The Reckoning

How #MeToo is Changing Australia: Quarterly Essay #84

Jess Hill

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English

Black Inc
29 November 2021

Australasian & Pacific history; Society & culture: general; Australian Society

In 2021, Australia saw rage and revelation, as #MeToo powered an insurgency against sexism and sexual violence. From once isolated survivors to political staffers, women everywhere were refusing to keep men’s secrets.

In this electrifying essay, Jess Hill traces the conditions that gave birth to #MeToo and tells the stories of women who – often at great personal cost – found themselves at the centre of this movement. Hill exposes the networks of backlash against them – in government, media, schools, and in our national psyche. This is a powerful essay about shame, secrecy and, most of all, a revolutionary movement for accountability.

“Here’s what men like Scott Morrison don’t understand: political spin has no power against the rage unleashed by #MeToo. At its heart, this is an accountability movement... The cultural revolution of #MeToo is not just about sexual violence. It is taking aim at patriarchy’s most sacred compact: the keeping of men’s secrets.”—Jess Hill, The Reckoning

By: Jess Hill
Imprint: Black Inc
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 233mm, Width: 166mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 256g
ISBN: 9781760642853
ISBN 10: 1760642851
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 29 November 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jess Hill is an investigative journalist and the author of See What You Made Me Do. She has been a producer for ABC Radio and journalist for Background Briefing, and Middle East correspondent for The Global Mail. Her reporting on domestic abuse has won two Walkley awards, an Amnesty International award and three Our Watch awards. See What You Made Me Do won the 2020 Stella Prize and the ABA Booksellers' Choice Adult Non-Fiction Book of the Year.