#MeToo
The New Yorker’s reporting on the #MeToo movement.
Critics at Large
Alice Munro’s Fall from Grace
Revelations about the celebrated writer have reignited debates about how to reckon with artists who do terrible things. Have the years since #MeToo yielded any answers?
The Front Row
Woody Allen Reëmerges with a Movie About Getting Away with Murder
The director’s films have often specialized in denunciation and retribution, and the comedic thriller “Coup de Chance,” set in Paris, fits this pattern all too plainly.
By Richard Brody
Persons of Interest
The Startling Candor of Helen Garner
One of Australia’s most beloved writers, Garner—who has published novels, nonfiction, and three volumes of diaries—is finally catching on in the U.S.
By Helen Sullivan
The New Yorker Interview
The Problem of the Too-Truthful Woman
In “Anatomy of a Fall,” Justine Triet asks whether a woman can be honest about her marriage—and her ambition—without being punished.
By Alexandra Schwartz
Q. & A.
How Soccer Players Re-Started Spain’s #MeToo Movement
A journalist describes the history of feminist activism in Spain and why the World Cup controversy marks a new phase.
By Stephania Taladrid
Under Review
The Disciplining Power of Disappointment
In a new book, Sara Marcus argues that American politics are defined by unfulfilled desire.
By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Persons of Interest
Kim Hyesoon’s Animal Obsessions
The Korean poet, now in her fifth decade in the public eye, inhabits a world of knives and carcasses and dark orifices—a fantasia of feminine rage.
By E. Tammy Kim
Under Review
Can You Love the Art and Hate the Monster?
In “Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma,” Claire Dederer attempts the impossible task of disentangling herself from the figures whose work has made her who she is.
By Melissa Febos
Page-Turner
A Trailblazer of Trauma Studies Asks What Victims Really Want
Judith Herman’s seminal book “Trauma and Recovery” created a template for her field. Three decades later, she’s published a follow-up to explain how survivors’ needs are still misunderstood.
By Eren Orbey
Letter from Los Angeles
The Harvey Weinstein Trial and the Myth of the Perfect Perpetrator
If Weinstein is acquitted in L.A., it will be tempting to conclude that #MeToo is over. But, even if he is convicted, some may reach the same conclusion.
By Dana Goodyear
Cultural Comment
What “Tár” Knows About the Artist as Abuser
Todd Field’s film about the downfall of a world-famous conductor shows the toll that untouchability takes even on the person it supposedly benefits.
By Tavi Gevinson
The Political Scene Podcast
Hollywood’s Backlash to “Wokeness”
Doreen St. Félix on whether changes in Hollywood made in response to the B.L.M. and #MeToo movements are starting to recede.
Cultural Comment
The Frictionless Triumphs of “She Said”
The movie, which dramatizes the New York Times’ reporting on Harvey Weinstein, takes us far from the usual clatter and grime of newspaper dramas.
By Molly Fischer
The Front Row
“Tár,” Reviewed: Regressive Ideas to Match Regressive Aesthetics
Starring Cate Blanchett as a conductor accused of misconduct, the film takes bitter aim at so-called cancel culture.
By Richard Brody
News Desk
The Censorship Machine Erasing China’s Feminist Movement
This summer, a viral video of a group of women being viciously attacked in a restaurant sparked national outrage. The response has been quashed.
By Han Zhang
Q. & A.
The N.F.L.’s Missed #MeToo Moment
Deshaun Watson was accused of harassing or assaulting more than two dozen women. The Cleveland Browns signed him to a contract worth two hundred and thirty million dollars.
By Isaac Chotiner
Cultural Comment
The Johnny Depp–Amber Heard Verdict Is Chilling
Many victims of domestic violence who watched the trial will likely conclude that, if they share their experiences, they will be disbelieved, shamed, and ostracized.
By Jessica Winter
Annals of Justice
Harvey Weinstein’s Last Campaign
How the Hollywood producer lost control of the story during his criminal trial in New York.
By Ken Auletta
Q. & A.
Decades of Sexual-Abuse Coverups in the Southern Baptist Convention
A landmark report has detailed systemic abuse within the S.B.C., abetted by church leaders. Kate Shellnutt, a senior news editor of Christianity Today, discusses the fallout.
By Isaac Chotiner
Profiles
Céline Sciamma’s Quest for a New, Feminist Grammar of Cinema
In subtle, unpredictable ways, the French director is determined to move beyond received ideas of filmmaking.
By Elif Batuman