In the wake of the Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai’s alleged sexual assault by a vice premier, Shakespeare’s play Measure of Measure seems more poignant. As I sat in the Shakespeare Globe, watching this powerful show, I thought to myself: things have not changed much. For centuries, powerful men have preyed on vulnerable young women.… Continue reading Measure for measure and Peng Shuai

I’ve been quoted in this NYT piece about the tennis player Peng Shuai. The journalist who interviewed me said to me apologetically that the editor had trimmed my quotation. In any case, I was happy to comment on a topic I feel passionate about. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/22/world/asia/china-peng-shuai-metoo.html