The term the 'Ghomeshi effect' was coined two years ago and has been used by several newspapers (The Vancouver
Sun, The National Post, The Toronto
Star, Now Toronto, The Walrus, Maclean's Magazine, and Salon) to describe the phenomenon that former CBC radio broadcaster Jian Ghomeshi's trial has inspired: namely that people are now speaking regularly and openly about sexual violence, particularly how it is handled in the justice system.
'The Ghomeshi Effect' is a verbatim
dance-theatre piece that tackles sexual violence in Canada through an edited series of documented interviews, and uses
dance to inform and interrogate the language used in the discussion of sexual violence. The world premiere of this play
will take place in January
2017 in Ottawa, Canada.
The hashtags #BeenRapedNeverReported and #IbelieveLucy emerged as countless people shared powerful stories of their own unreported sexual assaults. The outpouring of support was
dubbed “the Ghomeshi effect.” – The
Vancouver Sun
