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This chapter examines reasons to be cautious about the #MeToo movement. That the widely accused Donald Trump got elected as President and that the similarly accused Judge Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed to the Supreme Court highlight there is still a way to go before sexual misconduct is considered an urgent problem worth acting on. In this chapter, #MeToo is examined as a movement that has excelled at consciousness-raising and agenda-setting but which has ill-defined objectives, meaning that moving beyond serving as a repository for testimonials hasn’t occurred. Also explored is the extent to which news media presents a false idea of impact, as well as the concern that celebrity stories continue to be disproportionately reported on and that celebrities still front the campaign. Translating #MeToo out of Hollywood remains a challenge.
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Rosewarne, L. (2019). #MeToo and the Reasons To Be Cautious. In: Fileborn, B., Loney-Howes, R. (eds) #MeToo and the Politics of Social Change. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15213-0_11
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