Rape-Revenge Television in the #MeToo Era: Proxy and Imagined Violence in Big Little Lies and I May Destroy You
Published online on November 05, 2025
Abstract
Television & New Media, Volume 27, Issue 4, Page 315-330, May 2026.
Rape-revenge narratives are no stranger to our screens. However, these stories take on new implications in the wake of the #MeToo movement. Originally a staple of exploitation cinema in the 1970s, rape-revenge narratives conventionally feature a survivor ...
Rape-revenge narratives are no stranger to our screens. However, these stories take on new implications in the wake of the #MeToo movement. Originally a staple of exploitation cinema in the 1970s, rape-revenge narratives conventionally feature a survivor ...