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Helen Schulman in Conversation about Lucky Dogs

Her latest novel explores the nuances and paradoxes of the #MeToo movement ignited by the Harvey Weinstein case

November 14, 2023 • by Brianna Corley and Helen Schulman

Though Lucky Dogs examines both the #MeToo movement and the nature of civil war (between women, between cultures), Schulman is quick to add that Lucky Dogs is also meant to be funny—as in fact the author is herself....

Helen Schulman in Conversation about <em>Lucky Dogs</em>

Literature

Helen Schulman’s New Novel Is a Nail-Biter

Lucky Dogs offers a home for strays

November 13, 2023 • by Paloma Velasco

I was a nail-biter in high school. I stopped when I went to college, embarrassed by what now seemed like a childish lack of control. Last week, Helen Schulman’s new anxiety-inducing novel, Lucky Dogs, made me relapse....

Helen Schulman’s New Novel Is a Nail-Biter

Sex & Gender

The Courage of E. Jean Carroll

Telling one person you were raped is hard; telling a nation is heroic

May 11, 2023 • by Claire Potter

It would be foolish to tell anyone not to be afraid of Donald Trump, and it would be foolish not to fear the consequences of being widely known as a person who has been raped....

New York City

Good Jewish Boys Gone Bad

Did the sexual monstrosity of Harvey Weinstein and Jeffrey Epstein have cultural roots?

August 31, 2022 • by Mitchell Abidor

Harvey Weinstein—like Jeffrey Epstein—was the product not of a liberated sexuality gone haywire but of a liberated sexuality that passed them by when it mattered most. ...

Feminism

Why #MeToo Isn’t Enough

The Morning Show wrestles with the ambiguities of workplace sexual harassment—and how complicated the truth really is

February 25, 2021 • by Claire Potter

"Can the word “rape” describe the experience of a woman who submits to sex, but only because she is so frightened she lost her capacity to move or speak?"...

Sex & Gender

The Weinstein Trial and the #MeToo Movement

February 26, 2020 • by Britta Reuther and Chiara Bottici

--- Britta Reuther: How did the Weinstein case change society when it comes to tolerating sexual harassment? Chiara Bottici: It did not change the thing itself, but it did change certain established ways to perceive it. In the American Society, until a few decades ago, sexual harassment did not even exist as a ...

The Weinstein Trial and the #MeToo Movement

Sexual Harassment

Seeking the pleasures of ‘consent’ under duress

February 26, 2018 • by Virginia Goldner

Last year the journal Studies in Gender and Sexuality published a panel called "The ontology of the rape joke," organized around a performance by Vanessa Place of her piece, "Rape joke." The panel included responses from Jamieson Webster, Jeff Dolven, Gayle Salamon, Kyoo Lee, Katie Gentile, and Virginia Goldner, and ended with ...

Feature

A Lot of Things Are Broken

Why focusing on sex won’t fix sexual harassment

January 31, 2018 • by Claire Potter

This post was originally published by Eurozine and was accompanied by three other posts that Public Seminar will repost later this week. Following the first wave of the #MeToo movement, a new phase of reflection has set in. Here, four authors and journal editors from the US and Europe assess #MeToo's ...

Feature

#MeToo, Trump, Weinstein, and the Problem of Individual Responsibility

Society is Guilty

October 30, 2017 • by Bryant William Sculos

More recently, actress Alyssa Milano tweeted that if all the women who have faced unwanted advances or assaults at the hands of the men in their lives tweeted or posted “#MeToo” on social media, maybe men would realize the ubiquity of this heinous problem that women face on a daily ...

Feature

Harvey Weinstein, Pumpkin Spice, and the Dove Ad Controversy

Past Present Episode 103

October 22, 2017 • by Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer and Neil J. Young

In this episode, Neil, Niki, and Natalia debate alleged sexual predator Harvey Weinstein and the culture that enables him, the history of the pumpkin spice phenomenon, and the controversy over a Dove soap advertisement.

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Harvey Weinstein

Helen Schulman in Conversation about Lucky Dogs

Her latest novel explores the nuances and paradoxes of the #MeToo movement ignited by the Harvey Weinstein case

Helen Schulman’s New Novel Is a Nail-Biter

Lucky Dogs offers a home for strays

The Courage of E. Jean Carroll

Telling one person you were raped is hard; telling a nation is heroic

Good Jewish Boys Gone Bad

Did the sexual monstrosity of Harvey Weinstein and Jeffrey Epstein have cultural roots?

Why #MeToo Isn’t Enough

The Morning Show wrestles with the ambiguities of workplace sexual harassment—and how complicated the truth really is

A Lot of Things Are Broken

Why focusing on sex won’t fix sexual harassment

#MeToo, Trump, Weinstein, and the Problem of Individual Responsibility

Society is Guilty

Harvey Weinstein, Pumpkin Spice, and the Dove Ad Controversy

Past Present Episode 103

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Her latest novel explores the nuances and paradoxes of the #MeToo movement ignited by the Harvey Weinstein case

Lucky Dogs offers a home for strays

Telling one person you were raped is hard; telling a nation is heroic

Did the sexual monstrosity of Harvey Weinstein and Jeffrey Epstein have cultural roots?

The Morning Show wrestles with the ambiguities of workplace sexual harassment—and how complicated the truth really is

As a landmark #MeToo case comes to trial, a defense attorney questions the usefulness of the law.

Seeking the pleasures of ‘consent’ under duress

Why focusing on sex won’t fix sexual harassment

Society is Guilty

Past Present Episode 103

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