“The silence breakers” who gave power to the #metoo movement are named Time Person of the Year 2017
Time magazine has named the “silence breakers”—mainly women who kickstarted the #metoo movement—as its Person of The Year.
The win for the #metoo movement marks the 91st time the magazine has named a person, group or a concept that has had the greatest impact on the world that year. As the magazine is keen to stress, this impact can be either positive or negative. (The magazine’s long list of controversial choices include Adolf Hilter, Joseph Stalin, and Ayatullah Khomeini).
The Silence Breakers are TIME's Person of the Year 2017 #TIMEPOY https://t.co/mLgNTveY9z pic.twitter.com/GBo9z57RVG
— TIME (@TIME) December 6, 2017
The #metoo movement won for a “reckoning” that has rapidly spread across the globe. As Time explains:
The women and men who have broken their silence span all races, all income classes, all occupations and virtually all corners of the globe. They might labor in California fields, or behind the front desk at New York City’s regal Plaza Hotel, or in the European Parliament. They’re part of a movement that has no formal name. But now they have a voice.
The magazine names a number of prominent women who helped kickstart the movement, including movie stars Ashley Judd, Rose McGowan, Alyssa Milano, as well as activist Tarana Burke. Burke is the founder of a non-profit which helps survivors and she called on women to show solidarity with each other as early as 2006. The Plaza Hotel Plaintiffs (a group of seven women who filed a sexual-harassment suit against the hotel) were also named by the magazine as “silence breakers.”
The magazine also pays homage to state senator Sara Gelser, singer Taylor Swift, and an anonymous survivors. Judd, Susan Fowler, Adama Iwu, Swift, and Isabel Pascual are pictured on the magazine’s cover.
President Donald Trump was runner-up this year, but in 2016 he won the accolade for the “revolution” he stirred in the US. In 2015, the magazine named Angela Merkel for her decisive response to Europe’s refugee crisis, one of many emergencies she has managed over the last decade. Merkel was the fourth woman to be named Time’s Person of the Year (formerly “Man of the Year”).
Article Source: https://qz.com/1148377/time-person-of-the-year-2017-the-silence-breakers-forming-the-metoo-movement/
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VOCABULARY WORDS:
1. Kickstart (v.) ~ provide the initial impetus to
2. Prominent (adj.) ~ important famous
3. Homage (n.) ~ special honor or respect shown publicly
4. Accolade (n.) ~ an award or privilege granted as a special honor or as an acknowledgment of merit
5. Decisive (adj.) ~ settling an issue producing a definite result
6. Stir (v.) ~ arouse strong feelings in (someone) move or excite
QUESTIONS FOR DICSUSSION:
1. What do you know about the #metoo movement?
2. How did this group impact the world this year?
3. If you could choose the person of the year for your ｃountry only, who would it be? Why would you choose him/ her?
