Hear #metoo in India

In this podcast, we chat with Pallavi Guha about her book " Hear #metoo in India: News, Social Media, and Anti-Rape and Sexual Harassment Activism ". The #metoo movement caught the imagination of the world and was also a topic of discussion in India. But what was the actual reality of the discussion around #metoo? Was it a real grassroots movement or it was a controlled discussion where the voice of certain sections of Indian society was promoted while the majority of the people are left behind? Pallavi's book looks at many such issues in a detailed manner.

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00:00 Intro
01:04 Pallavi's background
02:53 Why did she decide to do a PhD?
09:04 Writing a book vs a PhD paper
11:59 Creating alliances within the global system
16:23 Feminist Activism in India
20:13 Heterogenous Feminist Movement in India
23:03 Reporting of rapes and the dichotomy
26:55 Rape news coverage in India
32:11 Selectivity, gatekeeping and hierarchy of Feminist activists
36:14 Pseudo - Feminism
39:13 Social media and hypocrisy
42:18 Rape Victims and media selectivity
45:29 Dichotomy of modern journalism
49:55 Where do we draw the line?
51:28 Trans-national Hashtag movements
57:15 Social media: A double edged sword
59:00 What is the way forward?
01:03:26 Motivation behind starting the podcast
01:08:44 What's Pallavi's next project?
01:10:15 Closing comments

Follow Pallavi: @pallavi_guha

You can buy the book:
https://www.amazon.in/Hear-metoo-India-Anti-Rape-Harassment/dp/1978805721/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=pallavi+guha&qid=1614879018&sr=8-1

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