We're Trying to Slay a Dragon with Tarana Burke

We're Trying to Slay a Dragon with Tarana Burke

March 9, 2026 · 1h 3m

About this episode

Ashlyn Harris interviews Tarana Burke about the origins and future of the #MeToo movement.

You may know her as the creator of a hashtag and a movement, but Tarana Burke's work didn't just begin in 2017 when the #MeToo movement went viral on social media. Tarana Burke began the Me Too movement in 1997 in Selma, Alabama. Today, Ashlyn sits down with the founder herself to get the full picture and talk about where the movement is headed in dark times. Find out why Tarana describes it as "cutting the toenails off of a dragon" in this interview. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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