Tarana Burke

Burke, a 2018 TIME 100 honoree, founded the #MeToo movement

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Tarana Burke: What 'Me Too' Made Possible

Five years after #MeToo went viral, its founder reflects on why we're still falling short

By Tarana Burke

I Founded ‘Me Too’ in 2006. The Morning It Went Viral Was a Nightmare

The vibration of my phone nudged me awake. It was Sunday morning, and I was sleeping in after a late night out with my girlfriends.I rolled over, thinking it was likely my mother shaming me...

By Tarana Burke

Survivors of Sexual Assault Are Voters Too. So Why Aren't the Presidential Candidates Paying Attention to Them?

This month marks the two-year anniversary of the #MeToo hashtag, but it also marks the start of a monumental shift. In just a few hours, sexual violence, including harassment, went from a topic seldom discussed...

By Tarana Burke

Tarana Burke on What We Can Learn From Cyntoia Brown's Story

When we talk about survivors of sexual violence, there’s a picture people tend to paint. They don’t think about young women like Cyntoia Brown, who was pulled into sex work as a child and, at...

By Tarana Burke
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