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The Reckoning

  1. timelines
    Untangling Charlotte Kirk’s Role in the Fall of a Hollywood ExecutiveAnd the explosive extortion accusations that followed.
  2. the techoning
    Google Paying Off a Sexual Assaulter Isn’t Surprising, That’s How Things WorkGoogle has paid Andy Rubin nearly $90 million dollars since he resigned in 2014 after he coerced a female coworker into performing oral sex.
  3. the reckoning
    Vanessa Carlton on #MeToo and What’s Changed Since 2002The piano pop star has remade herself as an indie singer-songwriter.
  4. sexual politics
    Should There Be a Future for Seduction?Coaxing people into things they’re initially reluctant (though might secretly yearn) to do in the realm of sex and romance has become rather suspect.
  5. the body politic
    Time’s Up, BillIs Bill Clinton the only one who doesn’t realize he needs to join the #MeToo reckoning?
  6. the reckoning
    Harvey Weinstein Leaves NYPD Smiling and in HandcuffsHe’s expected to face charges for sexual assault.
  7. Iowa Democratic Candidate for Governor Forced Out of Race by Groping AllegationsA promising young legislator named Nate Boulton folded his campaign quickly after conceding the substance of multiple allegations of misconduct.
  8. friends in high places
    Who Is Anna Wintour Asking Us to Forgive in Her Editor’s Letter?This is deeper than it seems.
  9. Schneiderman Shows It’s Risky to Choose a Male CandidateThe New York attorney general’s swift fall from champion of #MeToo to example of #MeToo fate is another warning to people in politics.
  10. New York AG Eric Schneiderman Resigns After 4 Women Accuse Him of Physical AbuseAfter positioning himself as a champion of the #MeToo movement and suing Harvey Weinstein, he was accused of similar misconduct.
  11. the reckoning
    A Modeling Agency Owner on Why He Doesn’t Believe in #MeTooBut launched a “Models’ Bill of Rights” anyway.
  12. the reckoning
    Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel, After #MeTooIn this new production, moments of domestic violence have been pushed back into the subtext.
  13. women at work
    What Would a World Designed by Women Look Like?As more women rise to power in the architecture world, we’re starting to find out.
  14. the body politic
    No One Is Silencing Katie Roiphe#MeToo has started a robust, complicated conversation — whether or not she’s listening.
  15. media
    At WNYC, an Uncertain Path Out of ScandalThe radio institution tolerated harassment and bullying for years. Now, its CEO must satisfy angry staffers without sliding into an overzealous panic.
  16. What Juanita Broaddrick Wants You to KnowThe woman who accused Bill Clinton talks about #MeToo, Trump, and Hillary Clinton’s decision not to fire an adviser accused of sexual misconduct.
  17. Hillary Clinton’s ‘Faith Adviser’ Also Offered Bad AdviceBurns Strider may or may not be guilty of sexual misconduct. But it sounds like he was guilty of political malfeasance.
  18. power
    Creator of Media Men Spreadsheet Said Some Entries Gave Her ‘Nightmares’Watch Moira Donegan give a video interview to the New York Times.
  19. on fear
    Maybe Men Will Be Scared for a WhileBut maybe to fear women is to begin seeing them as people.
  20. roundups
    The Best Takes on the Aziz Ansari StoryGrace’s story complicates the #MeToo movement. That’s a good thing.
  21. #metoo
    Aziz Ansari, ‘Cat Person,’ and the #MeToo BacklashHard conversations are the ones we can’t ignore.
  22. power
    I Started the Media Men ListMy name is Moira Donegan.
  23. the reckoning
    Everyone Loses When We Widen the Feminist Generation GapDaphne Merkin’s perspective is not a way forward.
  24. 2018 Could Be a Wave Election for Female Governors, TooIt looks like an unprecedented number of women — and especially Democratic women — could be elected to governorships in 2018.
  25. Kansas Democrat Is First Female Political Casualty of the ‘Reckoning’An old company settlement with a man alleging sexual harassment brought down the promising congressional candidacy of Andrea Ramsey.
  26. the body politic
    This Moment Isn’t (Just) About SexIt’s really about work.
  27. sexual harassment
    Public-Radio Icon John Hockenberry Accused of Harassing Female ColleaguesNine women — from interns to co-hosts — describe propositioning and bullying by the longtime anchor of the morning news program “The Takeaway.”
  28. hindsight
    5 Women Look Back on Sex With Men in ChargeEncounters with bosses, mentors, and senior colleagues feel different in a post-Weinstein world.
  29. sex ed
    Men Don’t Get to Decide What Counts As ‘Sex’Does America know what sex is? After the past week, I’m not so sure.
  30. the body politic
    We Are All Implicated in the Post-Weinstein ReckoningAs stories about abuse, assault, and complicity come flooding out, how do we think about the culprits in our lives? Including, sometimes, ourselves.
  31. compromises
    The Things I Shrugged Off Then, Horrify Me Now“I’m not ashamed about wanting a career, but I can’t look back at some of my actions without wincing.”
  32. power
    If We Can’t Talk About Sex, We Can’t Stop Sexual AbusePervs count on the rest of us being prudes, and it’s easier to look away, so we do.
  33. the body politic
    Our National Narratives Are Still Being Shaped by Lecherous, Powerful MenWeinstein, Halperin, Wieseltier, Toback. The stories keep on coming and there is no sign of a pause; there are indications that it is just beginning.
  34. sexual harassment
    The Price of Smiling for the PhotosWhat I wish I’d told my younger self.
  35. another sexual harassment story
    I’m a CowardMen like Harvey Weinstein make cowards of us all.
  36. brooklyn problems
    The Second Coming of the Park Slope ‘Ghost Stroller’ Has a Jamaican TwistAnd still no answers.
  37. the reckoning
    Hundreds of Dolphins Are Surrounding New York As We SpeakIt’s happening.