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Wave Makers and the Rise of #MeToo in Taiwan
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01 September 2026

The book presents an original study of the #MeToo movement in Taiwan, focusing on how the movement was instigated by and communicated in the wake of the Taiwanese Netflix series Wave Makers. It first examines how the storyline and character design of the show correspond to the unique challenges survivors of sexual violence face in Taiwan and, in this process, explicates how fictional narratives are translated into actionable forms of social mobilization that empower survivors of sexual violence. The rest of the book examines the ways in which communications of #MeToo took place on social media in Taiwan, using case studies and secondary sources to explore the strengths and limitations of #MeToo as hitherto witnessed in Taiwan’s media space.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Television, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, PSYCHOLOGY / Gender, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, PSYCHOLOGY / Trauma Psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Abortion & Birth Control, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Sexuality ( see also PSYCHOLOGY / Human Sexuality), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Chinese, LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist, ART / Film & Video, Sociology, Social theory, Media studies: internet, digital media and society, Communication studies, Human rights, civil rights, Gender studies: women and girls, Feminism and feminist theory, Regional / International studies, Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality, Psychology, Narrative theme: identity / belonging
Dr. XinLing Li, who earned his PhD in Sociology from the University of Cambridge, is a New York–based social scientist and independent researcher.