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Alternative title: #Me Too: Stories from the Australian Movement
Issue Details: First known date: 2019... 2019 #MeToo : Stories from the Australian Movement
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'In October 2018, the hashtag MeToo went viral.

'Since then we've watched controversy erupt around Geoffrey Rush, Germaine Greer and Junot Díaz. We've talked about tracking the movement back via Helen Garner, Rosie Batty and Hannah Gadsby. We've discussed #NotAllMen, toxic masculinity and trolls. We've seen the #MeToo movement evolve and start to accuse itself - has it gone too far? Is it enough? What does it mean in this country?

'And still, women are not safe from daily, casual sexual harassment and violence.

'In this collection thirty-five contributors share their own #MeToo stories, analysis and commentary to survey the movement in an Australian context.

'This collection resists victimhood. It resists silence. It insists on change.'   (Publication summary)

Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Pan Macmillan Australia , 2019 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Among Men : On Gendered Perspectives of Sexual Violence and Stranger Harassment from a Transgender Author, Kaya Wilson , single work autobiography essay (p. 475-488)
#MeToo and Deja Vu' : Australian Sexual Harassment Activism from the 70s to Today, Kath Kenny , single work prose
`This Place' : On Aboriginal Women and Gendered Violence, Eugenia Flynn , single work prose
`How Come You're So Sane?' : A Personal Account of Rape and Rape Crisis Work in Victoria, Sylvie Leber , single work essay
You Know, Jenni Mazaraki , single work poetry
On Not Talking to Germaine Greer' : On Motherhood and Survivorship, with Reference to Germaine Greer's Essay, 'On Rape', Eleanor Jackson , single work prose
'Difficult Men' : An Auto-fiction Exploring Subtle Manipulations and Shame, Timmah Ball , single work prose
'Us, Too' : On Sexual Harassment in an Activist Space, Carly Findlay , single work essay
We're Not There Yet, But We Are on Our Way' : A Politician's Perspective on the #MeToo Movement, Harriet Shing , single work poetry
Brother, Candy Royalle , single work poetry
Exceeding Iniquities (Prayer No. 307) : On the Legacy of Sexual Assault in a Family, Maggie Scott , single work essay
#MeToo and Other Women' : The Impact of #MeToo on the Partners of Accused Men, Greta Parry , single work essay
'Where the Boys Are : The Problem with Accountability in Contemporary Australian Music : Marginalisation, Misogyny, Sexual Harassment and Abuse in the Contemporary Australian Music Industry On, Ruby Pivet , single work essay
Start Where You Are : A Graphic Rendering of the #MeToo Conversation, Sarah Firth , single work prose
Maddeningly Predictable Messages from Men : A Personal Essay about Social Media Harassment, Kerri Sackville , single work essay
'I Had Great Sex Last Night. #MeToo.' : On Sex Work and the #MeToo Movement, Fiona Patten , single work essay
16, Arielle Cottingham , single work poetry
Little Briar Thorn : A Short Fiction Retelling of Sleeping Beauty in the Age of #MeToo, Christie Nieman , single work short story
#Me Too and the Uneven Distribution of Trauma : On Intersectionality and #MeToo, Shakira Hussein , single work essay
`Breaking the Silence' : On Domestic Violence in Rural Areas, Fleur McDonald , single work poetry

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

#MeToo and the Politics of Social Change; #MeToo, Weinstein and Feminism; #MeToo: Stories From the Australian Movement Tanya Serisier , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Feminist Studies , vol. 35 no. 105 2020; (p. 310-313)

— Review of #MeToo : Stories from the Australian Movement 2019 anthology poetry essay autobiography

'#MeToo is the most recent, and potentially most significant, example in a long feminist tradition of ‘speaking out’, collectively narrating personal experiences of sexual violence in order to ‘break the silence’ and, ultimately, ‘end the violence’. As I have written about previously, as a form of feminist politics, speaking out has at least three elements. Individual women break the silence surrounding sexual violence to tell their stories; these stories collectively form the basis of a political movement; and this movement produces a new over-arching story of the political reality of sexual violence, contesting existing dominant narratives (Serisier 2018). Therefore, as these books show, when we talk about #MeToo we are often talking about at least three things: a collection of personal narratives of sexual violence and harassment shared on social media; a movement built through and in response to these stories; and an overarching and highly contested political story of the meaning of those narratives. The focus of the books discussed here can be read through these aspects.' (Introduction)

Life Writing When the World Is Burning: The Year in Kylie Cardell , 2020 single work criticism
— Appears in: Biography , vol. 43 no. 1 2020; (p. 1-8)
'It is no surprise that in Australia this year a great deal of life writing has continued to emerge in conjunction with pressing social and political issues. The ongoing national crises of refugee and asylum seeker policy, gendered abuse, and racial discrimination continue to surface in both political and literary arenas, while unprecedented bushfires have decimated the country, bringing climate change back onto the public agenda with new fury. The right of individuals to live with dignity, in safety, and free from fear—and the ongoing challenges to these rights suffered in public and domestic domains—is a connecting thread across the year’s life writing and a theme the genre is uniquely equipped to amplify.' (Introduction)
Book Review #MeToo : Stories from the Australian Movement Anna Westbrook , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , April 2019;

— Review of #MeToo : Stories from the Australian Movement 2019 anthology poetry essay autobiography

'#MeToo is not one thing ‘owned’ by one group of women, as this new collection of personal essays, fiction, and poetry demonstrates.'

Yes, Even #UsToo Mandy Sayer , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 4 May 2019; (p. 14)

— Review of #MeToo : Stories from the Australian Movement 2019 anthology poetry essay autobiography

'In the past month or so, the Australian feminist movement has suffered multiple setbacks.

