It wasn’t that we never felt this support before, but now it was becoming acceptable conversation between all women and with men. I didn’t have to hunt for stories of women valuing each other or of women championing each other. We all knew what it was like to be alone, unprotected, and not taken seriously—and we weren’t holding back from talking about it. The hashtag that defined this outpouring, #metoo, was female friendship writ large on social media.
I feel like that’s an overly flowery way to describe the #metoo movement.
