Disruption Timeline

By leilanif

  • #HeForShe

    #HeForShe
    This trend showed that feminism can go beyond just a women's movement, and that Men can support women's rights as well. Men and women would tweet their reasoning for supporting #heforshe, and #sheforhe also developed shortly after. People apart of this would commit to gender equality.

  • #BlackLivesMatter

    #BlackLivesMatter
    Repetitive patterns of many African Americans being killed by the police lead to major protests, starting in august 2015. By November 2019, the #BlackLivesMatter movement was born. [https://mashable.com/2016/08/10/black-lives-matter-mike-brown-ferguson-timeline/] ](http://www.timetoast.com) The movement advocates for violence and racism against black people. Twitter was the main platform for the means of using the hashtag.

  • #MeToo Movement

    #MeToo Movement
    In October 2017, the #MeToo movement becomes an international phenomenon when Alyssa Milano encourages others to share their stories. Many people share their stories, and many industries are affected. Employee's are fired for their positions due to sexual misconduct/ abuse. Most of the subjects used Twitter or Facebook to spotlight their stories.

  • #DressLikeAWomen

    #DressLikeAWomen
    The #DressLikeAWomen momement started when the POTUS, Donald Trump told women working for him that they needed to 'look a certain look'. Then a series of tweets was sent out by women in their 'Dress Like a Women' look. Women would share a look of their profession and tag it with the trending hashtag.

  • #WomensMarch

    #WomensMarch
    Beginning of Donald Trump presidency, millions of women came together to march to end sexism against women. Much of the unfair treatment against women was brought to like by the #metoo movement. Twitter was the mainplatform for the cause of this movement, but Instagram was used a lot too.