Time has given its Person of the Year 2017 honor to the #MeToo anti-harassment movement, which the magazine dubs “the silence breakers.” Included in the group are actresses Ashley Judd, Rose McGowan, and Selma Blair, actor Terry Crews, journalist Megyn Kelly, activist Tarana Burke, senator Sara Gelser, singer Taylor Swift, and many more.
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The anti-harassment movement beat out shortlisted Person of the Year candidates such as “Wonder Woman” director Patty Jenkins, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, and President Donald Trump, who earned the title in 2016. Other groups that have been shortlisted in the past include the Black Lives Matter activists and the Crispr scientists.
“The galvanizing actions of the women on our cover, along with those of hundreds of others, and of many men as well, have unleashed one of the highest-velocity shifts in our culture since the 1960s,...
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The anti-harassment movement beat out shortlisted Person of the Year candidates such as “Wonder Woman” director Patty Jenkins, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, and President Donald Trump, who earned the title in 2016. Other groups that have been shortlisted in the past include the Black Lives Matter activists and the Crispr scientists.
“The galvanizing actions of the women on our cover, along with those of hundreds of others, and of many men as well, have unleashed one of the highest-velocity shifts in our culture since the 1960s,...
- 12/6/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
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