Tag Archives for PREPPE blog series
Constructing the Weinstein story: the political economy of scandal
While the Weinstein scandal has generated a pseudo-systemic critique of sexual violence in the workplace, economic inequalities still determine who gets scandalised and who gets to respond This is the fourth blog in a series on the political economy of the Weinstein scandal Popular podcast The Guilty Feminist released two episodes of the show relating specifically to ‘Weinstein culture’. Comedian … Continue reading
“I was a thing: not a nobody, but a body”: The political economy of the body & the Weinstein scandal
Hollywood’s commodification of women’s bodies must be recognised as a contributory factor when questioning the (un)shocking prevalence of sexual violence and abuse. Therefore, to fully understand the political economy of the Weinstein scandal, it is necessary to foreground the body This is the third blog in a series on the political economy of the Weinstein scandal Salma Hayek’s searing essay … Continue reading
Who pays for sexual harassment?
Calculating the economic costs of sexual harassment obscures its underlying wrongs – as does the disparagement of people that ‘sleep their way to the top’. The Weinstein scandal calls both of these approaches into question This is the second blog in a series on the political economy of the Weinstein scandal The dominance of orthodox economics in society is hard … Continue reading
The political economy of the Weinstein scandal
This blog series introduces some preliminary research from SPERI’s PREPPE programme, a project that asks: What can political economy tell us about the Weinstein scandal and the #MeToo movement? And what can the Weinstein scandal and #MeToo movement teach us about political economy? The Weinstein scandal is well known: An initial exposure of the systematic sexual violence of Hollywood producer … Continue reading
#MeToo and Harvey Weinstein: Telling stories of vulnerable bodies
Since the Harvey Weinstein scandal broke, the #MeToo and #TimesUp hashtags campaign have become internationally recognised as a symbol of resistance against sexual and gender-based violence and abuse. The campaigns inspired people to tell their stories of everyday abuse, assault and discrimination but how much difference can a social media campaign make? This is the fifth blog in a series … Continue reading →
17 August 2018 by Tom Watts
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