Speaking up in the Age of #MeToo and Persistent Patriarchy or What Can We Learn from an Elevator Incident about Anti-Feminist Backlash

Document Type

Article - Open Access

Publication Title

feminist review

Publication Date

5-2018

Abstract/ Summary

Two women walk into a crowded elevator at a large academic conference…

This is not the first line of a joke. Rather, it is the beginning of a troubling ordeal that sheds light on everyday sexism in academia as well as the growing backlash against decades of feminist and social justice activism, which predate the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements.

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