FKA Twigs’ describes her former partner Shia LaBeouf as a “danger to women” in the claim filed by her legal team in December 2020. In it, she accuses him of coercive and controlling behavior, including non-fatal strangulation, sexual assault, and battery, and infecting her with a sexually transmitted disease. According to her claim, “LaBeouf kept [Twigs] in a constant state of fear.”…
#MeToo
The hashtag #MeToo came to prominence on Twitter. Its first use was in 2006.
Tarana Burke, a community organizer, sexual abuse survivor, and social justice activist, is the originator of the hashtag. Her mission is “empowerment through empathy.” She provides support for survivors of sexual assault and harassment from vulnerable groups.
In 2017, actor Alyssa Milano tweeted the hashtag in response to allegations of sexual abuse against Harvey Weinstein. Milano suggested that people who experienced sexual harassment or assault use the #MeToo as a status, in the hope of helping others understand the magnitude of the problem.
The hashtag went viral. Several Hollywood celebrities, including Ashley Judd, Anthony Rapp, Gwyneth Paltrow, Terry Crews, and Uma Thurman, used it in their Tweets. This gave rise to the #MeToo movement.
IN JAMES BALDWIN’S ACCOUNT of the Atlanta child murders of 1979-81, The Evidence of Things Not Seen, he recalls a dreadful earlier moment from 1964. The swamps and creeks of Mississippi were being dragged for the bodies of Schwerner, Chancy, and Goodman (done to death by the political ancestors of Bob Barr), and the search parties kept turning up corpses. Examinations…