More specifically, we highlight three forms of labor that are demanded of women in and through such struggles. Our analysis positions the discourses and narratives of these shows-and of the real-world contexts they speak to-within the broader frame of a mediated and intersectional economy of believability, where contestations about how and when women may be believed play out through struggles over visibility, authenticity, and recognition. I May Destroy You is based on creator and lead actor Michaela Coel’s own experience of being drugged and raped ( Olivia 2020). Each episode follows Arabella as she attempts to piece together the details of an assault she struggles to remember. Finally, I May Destroy You centers on a young Black woman in London named Arabella who is raped after having her drink spiked at a nightclub. Like Lauer, the character Mitch Kessler confesses to infidelity but not to sexual assault or misconduct ( Aurthur and Setoodeh 2019). The Morning Show follows the colleagues of a popular morning television show anchor who is accused of widespread sexual harassment and assault, closely mirroring the real-life case of the US-based NBC morning show anchor Matt Lauer. Unbelievable tells the true story 1 of a young woman named Marie who is raped by a home intruder and then persuaded by police to claim she falsely reported it, resonating with a current context of men’s rights organizations, which have embraced false rape accusations as one of their major causes ( Gotell and Dutton 2016). These shows feature fictional narratives that approximate highly visible sexual violence cases in the US and UK during the five years after #MeToo. Our analysis positions the discourses and narratives of these shows-and of the real-world contexts they speak to-within the broader frame of a mediated, intersectional economy of believability, where contestations about how and when women may be believed play out in and through struggles over visibility, authenticity, and recognition. We argue that the programs examine the struggle for belief as it manifests in three key forms of labor: (1) the affective performance of believability (2) payment of the costs of believability (3) entrepreneurially attaching value to believability. We offer a conjunctural analysis of these programs within what we call the economy of believability, arguing that these shows should be read as fictionalized real-world phenomena, distilled for television but nonetheless reflective of deeply sedimented assumptions about women, sexual violence, and believability. All three narratively centered sexual violence against women, foregrounding the experiences of the women characters, and were produced within the context of the global movement #MeToo. All subjects Allied Health Cardiology & Cardiovascular Medicine Dentistry Emergency Medicine & Critical Care Endocrinology & Metabolism Environmental Science General Medicine Geriatrics Infectious Diseases Medico-legal Neurology Nursing Nutrition Obstetrics & Gynecology Oncology Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Otolaryngology Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care Pediatrics Pharmacology & Toxicology Psychiatry & Psychology Public Health Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine Radiology Research Methods & Evaluation Rheumatology Surgery Tropical Medicine Veterinary Medicine Cell Biology Clinical Biochemistry Environmental Science Life Sciences Neuroscience Pharmacology & Toxicology Biomedical Engineering Engineering & Computing Environmental Engineering Materials Science Anthropology & Archaeology Communication & Media Studies Criminology & Criminal Justice Cultural Studies Economics & Development Education Environmental Studies Ethnic Studies Family Studies Gender Studies Geography Gerontology & Aging Group Studies History Information Science Interpersonal Violence Language & Linguistics Law Management & Organization Studies Marketing & Hospitality Music Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution Philosophy Politics & International Relations Psychoanalysis Psychology & Counseling Public Administration Regional Studies Religion Research Methods & Evaluation Science & Society Studies Social Work & Social Policy Sociology Special Education Urban Studies & Planning BROWSE JOURNALSīetween 20, three streaming series premiered on Netflix, Apple+, and BBC One/HBO: Unbelievable, The Morning Show, and I May Destroy You.
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