic,
• Facebook,
• harassment,
• instagram,
• journalism,
• online abuse,
• politics,
• Psychology,
• Snapchat,
• Social,
• Social media,
• Twitter,
• victim blaming,
• workplaces

Jennifer Beckett, University of Melbourne and Monica Whitty, University of Melbourne This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Six months after the explosive allegations of sexual harassment against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein came to light, giving impetus to the #MeToo movement, this series looks at the aftermath of … Read More

Harassment in academia – hit institutions where it hurts - Griffin's Gadgets

Peter Griffin • Feb 28, 2018 •

• #metoo,
• harassment

As of writing this, Lawrence Krauss is still on the bill with Richard Dawkins for two shows in New Zealand in May as part of their Science in the Soul show. But the chances of Krauss, the theoretical physicist and gifted science communicator, making it to New Zealand are ebbing away by the day, as he faces multiple allegations of sexual … Read More