'The proposed federal budget would leave single mothers, women over 50 and women already financially marginalised living with even fewer resources. In Geoffrey Rush’s successful defamation case against The Daily Telegraph, the judge concluded the main defence witness, actress Eryn Jean Norvill, was at times “prone to exaggeration and embellishment”.'(Introduction)

August in Nonfiction Caitlin McGregor , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , August 2019;

— Review of #MeToo : Stories from the Australian Movement 2019 anthology poetry essay autobiography ; Yellow City Ellena Savage , 2019 selected work essay ; Growing Up Queer in Australia 2019 anthology autobiography
A Movement, A Moment, A Reckoning : An Essential Compilation about #MeToo Zora Simic , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June - July no. 412 2019; (p. 41-42)

— Review of #MeToo : Stories from the Australian Movement 2019 anthology poetry essay autobiography

'How do we get the measure of the phenomenon that is #MeToo? Both deeply personal and profoundly structural, #MeToo has been described as a movement, a moment, and a reckoning. Some critics have dismissed it as man-hating or anti-sex; sceptics as a misguided millennial distraction from more serious feminist concerns. Others distinguish between a ‘good’ #MeToo (focused on eradicating sexual harassment from the workplace) versus a more capacious #MeToo (aimed at destroying the patriarchy). That #MeToo originated from the activism of African-American civil rights campaigner Tarana Burke in 2006 has not negated representations of #MeToo as White Feminism, but nor have the privileged white women who have been its most high-profile faces been delivered justice either.' (Introduction)

August in Nonfiction Caitlin McGregor , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , August 2019;

— Review of #MeToo : Stories from the Australian Movement 2019 anthology poetry essay autobiography ; Yellow City Ellena Savage , 2019 selected work essay ; Growing Up Queer in Australia 2019 anthology autobiography
Yes, Even #UsToo Mandy Sayer , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 4 May 2019; (p. 14)

— Review of #MeToo : Stories from the Australian Movement 2019 anthology poetry essay autobiography

'In the past month or so, the Australian feminist movement has suffered multiple setbacks.

'The proposed federal budget would leave single mothers, women over 50 and women already financially marginalised living with even fewer resources. In Geoffrey Rush’s successful defamation case against The Daily Telegraph, the judge concluded the main defence witness, actress Eryn Jean Norvill, was at times “prone to exaggeration and embellishment”.'(Introduction)

#MeToo and the Politics of Social Change; #MeToo, Weinstein and Feminism; #MeToo: Stories From the Australian Movement Tanya Serisier , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Feminist Studies , vol. 35 no. 105 2020; (p. 310-313)

— Review of #MeToo : Stories from the Australian Movement 2019 anthology poetry essay autobiography

'#MeToo is the most recent, and potentially most significant, example in a long feminist tradition of ‘speaking out’, collectively narrating personal experiences of sexual violence in order to ‘break the silence’ and, ultimately, ‘end the violence’. As I have written about previously, as a form of feminist politics, speaking out has at least three elements. Individual women break the silence surrounding sexual violence to tell their stories; these stories collectively form the basis of a political movement; and this movement produces a new over-arching story of the political reality of sexual violence, contesting existing dominant narratives (Serisier 2018). Therefore, as these books show, when we talk about #MeToo we are often talking about at least three things: a collection of personal narratives of sexual violence and harassment shared on social media; a movement built through and in response to these stories; and an overarching and highly contested political story of the meaning of those narratives. The focus of the books discussed here can be read through these aspects.' (Introduction)

Book Review #MeToo : Stories from the Australian Movement Anna Westbrook , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , April 2019;

— Review of #MeToo : Stories from the Australian Movement 2019 anthology poetry essay autobiography

'#MeToo is not one thing ‘owned’ by one group of women, as this new collection of personal essays, fiction, and poetry demonstrates.'

Thirty-five Voices, One Movement: a New Book Examines #MeToo in Australia Camilla Nelson , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 29 April 2019;

'Women have been sharing personal stories of sexual assault, abuse and harassment for – well – centuries. But in October 2017, when #MeToo went viral, there was a shift in the way these stories were received.'  (Article summary)

Natalie Kon-yu, Christie Nieman, Maggie Scott and Miriam Sved (eds) #MeToo Linda Jaivin , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 11-17 May 2019;

'When Kaya Wilson, a writer and scientist, transitioned to male, he suddenly realised he could own the streets. In his contribution to this pioneering anthology, he writes about passing a group of drunken men on a dark street, soon after transitioning. He felt his body tense “as history had taught me”. What happened next enraged him: “they wished me a good night in a pal-to-pal kind of way”. For the first time, he felt “greeted” rather than “hunted”. His fury was that it “had been so simple”.'  (Introduction)

#MeToo and the Uneven Distribution of Trauma Shakira Hussein , 2019 single work prose
— Appears in: Peril : An Asian-Australian Journal , June no. 35 2019;
What Should Politicians Be Reading at Parliamentary Book Club? Our Experts Make Their Picks Jane Howard , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 21 August 2019;
Life Writing When the World Is Burning: The Year in Kylie Cardell , 2020 single work criticism
— Appears in: Biography , vol. 43 no. 1 2020; (p. 1-8)
'It is no surprise that in Australia this year a great deal of life writing has continued to emerge in conjunction with pressing social and political issues. The ongoing national crises of refugee and asylum seeker policy, gendered abuse, and racial discrimination continue to surface in both political and literary arenas, while unprecedented bushfires have decimated the country, bringing climate change back onto the public agenda with new fury. The right of individuals to live with dignity, in safety, and free from fear—and the ongoing challenges to these rights suffered in public and domestic domains—is a connecting thread across the year’s life writing and a theme the genre is uniquely equipped to amplify.' (Introduction)
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