TAHNI CANDELARIA
Perspectives
Do I Have to #MeToo? The Productivity of Silence in Instances of Sexual Harassment and Assault in Field Research
by TAHNI CANDELARIA
- How did you two meet again?
- Let’s head back to the yacht club for sunset.
- What happened to that bottle of champagne?
- Please don’t fall off the boat.
- Live music doesn’t have the same raw character here.
- Tahni, go deal with your friend.
- What happened to that bottle of champagne?
- Please stop touching me.
- Haven’t you been paying attention to the news?
- You really shouldn’t drink anymore.
- We would make a beautiful couple.
- She’s an influencer in Korea, I hate that shit.
- His job is so cool!
- What happened to that bottle of champagne?
- I used to be polyamorous.
- I’ll call you whatever I want to call you.
- They act so adventurous, they didn’t even sit in the sand.
- You need to get in a taxi, now.
- WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE?!
What did happen to that bottle of champagne, I wonder. In fact, I never knew of it in the first place. That bottle whose presence, or rather—whose absence—persists months later. That miserable hour, the one which was punctuated...