Tag Archives: Harvey Weinstein

Coetzee’s “Disgrace” Describes Weinstein

By Robin Bates | Published: February 17, 2020

J. M. Coetzee’s novel “Disgrace” captures the sense of entitlement possessed by men like Harvey Weinstein.

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Shakespeare & Sexual Assault Politics

By Robin Bates | Published: November 24, 2017

As he demonstrates in “Measure for Measure,” Shakespeare would understand the ins and outs of modern sexual assault politics.

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Chaucer’s Solution for Sexual Assault

By Robin Bates | Published: November 21, 2017

What are we to do about all of our sexual assaulters, given that they probably number in the thousands? Chaucer’s Wife of Bath has an answer.

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Hardy Understood Sexual Predators Well

By Robin Bates | Published: November 9, 2017

“Tess of the d’Urbervilles” is a prescient account of how sexual predators operate. It is no less relevant today in the age of Donald Trump and Harvey Weinstein than it was in 1892.

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Wild Accusations of Witch Hunts

By Robin Bates | Published: October 26, 2017

Wild accusations of witch hunts by Donald Trump and Woody Allen are not what Arthur Miller had in mind when he wrote “The Crucible.”

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