On the evening of October 15, 2017, as the Weinstein story became more and more horrifying, actress Alyssa Milano tweeted, “If you’ve been sexually harassed or assaulted, write ‘me too’ as a reply to this tweet.” “MeToo” as a movement to end the silence around assault had been started ten years earlier by Tarana Burke, an advocate for survivors of sexual abuse, assault, and harassment.
