The Reckoning
How #MeToo is changing Australia: Quarterly Essay 84
84th Edition
Published on 29. November 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-1-76064-285-3 (ISBN)
Description
Tracing the impact of Australia's #MeToo moment
This year, Australia's #MeToo moment erupted in the national parliament. In this electrifying essay, Jess Hill, the acclaimed author of See What You Made Me Do, traces the meaning of those events and what could happen next.
What are the politics of rage? What couldn't Scott Morrison see? And what hope is there of real progress and accountability? Hill examines how the law, the media and politics can bring about - or stall - change. She shows how when #MeToo meets patriarchy, the results are unpredictable - from lasting reform to backlash. And she asks whether a conservative prime minister can do what is required to meet the moment.
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Edition
84th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Australia
Publishing group
Black Inc.
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
312 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-76064-285-3 (9781760642853)
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Jess Hill is an investigative journalist who has been writing about domestic violence since 2014. Prior to this, she was a producer for ABC Radio, a Middle East correspondent for The Global Mail, and an investigative journalist for Background Briefing. She was listed in Foreign Policy's top 100 women to follow on Twitter, and her reporting on domestic violence has won two Walkley awards, an Amnesty International award and three Our Watch awards.