This book looks back to the early days of new and social media, to examine the potential threat that such technologies and platforms posed to the mainstream corporate media's gatekeeping, and its ability to exploit, humiliate, and even violate famous women Drawing on her own experiences working as part of this gatekeeping system, Stephanie Patrick argues that, in order to combat this threat, the mainstream media doubled down on gendered narratives of meritocracy that legitimized certain (male) celebrities over others Using a range of case studies spanning "old" media sites and "new," including Disney, Playboy, and reality television, this book demonstrates that sexual exploitation and violation could be considered constitutive of female celebrity, rather than a side effect Patrick's case studies include some of America's most (in)famous celebrities, including Miley Cyrus, Lindsay Lohan, Anna Nicole Smith, Paris Hilton, and Donald Trump, urging readers to question their assumptions about these figures and their public trajectories This nuanced exploration of patriarchal capitalism and women's ongoing sexual exploitation by the media will be an important reference for scholars and students of digital and new media, journalism, celebrity studies and gender studies

This edited collection provides an intersectional and transnational exploration of representations of sexual violence and rape within films, television shows, and digital media in the contemporary context of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements. Drawing upon sociology, gender studies, cultural studies, media studies, and Black feminist studies, chapters focus on women and texts at the margins of mainstream culture's depictions of sexual violence. The editors and contributors examine the dominant narrative of the thin, cisgender, heterosexual white female victim, and the ways in which social and cultural conversations around race and gender impact and are impacted by depictions of sexual violence in media. This book will be of interest to scholars and students in sociology, gender studies, and media studies, particularly those interested in the intersectionality of race and gender. Chapter 1 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

This edited collection provides an intersectional and transnational exploration of representations of sexual violence and rape within films, television shows, and digital media in the contemporary context of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements. Drawing upon sociology, gender studies, cultural studies, media studies, and Black feminist studies, chapters focus on women and texts at the margins of mainstream culture’s depictions of sexual violence. The editors and contributors examine the dominant narrative of the thin, cisgender, heterosexual white female victim, and the ways in which social and cultural conversations around race and gender impact and are impacted by depictions of sexual violence in media. This book will be of interest to scholars and students in sociology, gender studies, and media studies, particularly those interested in the intersectionality of race and gender. Chapter  1 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

LA SCIMMA E IL GIAGUARO Sulla montagna di Kaw c'era una vecchia scimmia. La furbacchiona se ne stava sempre sul ciglio del sentiero, appesa ad un ramo di moutouchi . Apostrofava i passanti, raccontando loro mille buffonate, facendo moine e chiedendo la carita o qualunque altra cosa. E fu cosi che la scimmia riusci a farsi molti amici e accumulo una vera e propria fortuna. L'unico scopo nella sua esistenza era arricchirsi senza lavorare. Un giorno, capito che il Re degli animali, il giaguaro, passo per quei luoghi. La nostra scimmia, che bramava la sua bella pelliccia, lo lusingo per la bellezza del suo pelame e per la sua intelligenza, e gli srotolo davanti un tappeto di foglie morte. - Re Giaguaro, disse, se avessi un mantello come il tuo, sarei la piu felice di tutte le scimmie. E diceva fra se e se: Sono ricca, ma non sono rispettata, mentre con un manto simile saro la fenice di questi boschi. Ma non aveva fatto i conti con la crudelta della belva. - Macaco, le disse il felino, se riuscirai a dirmi una verita facendomi ridere, la mia pelliccia sara tua. La nostra scimmia si vedeva gia pavoneggiarsi nella foresta con la pelliccia del giaguaro sulla schiena, un cappello di feltro e una piuma d'oro in testa, acclamata dagli altri animali. E allora, senza indugiare oltre, rivolse alla belva questa asserzione: - Mio Signore, disse, se tu perdessi i canini e gli artigli, saresti debole quanto il tapiro e diventeresti lo zimbello di tutta la foresta.