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MeToo founder Tarana Burke: ‘#MeToo gave me a deeper sense of duty'
MeToo founder Tarana Burke on what led to the movement and where it is today.
Tarana Burke first wrote down the phrase MeToo in 2006, before the Harvey Weinstein case. Then on 15 October 2017, actor Alyssa Milano tweeted #MeToo and the phrase went viral.
In an in-depth conversation Colin Murray talks to her about her story leading up to that point and what has happened since.
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