“Silence Breakers” are celebrated as Time magazine’s 2017 Person of the Year, #MeToo has gone viral, and countless women are courageously sharing their stories. Sexual harassment has come out of the shadows, and Americans have opened a larger conversation about sexual assault. But survivors who seek justice continue to encounter an often hostile legal system…
Read moreI have to admit that when actress Alyssa Milano first tweeted #MeToo, my initial reaction was panic. What if this becomes a popular hashtag, I thought, but it’s not related to the groundwork I laid out? You see, I first came up with the phrase in 2006, after an experience with sexual violence left me…
Read moreOne of the most powerful moments from Glamour‘s Women of the Year Awards undoubtedly came from Jodi Cantor and Megan Twohey, the New York Times journalists who, six weeks ago, broke a story that can only be described as world-changing: The decades of sexual harassment and abuse by Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. Since, their story…
Read moreThe #MeToo and “Take Back the Workplace” movements joined forces offline on Sunday as sexual assault, harassment, and abuse survivors took to Los Angeles’ streets in support of each other and the ever-growing list of those coming forward to bring this horrible behavior to light. According to the Los Angeles Times, the day’s demonstrations began…
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