‘Rice Bunnies’ – #MeToo in China: A hashtag movement and women’s empowerment through social media

2018 was a year of media headlines and public conversations around sexual abuse and sexual violence. In October 2017, #MeToo a hashtag movement spread virally on social media platforms carried new attention to the pervasive issue of sexual harassment and sexual assault against women. This movement arrived out of the public revelations involving allegations of sexual misconduct made against Harvey Weinstein, a powerful film producer-mogul and rumoured longtime sexual predator in Hollywood.

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Han Bao

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Publication date: July 2019

Publication date (Print): July 2019

Pages: 68-70

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[0001]King’s College London

The Strand, London WC2R 2LS, UK

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EVA2019.14

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Conference name: Proceedings of EVA London 2019

Conference acronym: EVA 2019

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Conference location: London, UK

Conference date: 8 - 11 July 2019

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts

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1477-9358 BCS Learning & Development

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T. GianniniJ. P. Bowen 2019 Art and Activism at Museums in a Post-digital World EVA London 2019
B. Han 2019 A cultural analysis of new citizen activism in China: online investigations as their emotional mobilization within social media

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[1] T. GianniniJ. P. Bowen 2019 Art and Activism at Museums in a Post-digital World EVA London 2019

[2] B. Han 2019 A cultural analysis of new citizen activism in China: online investigations as their emotional mobilization within social media

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