The release of Harvey Weinstein exposes by the New York Times the New Yorker revealed that Weinstein had been sexually harassing and bribing female actresses for the past three decades. Four years ago, the Producers Guild of America honored Weinstein and his brother with the most prestigious honor, the Milestone Award, for their historic contributions to the entertainment industry. Now, the Producers Guild of America’s national board of directors and officers voted unanimously to expel Weinstein.

Weinstein gave us films like “Shakespeare in Love” and “Pulp Fiction.” All this time, he was hiding in plain sight; he always found ways to keep it unnoticed, mostly by paying people off or offering people jobs in his next big hit.

Many actresses began sharing their story of unwanted advances that Weinstein had made. Actress Alyssa Milano took to twitter on October 15 to initiate a conversation about the extent of the problem of sexual harassment by having individuals who have been sexually harassed or assaulted respond ‘me too’ to her tweet. A day after Milano posted the original tweet there werealready over 51,000 replies. Milano carried on the campaign by retweeting the national sexual assault hotline number, and mentioned an earlier #metoo movement. This only comes a few days after Rose McGowan’s twitter account was frozen after she made some harsh comments about Weinstein and tweeted out his private phone number. Twitter unfroze McGowan’s account when #WomenBoycottTwitter began trending.

 Similar to #YesAllWomen, women began using #MeToo in a variety of ways. Some only tweeted those simple two words. Others filled up the character limit with their story. Furthermore, people used the hashtag to a spark conversation about the culture of silence around sexual assault. As shocking as the Weinstein scandal is, this campaign made it apparent that assault and harassment is all too common in a variety of industries. Within 24 hours, the hashtag was tweeted nearly half a million times world wide. The hashtag has even carried over to Facebook, Instagram and Tumblr. This hashtag transformed a topic that women often keep quiet about into a movement. Unlike other movements that start of with a protest, this one just began by bringing more awareness to topic.

As the ‘Me Too’s’ keep rolling in, the conversation is just beginning. Not only has a dialog been opened, but the abuse of power has been exposed. Hopefully the number of ‘Me Too’s’ will stop growing in the near future.