Unless you have been living in a cave for the past 24 hours or only have male Facebook friends, and even then it may still be hard not to have had your newsfeeds flooded with two words: Me too. This was born out of a tweet by Alyssa Milano calling for all women who had been sexually harassed to simply update their status or post: Me too.

If you’ve been sexually harassed or assaulted write ‘me too’ as a reply to this tweet. pic.twitter.com/k2oeCiUf9n

— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) October 15, 2017

Since New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor rocked Hollywood and the collective entertainment world by exposing Harvey Weinstein’s long and sordid history of sexual harassment and assault, this issue has not left the headlines. Of course, many trolls have crawled out from under their bridges to victim blame but overall the majority of the reaction has been about shining a spotlight on the issue of sexual harassment.

In other posts, I have been critical of hashtag movements and brought up their inability to create lasting change but I think #MeToo and the fallout from dirtbag Harvey Weinstein will create change. I think what makes #MeToo different is the very personal nature of it when you see your cousin, your old manager, and countless other strong women you know on a personal level posting #MeToo it hits home. It is no longer an event that occurred in a place you have never been or to people you have never met, its an event that happens far too often and to far too many people.

The old guard is gone along with the willingness to turn a blind eye. For far too long women, have suffered in silence in the male-dominated world of Hollywood. And by no means is Hollywood the only place this has occurred but as the walls of oppression and bad behavior begin to crumble we can hope the next generation of young women do not have to continue on a legacy of #MeToo.