Vanessa Place, Author at Public Seminar

Sex & Gender

Harvey Weinstein, Witches, and Consent

As a landmark #MeToo case comes to trial, a defense attorney questions the usefulness of the law.

January 27, 2020 • by Vanessa Place

It is a sprawling case. In New York, Weinstein is charged with five felony counts based on two complaining witnesses: two counts of predatory sexual assault, one count of first-degree criminal sexual assault, one count of first-degree rape, and one count of third-degree rape. In California, Weinstein is charged with ...

Gagging on rape

Last year the journal Studies in Gender and Sexuality published a panel called "The ontology of the rape joke," organized around a performance by Vanessa Place of her piece, "Rape joke." The panel included responses from Jamieson Webster, Jeff Dolven, Gayle Salamon, Kyoo Lee, Katie Gentile, and Virginia Goldner, and ended with ...

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