Making Sense of the #MeToo Movement

In 2006, Tarana Burke founded a nonprofit organization called “Me Too” to support girls and women of color who were victims of sexual violence. In 2017, that movement went viral as the hashtag #MeToo was shared twelve million times on social media in 48 hours. Like flipping on a light switch in a dark room, the #MeToo movement revealed anew the widespread existence of sexual abuse and gender discrimination.

Leigh Gilmore examines how a new level of accountability emerged in response to the spontaneous global emergence of #MeToo.

Leigh Gilmore is a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Women's and Gender Studies at Wellesley. She is the author of several books including Tainted Witness: Why We Doubt What Women Say About Their Lives.

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