LoSHA
LoSHA (List of Sexual Harassers in Academia) was a crowdsourced list of sexual harassers in academia that was compiled in 2017 by Raya Sarkar, a law student studying at UC Davis School of Law.[1] This list, published on Sarkar's Facebook page[2] with the intention of a cautionary list rather than for institutional action,[3] was cited to have marked the advent of the #MeToo movement in India.[4][5]
Sarkar received death threats within days of publishing the list which included professors from renowned institutions including Indian Institute of Technology (Bhubaneswar) and Tata Institute of Social Sciences.[6] Fourteen notable feminists including Nivedita Menon and Kavita Krishnan also published a statement expressing dismay over the list, citing a commitment to due process.
References
[edit]- ^ "Meet Raya Sarkar, the South Asian student who made a list of predatory academics". Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
- ^ Deep, Shreya Roy Chowdhury & Aroon. "Universities respond to Raya Sarkar's list of alleged sexual predators: Mostly silence, some denials". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
- ^ "Why I Published A List Of Sexual Predators In Academia". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
- ^ Prasad, Elizabeth Cassin and Ritu (2017-11-06). "Student's 'sexual predator' list names professors". BBC News. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
- ^ "#MeToo: Corporate India is complicit and the time is up". Cnbctv18.com. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
- ^ "Raya Sarkar faces death, rape threats after sexual predators' list takes academia by storm". Firstpost.com. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
External links
[edit]- Nair, Supriya (12 October 2018). "#MeToo is anarchic, and that's a good thing". Livemint.com. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- "#MeToo: Corporate India is complicit and the time is up". Cnbctv18.com. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- "Prepare for the apocalypse". India Today. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- "India's #MeToo movement explodes, but this is just the beginning". Trtworld.com. Retrieved 25 October 2018.