
How #MeToo could move from social campaign to social change
CNNEditor’s Note: Story highlights #MeToo has been used in 85 countries around the world A new campaign is encouraging men to take action: #IWillSpeakUp Experts say coordinated action between activists groups is needed to turn #MeToo into a lasting legacy CNN — It’s the hashtag that rocked the world. “We felt like we really needed to respond because it’s out of control,” A Call to Men co-founder Ted Bunch said. So this has to become a men’s issue, because men won’t stop unless other men say so.” Launched Monday in conjunction with the Joyful Heart Foundation, founded by “Law and Order: SVU” star Mariska Hargitay, the campaign includes an op-ed and public service announcement featuring male celebrities such as Danny Pino, Blair Underwood, Christopher Meloni, Anthony Edwards and Peter Hermann, who all encourage men to pledge better behavior toward women under the hashtags #IWillSpeakUp and #SupportSurvivors. “It was organizers, activists, educators, artists – people who built an actual infrastructure so that a movement can exist and have life.” From meme to movement That’s exactly what is needed to solidify #MeToo’s viral legacy, according to sociologist Jen Schradie, who studies digital activism for the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse, France. “I’ve found that the groups that can sustain high levels of online participation are those which are more structured and have volunteers and staff dedicated to keeping that online effort in place.” “People want concrete ways to be part of a solution, and that’s where the #MeToo movement needs to go,” said Kristen Houser, chief public affairs officer at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.
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#MeToo movement, it turns out, was just a fleeting moment
Al Jazeera
The Parts of #MeToo That Still Endure
Slate
Explained: How the #MeToo movement helped women around the world
Firstpost
When We Refer to #MeToo as a Movement, We Become Complicit in Diminishing Its Efficacy: Ghazala Wahab
News 18
Left out of MeToo: New initiative focuses on Black survivors
Associated Press
Re-establishing the relevance of #MeToo
Deccan Chronicle
Fight The Man: What GameStop's surge says about online mobs
The Independent
On #MeToo anniversary, leaders say focus is on inequality
The Independent
On #MeToo anniversary, leaders say focus is on inequality
Associated Press
Feminism has not ‘gone too far’. Online abuse against women is as harmful as ever
The Independent
A year of talking about #MeToo: What has changed in the internal lives of women since the movement's second wave?
Firstpost
French #MeToo movement founder fined 20,000 euros for defamation
Al Jazeera
‘#MeToo has not gone far enough’: Survey finds movement virtually unheard of by women in developing countries
The Independent
Jilly Cooper says #MeToo movement has 'diminished' men
The Independent
#MeToo and its aftermath: Notes from the 'margins' of lists that name and shame
Firstpost
Priyanka Chopra on #MeToo: Women are told do not talk about it
India Today
Sexual harassment 'ignored' in rural workplaces, despite global #MeToo movement
ABC
#MeToo never set out to be balanced; movement aimed at making us confront biases on sexual violence and consent
Firstpost
Heads roll as #MeToo stories gather storm
Deccan Chronicle
#MeToo movement launched by people with 'perverted' minds, says Union minister Pon Radhakrishnan
Firstpost
Firstpost's #MeToo Conversations: Sandhya Menon, Rituparna Chatterjee, Mahima Kukreja on making the movement truly inclusive
Firstpost
Mocking #MeToo, and learning too, online
The Hindu
One year of #MeToo movement, 8 interesting things to know
India Today
#MeToo in India: Online abuse and criticism mar social media crusade against sexual harassment which is outing abusers
Firstpost
#MeToo: This Mahalaya, Let Women be Empowered to Slay the Evils of Misogyny
News 18
Happy #MeToo movement has reached India, but shouldn't be used to 'target people who've offended us', says Maneka Gandhi
Firstpost
Has #MeToo failed?
Al Jazeera
Taking inspiration from #MeToo, Australia launches independent investigation into workplace sexual harassment
Firstpost
Why black women’s experiences of #MeToo are different
Salon
What does Harvey Weinstein’s arrest mean for the #MeToo movement?
Al Jazeera
United Nations admits #MeToo but critics say it's not doing enough to address sexual harassment
ABC
Far-right activists and "alt-right" trolls are using the #MeToo movement to bolster their xenophobia
Salon
#MeToo shows sexism is not men of colour’s prerogative
Al Jazeera
China’s #MeToo movement started on college campuses. It may end there
LA Times
Why the #MeToo Movement Just Took Off in Kenya, Pakistan, and China
Slate
Is #MeToo a West-only movement?
Al Jazeera
The New York Times joins the chorus of voices arguing that #MeToo will end flirting and fun sex.
Slate
#MeToo campaign to Raya Sarkar's list: How the feminist movement changed in 2017
Firstpost
Here's why the creator of #MeToo is promoting a new hashtag
Salon
Can #MeToo go beyond white neoliberal feminism?
Al Jazeera
Can #MeToo go beyond white neoliberal feminism?
Al Jazeera
Instead of #MeToo, French Women Say 'Out Your Pig'
NPR
Mister Me Too's!
Deccan Chronicle
#MeToo anti-sexual harassment campaign takes off in NL
Dutch News
#MeToo anti-sexual harassment campaign takes off in NL
Dutch News
I’m a man who has been sexually harassed – but I don’t think it’s right for men to join in with #MeToo
The Independent
#MeToo prompts #HowIWillChange for men to discuss harassment
ABC
Every Woman I Know Has Experienced Sexual Harassment Or Sexual Assault #MeToo
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