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From #MeToo To #HowIWillChange, Stories Of Harassment Spill Out Online

Lupita Nyong'o attends the Women In Film 2017 Crystal and Lucy Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Tuesday, June 13, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Lupita Nyong'o attends the Women In Film 2017 Crystal and Lucy Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Tuesday, June 13, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

In a piece in The New York Times on Thursday, Lupita Nyong’o became the latest high-profile actress to speak out against her experiences with Harvey Weinstein and sexual harassment in Hollywood.

The hashtag #MeToo spread on social media this week, and the movement also spawned other hashtags, like #HowIWillChange — a thread of men talking about how they can do more to prevent this type of behavior. Here & Now‘s Robin Young discusses with Femi Oke (@FemiOke) of Al Jazeera English.

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