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-10 posts tagged "#MeToo"
Johannah Ward | Monday, November 18, 2019
The Belles Against Violence Office (BAVO) and Belles Athletics teamed up with non-profit The Army of Survivors to host a free screening of HBO’s “At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal” Sunday evening, followed by a panel and Q&A session. The film details the scandal and trial of Larry Nassar, the osteopathic
Anne Elizabeth Barr | Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Tarana Burke, the founder of the #MeToo movement, spoke to the Notre Dame community Monday evening about her leadership in activism against sexual violence in society. The lecture kicked off “Sex and the Soul Week,” an event week that seeks to promote dialogue about sexuality and faith on campus. The talk, moderated by Maria McKenna,
Mike Donovan | Thursday, October 4, 2018
On the relationship between the artist and his or her art, I side with Michel Foucault — even though “It has been understood that the task of criticism is not to re-establish ties between the author and his work or to reconstitute an author’s experience through his works and, further, that criticism should concern itself
Gary Caruso | Friday, September 28, 2018
During the Trump era, the President’s early morning tweets routinely sculpt a fast-paced, short-term and tension-filled political terrain each week. This week seems to have topped them all since the inauguration. It began with Trump’s rebuttal of why world leaders laughed at him at the United Nations. The week sped along with the President’s phone
Nicholas Ottone | Friday, September 7, 2018
An hour into her comedy special “Nanette,” Hannah Gadsby says, “Stories hold our cure.” Here are two. The first is “Nanette,” a deconstructionist gem loosely described as comedy, a powerful narrative of identity and pain practically shouted into the howling winds of history. The second is “The Tale,” a masterful memoir of abuse and memory,
Iman Omar | Thursday, March 22, 2018
Kate Hennessy, who has worked on films including “Lady Bird,” “Fences” and “Interstellar” and supervised famous actors and actresses including Viola Davis, Anne Hathaway and Sir Michael Caine, reflected on the #MeToo movement and life in Hollywood in the Vander Vennet Theatre at Saint Mary’s on Wednesday evening. Associate professor of psychology Karen Chambers said she
Selena Ponio | Wednesday, February 28, 2018
A simple hashtag, #MeToo, was the spark that helped light a contemporary social movement, and on Monday members of the Notre Dame community came together in Geddes Hall to discuss the legal and political implications of the #MeToo moment. The lecture and discussion was part of the NDVotes lecture series “Pizza, Pop & Politics.” Jennifer
Nora McGreevy | Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Woman after woman filed down the red carpet, each clad defiantly in black. #TimesUp pins on lapels glinted under the glare of paparazzi flashes. Activists such as Tarana Burke, Marai Larasi, Rosa Clemente, Ai-jen Poo, Billie Jean King and many more mingled with the regular Hollywood crowd on the red carpet and in the glitzy
Gary Caruso | Friday, December 1, 2017
Call it anything — hate email, cyber bullying or an electronic cry to counter an Oedipus complex or cure erectile dysfunction — haters relish an opportunity to lord over others by belittling peculiar physical characteristics, age, religion or other perceived weaknesses. Much of the hate mail I receive mentions my presidential appointment under Bill Clinton,
Sarah Cate Baker | Wednesday, October 25, 2017
By now, we’ve all seen the #MeToo stories pop up on social media. The women who step forward to share stories of unwanted attention, harassment or abuse show exemplary bravery, and their goal is admirable: to raise awareness of the aggression against women that occurs every day. But what do we do with that awareness