{"id":24724,"date":"2021-01-22T19:49:23","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T19:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=24724"},"modified":"2021-01-22T19:50:05","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T19:50:05","slug":"linda-hirshman-reckoning-the-epic-battle-against-sexual-abuse-and-harassment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=24724","title":{"rendered":"Linda Hirshman, \u201cReckoning: The Epic Battle Against Sexual Abuse and Harassment\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The first history\u2014incisive, witty, fascinating\u2014of the fight against sexual harassment, from the author of the <em>New York Times<\/em> bestseller <em>Sisters in Law<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Linda Hirshman, acclaimed historian of social movements, delivers the sweeping story of the struggle leading up to #MeToo and beyond: from the first tales of workplace harassment percolating to the surface in the 1970s to the Clinton\/Lewinsky scandal\u2014when liberal women largely forgave Clinton, giving men a free pass for two decades. Many liberals even resisted the movement to end rape on campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And yet, legal, political, and cultural efforts, often spearheaded by women of color, were quietly paving the way for the takedown of abusers and harassers. <em>Reckoning<\/em> delivers the stirring tale of a movement catching fire as pioneering women in the media exposed the Harvey Weinsteins of the world, women flooded the political landscape, and the walls of male privilege finally began to crack. This is revelatory, essential social history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Author<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LINDA HIRSHMAN is the author of\u00a0Reckoning: The Epic Battle Against Sexual Abuse and Harassment,\u00a0and of the\u00a0New York Times\u00a0best-selling\u00a0Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O&#8217;Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reviews<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cInspiring . . . a tightly constructed narrative about how #MeToo became a cultural phenomenon [and a] celebration of the bold women who stood up for themselves to earn legal victories against harassment.\u201d \u2014<em>Publishers Weekly<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHirshman documents behind-the-scene details, political maneuverings, evidence that was presented or suppressed, truths that became apparent long after decisions went into effect, and how these developments affect current events. The unabated, continuing public outcry against sexual harassment is a reminder that resolution is long overdue.\u201d \u2014<em>Booklist,<\/em> starred review&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn <em>Reckoning,<\/em> Linda Hirshman delivers a stirring, essential history for women of all ages. Prepare to meet the most important\u2014and in some cases the most unsung\u2014feminist heroes of the past fifty years.\u201d \u2014Alyssa Milano, actor and activist&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAn important and fascinating history of the intersection of sex and power, in the workplace and beyond. Hirshman\u2019s new book reveals aspects of American feminist history many of us did not know, and provides important context around what we thought we did know. An inspiring, necessary, and perfectly timed work.\u201d \u2014Anna Holmes, writer and creator, <em>Jezebel<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>Reckoning<\/em> is a gripping account of the most profound cultural, political, and legal transformation of the past fifty years. Pulling no punches and sparing no hypocrites, Linda Hirshman speaks to all of us, men and women alike, in a voice at once urgent and entertaining, about the eternal double helix of sex and power.\u201d \u2014Laurence H. Tribe, Professor of Constitutional Law, Harvard Law School\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Excerpts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmhbooks.com\/shop\/books\/reckoning\/9780358305613\">https:\/\/www.hmhbooks.com\/shop\/books\/reckoning\/9780358305613<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Format: Paperback <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pages: 352<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Publication Date: 03\/10\/2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-knjige","category-novosti"],"acf":{"facebook_opis":""},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historiografija.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Reckoning.gif?fit=1594%2C2400&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24724"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24727,"href":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24724\/revisions\/24727"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}