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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Farrow’s story came several days after a remarkable story in
@nytimes, by@jodikantor and@mega2e, reported allegations that Weinstein had sexually harassed multiple women and paid them for their silence. http://nyer.cm/mRn1UFv2 replies 17 retweets 49 likesShow this thread -
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/LasLq3g10 replies 34 retweets 87 likesShow this thread -
Weinstein was hardly the first powerful man to be investigated for disgraceful behavior toward women but Weinstein’s fall catalyzed the movement.http://nyer.cm/LasLq3g
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To mark a tumultuous year, we asked seven of our writers to look back on
#MeToo
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Right now, many women and men are searching for rational answers to questions about the workplace, about justice, and about the ways in which we conduct our private lives. It is our wish that these pieces add something vital to that conversation.http://nyer.cm/LasLq3g
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@jiatolentino assesses the backlash against#MeToo
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@MashaGessen asks what real justice for victims could look like: http://nyer.cm/92G6D60 pic.twitter.com/zTnwe7xkOr
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Han Zhang reports on how
#MeToo
spread via social media and chat apps in China, eluding government surveillance: http://nyer.cm/5D2A00d pic.twitter.com/dQ7k1tPBF2
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.@hels sizes up the ongoing reckoning in the restaurant industry: http://nyer.cm/CnSV1IV pic.twitter.com/Rel6new5ob
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@xwaldie looks at the movement’s impact on the literary world: http://nyer.cm/gwdXfzT pic.twitter.com/xroPAAlQK3
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@allysonvhobbs writes about her own sexual assault and African-American traditions of testimony: http://nyer.cm/TXJMT6H pic.twitter.com/gNspBvED90
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