The #MeToo Movement

From the founder and activist behind one of the largest movements of the twenty-first century, Tarana Burke debuts a powerful memoir about her own journey to saying those two simple yet infinitely powerful words and how she brought empathy back to an entire generation.

An illuminating examination of the changing landscape of sexual politics by a prominent journalist. For nearly two years, Globe and Mail reporter Robyn Doolittle investigated how Canadian police handle sexual assault cases. Her findings were shocking: across the country, in big cities and small towns, the system was dismissing a high number of allegations as “unfounded.” Dollitle also the issue of “consent’: not only is the public confused about what it means, but an astounding number of police officers and judges do not understand Canadian consent law.

In this courageous memoir, the author confronts one of her former high-school friends, a boy named Mark, who had sexually assaulted her. After fourteen years of silence, she reaches out to him and he agrees to talk on the record and meet in person. Jeannie details her friendship with Mark before and after the assault, asking the brave and urgent question: Is it possible for a good person to commit a terrible act? Jeannie interviews Mark, exploring how rape has impacted his life as well as her own. She examines the language surrounding sexual assault and pushes against its confines, contributing to and deepening the #MeToo discussion.