Over recent years, feminism has progressed into a more intersectional movement. A movement that acknowledges all kinds of systematic inequalities, privileges and when to pass the mic over.

As I type this, I am sweating. I went to a die-in by the Extinction Rebellion chapter in my city this afternoon on a pedestrian bridge, where all the participants laid down in the middle of the path under the bright sun to symbolize dying from climate disaster. At this die-in, an older couple, a man and a woman, stopped on the bridge and asked one of the organizers, “Why climate action?”

Has the MeToo movement reached Japan? At first glance, from an outsider’s perspective, the answer would probably be no. However, although the small steps that Japan is taking may seem minute in comparison to other countries, the pace of change is in fact monumental.

The Me Too movement was founded in 2006 by Tarana Burke, an activist from Harlem to help survivors of sexual violence, particularly black women and girls, and other young women of color from low wealth communities. The movement was started to help them find ways to heal, according to Me Too Movement website.

The Me Too movement was founded in 2006 by Tarana Burke, an activist from Harlem to help survivors of sexual violence, particularly black women and girls, and other young women of color from low wealth communities.

There is hardly a single country left untouched by the #MeToo movement over the last year, and South Korea is certainly no exception.