One year ago, today, published the first in a series of articles by @ronanfarrow in which women brought allegations of rape, sexual assault, and sexual harassment against Harvey Weinstein. (Weinstein denied that he had committed rape or sexual assault.)http://nyer.cm/u0XoSuw
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As interest in the accusations against him crested,
@Alyssa_Milano tweeted, “If you’ve been sexually harassed or assaulted write ‘me too’ as a reply to this tweet,” prompting thousands of women (and men) to reactivate a slogan by@TaranaBurke, from 2006.http://nyer.cm/LasLq3gShow this thread -
Almost instantly,
#MeToo
became shorthand for a decentralized campaign against gender-based violence and abuse.http://nyer.cm/LasLq3g Show this thread
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