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The Voices of #MeToo: From Grassroots Activism to a Viral Roar is a timely and accessible analysis of how marginalized voices are engaged or silenced in one of the most successful social media projects in recent history. It is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand social movements and "hashtag activism" in the digital age.

• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Author’s Note
• CHAPTER 1. The Social Media Activism of #MeToo“: The Silence Breakers”
• CHAPTER 2. The Public and Private Faces of #MeToo“: When Movie Stars Don’t Know Where to Go, What Hope Is There for the Rest of Us?”
• CHAPTER 3. Tarana Burke’s Grassroots Goal and the Implications of #MeToo for Women of Color: “Sisters Still Managed to Get Diminished or Erased”
• CHAPTER 4. The Double Bind of Silenced Sexual Victimization in the LGBTQ+ Community: “Most of Us Were Never Taught the Language with Which to Understand the Experiences of Our Youth”
• CHAPTER 5. Global Responses to #MeToo: “The Fastest Way to Discredit Any Women’s Rights Struggle Is to Say It Comes from Somewhere Else”
• CHAPTER 6. The Omission of People with Disabilities from #MeToo: “Disability Is the One Minority Group We Can All Join”
• CHAPTER 7. Toxic Masculinity and Male Responses to #MeToo: “Perhaps All the Moment Requires Is for Men to Shut Up and Listen”
• Final Thoughts
• Index