Tarana Burke, who founded #MeToo now wants people to move past the trauma

In the year since the movement upended entertainment and politics, Burke has been working to ensure that Me Too doesn't lose sight of its mission

When the activist Tarana Burke started the original Me Too movement more than a decade ago on MySpace, she never imagined what a force it would become. Then on Oct. 15, 2017, the actress Alyssa Milano shared on Twitter a friend’s suggestion that “women who have been sexually harassed or assaulted” write “Me too” in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein revelations earlier that month. The #MeToo hashtag instantly went viral. And Burke was thrust into the global spotlight.

In the year since the movement upended entertainment and politics, Burke has been working to ensure that Me Too doesn’t lose