What is the legacy of MeToo?

The MoJo Daily newsletter, Monday through Friday. [View in browser]( [Mother Jones Daily Newsletter](     June 15, 2023 Hi, this is Ruth Murai, research editor here at Mother Jones. Seven years after his infamous Access Hollywood tape surfaced, a federal jury last month found Donald Trump [liable]( for sexually abusing and defaming the writer E. Jean Carroll. The moment felt emblematic of the legacy of MeToo: one of the most powerful men in the country was finally held accountable for his abuse. But what happened the next day, when Trump [mocked]( Carroll on live television, to the apparent delight of the audience, prompted a similar reflection. Was this also emblematic of MeToo’s legacy, the backlash, and the comebacks that have emerged? As a former producer who worked on documentaries on sexual violence, I've been fascinated by MeToo stories. And the movement has inspired so many questions: Has real change taken root? What's next? Have the lives of survivors benefited? As the fifth anniversary of the movement's explosion passed last fall, we started to reach out to people who’ve had their lives in some way changed by this era to ask them to reflect, in the hopes that their stories would give us a new understanding of MeToo's legacy. Today, [we’re sharing those stories with you](. There’s the [young survivor]( who wrote a letter and started a movement that shook her wealthy Bay Area community. A [student journalist]( who wrote about a TikTokker’s toxic masculinity, only to have his followers turn on her. The [incarcerated woman]( who thinks MeToo, had it come earlier, might’ve changed the trajectory of her life. I hope that reading them, alongside some [other]( [reporting]( we’ve done on the cultural impact of MeToo, will answer some of your questions about the movement. —Ruth Murai P.S. Have you or someone you know been affected by the I-95 bridge collapse in Philadelphia? My colleague Abigail Weinberg is looking to speak to commuters about how they’re handling the road closure—whether that means taking alternate routes, using a different mode of transportation, or working from home. Drop her a line [here](. Advertisement [Hope Credit Union]( [Top Story] [Top Story]( [After MeToo]( How did MeToo change their lives—and ours? AS TOLD TO MOTHER JONES STAFF SPONSORED CONTENT BY BANANA REPUBLICARDS   Men who would date their daughters make bad leaders. During the first of Donald Trump’s impeachments, 52 Republican senators created a beehive mentality and spouted enough nonsense to allow such a U.S. President to become a repeat offender. Only an unruly stable considers this type of man a genius. For historical purposes, we made [a deck of cards]( to prove that they did. [Trending] [The Supreme Court just handed Native families a huge victory]( BY JULIA LURIE   [Why Reddit is destined to turn to crap]( BY ALI BRELAND   [Ukraine dam breach may be "worst ecological disaster since Chernobyl”]( BY NITISH PAHWA   [Kevin McCarthy is fundraising off Trump's indictment lies]( BY DAVID CORN Advertisement [Hope Credit Union]( [Special Feature] [Special Feature]( [Forever home]( How a custody battle turned into a referendum on Native rights BY JULIA LURIE [We need your help right now] There's no sugarcoating it: We face a real budget crunch and need to raise $390,000 in online donations by June 30 to finish our fiscal year break-even. We've already cut everything we can, and there is zero wiggle room to come up short. So we're hoping that [donations from our regular newsletter readers](, from you reading this blurb right now, will come in much stronger than normal to help us get there. Please pitch in if you can right now. [Donate]( Did you enjoy this newsletter? Help us out by [forwarding]( it to a friend or sharing it on [Facebook]( and [Twitter](. [Mother Jones]( [Donate]( [Donate Monthly]( [Subscribe]( This message was sent to {EMAIL}. To change the messages you receive from us, you can [edit your email preferences]( or [unsubscribe from all mailings.]( For advertising opportunities see our online [media kit.]( Were you forwarded this email? [Sign up for Mother Jones' newsletters today.]( [www.MotherJones.com]( PO Box 8539, Big Sandy, TX 75755