Coined in 2007 by activist Tarana Burke, the hashtag #metoo became in late 2017 a global media tsunami. As what some scholars are calling the “first wave” of the #metoo movement crests, Harvard faculty experts explore its causes and project its consequences, intended and unintended.

Featuring:
Jeannie Suk Gersen, John H. Watson, Jr. Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Evelynn Hammonds, Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science, professor of African and African American studies, and chair of the Department of the History of Science, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
David Laibson, Robert I. Goldman Professor of Economics and chairman of the Department of Economics, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Jill Lepore, David Woods Kemper '41 Professor of American History and Harvard College Professor, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and staff writer, the New Yorker
Moderated by Ann Marie Lipinski, curator, Nieman Foundation for Journalism, Harvard University

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