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Jo Hsu on #MeToo and Trans-Activisim
General Summary:
Dr. Jo Hsu talks about their 2018 article (Trans)Forming #MeToo: Toward a Networked Response to Gender Violence" with two students from UT Austin. They discuss how trans folk have largely been left out of the #MeToo movement, what this means for the queer and trans community, and what practices can be implemented to curb this exclusion.
Detailed Summary:
Hsu discusses the start of their rhetorical education and their motivation to start the research for this paper. (0-3:50). Hsu discusses how the #MeToo movement has impacted the trans community and the “perfect victim” (3:50-8:27). Hsu discusses victim blaming (8:27-10:00). Hsu discusses a new framework of classifying gender identity called the vertical view (10:00-13:50). Hsu details how various communities are related and can support each other (13:50-16:00). Hsu discussing “token minorities” and the missing resources necessary for change to happen (18:30-19:01). Hsu on what top-down processing does with someone’s story (21:36-22:12). Hsu’s thoughts on coming to a different vision of justice in a way that is about healing and considers the future (25:00-25:45). Hsu talking about needing a better social vocabulary as a society to be able to have these important conversations (30:10-31:00).
Scholarly Article Informing this Production:
Hsu, V. Jo. “(Trans)forming #MeToo: Toward a Networked Response to Gender Violence.” Women's Studies in Communication 42 (2019): 269 - 286.
Credits:
This podcast was produced by Mimi Calzada, Neerul Gupta, Anje Potgieter, Madison Winstrand, and Chantelle Cancel with resources and assistance provided by the Digital Writing and Research Lab at The University of Texas at Austin. It features the voices of Jo Hsu, Mimi Calzada, and Neerul Gupta. Music featured in this podcast, titled “commonGround” was created by airtone and has been repurposed here under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial license 3.0. Additionally, conversation.wav was adapted and incorporated under Creative Commons 1.0 license.
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By Digital Writing and Research Lab, UT AustinGeneral Summary:
Dr. Jo Hsu talks about their 2018 article (Trans)Forming #MeToo: Toward a Networked Response to Gender Violence" with two students from UT Austin. They discuss how trans folk have largely been left out of the #MeToo movement, what this means for the queer and trans community, and what practices can be implemented to curb this exclusion.
Detailed Summary:
Hsu discusses the start of their rhetorical education and their motivation to start the research for this paper. (0-3:50). Hsu discusses how the #MeToo movement has impacted the trans community and the “perfect victim” (3:50-8:27). Hsu discusses victim blaming (8:27-10:00). Hsu discusses a new framework of classifying gender identity called the vertical view (10:00-13:50). Hsu details how various communities are related and can support each other (13:50-16:00). Hsu discussing “token minorities” and the missing resources necessary for change to happen (18:30-19:01). Hsu on what top-down processing does with someone’s story (21:36-22:12). Hsu’s thoughts on coming to a different vision of justice in a way that is about healing and considers the future (25:00-25:45). Hsu talking about needing a better social vocabulary as a society to be able to have these important conversations (30:10-31:00).
Scholarly Article Informing this Production:
Hsu, V. Jo. “(Trans)forming #MeToo: Toward a Networked Response to Gender Violence.” Women's Studies in Communication 42 (2019): 269 - 286.
Credits:
This podcast was produced by Mimi Calzada, Neerul Gupta, Anje Potgieter, Madison Winstrand, and Chantelle Cancel with resources and assistance provided by the Digital Writing and Research Lab at The University of Texas at Austin. It features the voices of Jo Hsu, Mimi Calzada, and Neerul Gupta. Music featured in this podcast, titled “commonGround” was created by airtone and has been repurposed here under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial license 3.0. Additionally, conversation.wav was adapted and incorporated under Creative Commons 1.0 license.