At the cinema, on the radio and on Youtube: 3 cultural reco for the 5th anniversary of #MeToo

The 5 years of #MeToo are an opportunity for draw up financial statementsto get a better look behind us know the future of our struggles against systemic oppression. Here are 3 rich and useful cultural tips to help us with this.

A radio show: #MeToo, 5 years later: have we really changed?

What philosophical balance can we take from #MeToo? What is the impact of the movement? youth ? The fear of complaining She has a impact on romantic relationships ? How school and education have detected #MeToo? We can get it over with impunity ?

As exciting as they are fundamental, these questions are just a taste debates and analysis to whom French culture devoted 5 days from 3 to 7 October. “With philosophy”, “Being and knowing”, “Par les temps qui current”: the various radio programs have welcomed the words of philosophers, sociologists and many specialists deciphering the multiple aspects and consequences of #MeToo on a planetary scale.

This programming also gave way testimonials women victims of violence, like that of Léa, who recounts her difficult journey and discusses the importance of the work of gluing machines. We were also impressed by the speeches of Emmanuelle Josse and Marion Pillas, editor-in-chief of The breaking waverevision intersectional feminist founded the day after #MeToo. “What’s the #MeToo event changed in our life and in our reading of the world ? “, ” How tells about the struggles and the debates that shake society in its wake? “, ” How giving a voice to women and minorities in Genre ? “ All of these questions are in the “From the Times They Run” program.

Special programming is available in replay on the website and on the app French radio.

A film to see at the cinema in November: She Said

the November 23cinemas will screen the first feature film dedicated to the investigation and to journalists that brought down Harvey Weinstein.

The latter was the focus of the beautiful documentary the untouchablereleased in 2019, in which director Ursula Macfarlane recounted her rise and fall, taking care to highlight the power of the system that protects it.

Directed by director Maria Schrader, She said is taken from the book of the two journalists, entitled He said: the underside of the investigation that revealed the Weinstein affair and blew up the Me Too movement. The film moves away from this sexual predator figure to focus on the two women who broke the silence of the victims.

She said will immerse us in the depth of the investigative work of the journalists of the New York Times, Megan Twohey And Jodi Kantor (Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan). Their investigation led to breaking the blanket that weighs on gender and sexual violence in Hollywood, revealing one of the most important scandals of their generation and triggering the birth of #MeToo. The film will be released in theaters on November 23.

A Youtube channel: Carology

Carology is a real gold mine. This is the Youtube channel that I would recommend to a sister.

Carolina’s videos are undoubtedly among the assets the most valuable, useful, intelligent, benevolent and important that I came across the internet. They contain a diversity themes of rare wealth. Carolina is exceptionally relevant on multiple topics, offering particularly comprehensive content. On his channel there are social issues relating to women and minorities, recommendations for feminist readingsof the extension And Advice related to travel, love, sexuality, gender identity …

Indignant his analytical acumenCarolina has been feeding her canal ever since 2014 ! In other words, Carology it also serves as a witness to the evolutions of feminism in recent years tagged by #MeToo. Through her curiosity, her critical eye always alert and her ability to constantly question herself, Carolina is one of the spokespersons of a generation. definitely feminist.

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