#MeToo as Flash Activism

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Women mobilized this weekend around the pain and power of #MeToo, sharing their own harrowing stories of harassment and abuse. I joined WBIR to contextualize the mobilization in the context of “flash activism,” a concept first introduced by social movement scholar Jennifer Earl.

Watch the segment here (my interview begins around the 2:30 minute mark).

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