![]() ![]() I always said I was never going to be able to provide answers because I had all the questions, but no conclusions or solutions. That is music to my ears - that was 100% my intention. Was your intention to open conversations, rather than to provide readers with your own conclusions? More than any book I've ever read, The List left me with so many questions to ponder about my own ethics and internal biases. So I thought why not reimagine this idea as something else entirely, and the rest is history. ![]() I can’t bake and I had literally run out of canvas to paint with. Then lockdown came around and I had nothing to do. I wanted to write it as non-fiction to start with, but it was quite fraught being very much in the throes of #MeToo. I just think that there are lots of movements that have started with the best of intentions, but it doesn't mean that they can't be co-opted and weaponised, and that was something that I wanted to look at. And it's why I say a lot that yes this book is about cancel culture and #MeToo in many ways, but it is first and foremost a book about the internet. But simultaneously, I grew up watching Catfish, so I also know that anonymity is definitely something that can be weaponised online. It is so crucial to protect the identity of victims. I had this uneasiness I think with the anonymity. Plus, I have a law degree, so I guess from that perspective, it was a conflict. I worked at Channel 4 News for two and a half years and I was held to Ofcom regulation standards. But then I guess being a journalist, I felt conflicted. It was giving them a chance to hold these men accountable who so often get away scot-free. ![]() It was giving women a voice - women who've been let down by so many systems, from HR to the court of law. On one hand, I thought it was great and incredibly important. So when it was all unfolding, I felt conflicted. There was one list that set it all in motion in the States called the Shitty Media Men list which went really viral, and it prompted lots of copycats. I guess every single community had their own list of abusers, and it just all seemed to be happening concurrently. It was around 2017 when multiple different lists were going viral at the height of #MeToo. What initially drew you to the concept of The List? A post shared by Yomi Adegoke photo posted by on ![]()
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