Carly Gieseler is Associate Professor of Speech Communication in the Department of Performing and Fine Arts at York College ¿ City University of New York. She holds a Ph.D. in Communication from the University of South Florida. Her work focuses on intersectional issues of performance, identity and representation in emerging trends, activist movements, and marginalized communities across our changing media and communication landscape.

AcknowledgmentsChapter One: ¿The Silence Breakers¿: The Social Media Activism of #MeTooI. The Voices of #MeToo1. Challenges of Change2. Meeting the Challenge3. A History of Collective Action4. Social Media and #IntersectionalityII. Intersectional Approaches1. Mapping the Margins2. Not a Moment, But a MovementChapter Two: ¿When Movie Stars don¿t Know Where to Go, What Hope is There for the Rest of Us?¿ The Public and Private Faces of #MeTooI. The Celebrity Machine1. Critical Massa. Consumerismb. Reductionism2. Social Media is the Message3. Performing Activism4. Agents of ChangeChapter Three: ¿Sisters Still Managed to Get Diminished or Erased¿: Tarana Burke¿s Grassroots Goal and the Implications of #MeToo for Women of Color1. Intersectional InterventionsI. The Activism of Everyday Survival1. Cultural Guardians: Black Female Activists2. A Legacy of Silenced Voices3. Pipelines of Abuse4. WOC OnlineII. Recuperating the 99%Chapter Four: ¿Most of Us Were Never Taught the Language with Which to Understand the Experiences of our Youth¿: The Double-Bind of Silenced Sexual Victimization in the LGBTQ+ Community1. Statistics and Silence2. Multifaceted Oppressiona. Fetishizationb. Bisexualityc. Trans Communityd. LGBTQ+ Youth3. Internalization4. Binaried Language5. #MeQueerI. A Worthy Goal1. Prism of ReckoningChapter Five: ¿The Fastest Way to Discredit Any Women¿s Rights Struggle is to Say it Comes from Somewhere Else¿: Global Responses to #MeTooI. MeToo Rising Worldwide1. Collective Understanding2. Statistical Context3. Global Responsesa. Australiab. Brazilc. Chinad. Denmarke. Englandf. Franceg. Kenyah. Indiai. Irelandj. Japank. Philippinesl. Russiam. South Korean. Spaino. SwedenII. The Shared Language of ChangeChapter Six: ¿Disability is the One Minority Group We Can All Join¿: The Omission of People with Disabilities from #MeTooI. Sexual Citizenship1. A Personhood up for Grabs2. Educational JusticeII. Blank Boxes and IntersectionalityChapter Seven: ¿Perhaps all the Moment Requires is for Men to Shut Up and Listen¿: Toxic Masculinity and Male Responses to #MeTooI. Hegemonic Backlash1. The Toxic Locker Room2. Networked Misogyny3. From Bystanders to Upstanders4. The Hazards of ConformityII. #WeDo Believe Male SurvivorsIII. Fragile Strength1. The Wake-Up CallFinal Thoughts

The Voices of #MeToo: From Grassroots Activism to a Viral Roar is a timely and accessible analysis of how marginalized voices are engaged or silenced in one of the most successful social media projects in recent history. It is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand social movements and "hashtag activism" in the digital age.