Psst! Did you hear? Gossip may not be AS bad as you think it is – well… in certain contexts, and depending on whose talking… actually I just heard this on the grapevine & may not have the facts straight so you should probably just watch to find out more…
From rumour spreading & slander to whisper networks that exist to support oppressed people in society – what do we actually mean when we condemn gossip, and is it as bad as we think? In this episode we unpack gossip from a critical feminist perspective & consider its role in the #MeToo movement, among others.
timestamps:
00:00 the white lotus
04:20 defining gossip
07:57 gossip & patriarchy
12:08 it’s in our nature
15:31 whisper networks & #metoo
22:37 your comments!
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sources:
Alice Porter, https://www.refinery29.com/en-au/gossip-friendship-celebrity-power-accountability
Megan L Robbins & Alexander Karan, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1948550619837000
Silvia Federici, https://inthesetimes.com/article/the-subversive-feminist-power-of-gossip
Frank T McAndew, https://theconversation.com/gossip-is-a-social-skill-not-a-character-flaw-51629
Katherine Batchelor, Kelli Rushek & Julia Beaumont, https://ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/jaal.1327
Maeve McDermott, https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2017/10/18/how-whisper-networks-help-protect-women-harvey-weinsteins-world/759860001/
After Me Too, https://www.aftermetoo.com/article/how-whisper-networks-can-help-keep-you-safe-at-work/
@TheMerakiProject (Instagram)
Carrie Ann Johnson, https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/communication/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2023.1089335/full
Australian Human Rights Commission, https://humanrights.gov.au/sites/default/files/document/publication/2022.11.25_time_for_respect_2022_final_digital.pdf
Maria Verena Peters, https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/16587
Overthink Podcast, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdqFfmpby1U
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