How #BlackLivesMatter and #MeToo Went From Hashtags to Movements | Fired Up | ELLE

Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of Black Lives Matter, and Tarana Burke, founder of #MeToo, stopped by ELLE.com to talk about the genesis of their movements, why anger doesn't fuel their activism, and what it means to turn a hashtag into a call to action. More about FIRED UP on ELLE.com: https://www.elle.com/fired-up/ Something’s snapped. After the 2016 presidential election, women nationwide wanted to make a scene. We flooded streets in protest. We filled out ballots. Whispers gave way to battle cries. We didn’t do it for “attention.” We did it for progress. In “Fired Up,” ELLE.com explores women’s rage—and what comes next. SUBSCRIBE to ELLE http://bit.ly/SubscribeToELLE