After Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexual abuse, social media was flooded with messages responding to actress Alyssa Milano’s message on Twitter, “If you’ve been sexually harassed or assaulted, write ‘me too’ as a reply to this tweet.” The “MeToo” movement was created in the mid 2000’s by Tarana Burke, an anti-sexual violence advocate, and last week it exploded as almost half a million women shared their painful stories of abuse or simply writing “MeToo” as their status on social media.
Andrea ArroyoTwitterAndrea Arroyo is co–art director of Opp-Art. She is an award-winning artist working in fine art, site-specific installation, public art and illustration. Her work is published widely (including in The New Yorker and The New York Times) and is exhibited internationally. She is the creator of “Unnatural Election: Artists Respond to the US Election.” Her 3-venue exhibition “Art as Solidarity” presented by The Hispanic Society Museum, The Morris-Jumel Mansion Museum and The United Palace in Manhattan is on view through July 31, 2022. Her new book: “ImagiNATIONS: Art As Solidarity” was published by NowWhat Media.