4 ways you can support Time’s Up

You don’t need to be a Hollywood superstar to support Time’s Up – here’s how everyone can support the movement 
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Last night saw Hollywood A-listers descend on the Golden Globes, the first of their annual red carpet pilgrimages for 2018 - but this time with a difference.

Stars including Angelina Jolie, Ashley Judd and Oprah Winfrey all wore black – in support of the Time’s Up movement.

But what is Time’s Up and how can non-Hollywood people support it?

The Time's Up movement is an extension of the #MeToo movement. Last year, we witnessed the fall of Hollywood heavyweight Harvey Weinstein who was accused of multiple sexual harassments from women in Hollywood. As a result the #MeToo movement took its stride.

This global movement saw women who had faced sexual harassment in the workplace tweet #MeToo, with details of their story. The world took notice, and the women of Hollywood decided to create Time’s Up to keep sexual harassment in the conversation.

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In December, it was revealed that celebrities would be donning black to protest sexual harassment in the workplace. But last Monday, January 1, a letter was published in The New York Times and signed by more than 300 female celebrities showed that the black was symbolic of something much bigger.

These celebrities had founded Time's Up with aims to address "the systemic inequality and injustice in the workplace that have kept underrepresented groups from reaching their full potential."

While sexual harassment in the workplace was the underlying theme of the Globes – most eloquently in Oprah Winfrey’s acceptance speech for her Cecil B Demille award – what can non-Hollywood folk (i.e. all of us) do to support Time’s Up?

1. Donate

When the Time’s Up movement launched a week ago, it launched in conjunction with a legal defence fund administered by the National Women's Law Center. This fund was set up to support lower-income women who are seeking justice for sexual harassment and assault in the workplace.

In just one week, the fund has raised $15.98million (£11.8million) of their $16million goal.

Director Steven Spielberg and his wife Kate Capshaw donated $2million (£1.47million) while J.J. Abrams and his wife Katie McGrath donated $1million (£739,000).

Movement starters like Meryl Streep, Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston and Shonda Rhimes each donated $500,000 (£369,000), Oprah Winfrey and Taylor Swift donated $100,000 (£74,000) and Natalie Portman, Emma Stone, Cate Blanchett and Jessica Chastain have donated $50,000 (£37,000).

2. Wear black

Prior to the Golden Globes, stars like Rashida Jones, Kerry Washington, Reese Witherspoon and Brie Larson posted a video to social media encouraging people to wear black in solidarity with Time’s Up.

People in support of the movement were asked to wear black “to stand in solidarity with women and men everywhere who have been silenced by discrimination, harassment or abuse.”

3. Wear the logo loud and proud

On the Time’s Up website there is a ‘shop’ section where you can buy t-shirts, pins, notebooks and stickers branded with the Time’s Up logo.

All of the proceeds are donated to the legal defence fund. You can find more here.

4. Share your reason for wearing black

One of the most important part of Time’s Up and the #MeToo movement is keeping it in the conversation.

So talk about it on social media, talk about what they both mean to you. Every time someone shares there reason for wearing black or the reason behind their #MeToo, it’s ensuring this movement is being heard.

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