“I’m not a therapist or a victims’ advocate, as much as I appreciate both of those fields. I’m not an expert at helping people unpack their own trauma, although I like to think I ask good questions.”— Kat Tenbarge, kidsarentalright.substack.com
“We do, however, need to create a social ethic that makes it clear that anyone who chooses to go to bat for a man accused of abuse has a responsibility to get all the facts and not just the view that he promotes. The abuse of women is simply too rampant for anyone to assume that an allegation is fals…”— Lundy Bancroft, amazon.com
“Whether or not you support Andrew Yang for president, you cannot deny Evelyn Yang's bravery. By sharing her courageous story, Yang is empowering so many other women to come forward with their stories, and in the era of #MeToo, Evelyn Yang is opening a new frontier when it comes to holding sexual pre…”— Anushay Hossain, CNN, cnn.com
“She's already written, and kept private, two volumes of unpublished memoirs, one focusing on her Fellini years, the other on her time with Allen. In the latter, Engelhardt portrays a relationship of unequals.”— Gary Baum, hollywoodreporter.com
“In filing their suit, they hope to not only compel Dartmouth to implement policies that would combat sexual misconduct, but also to shine a light on the discrimination against women and minorities that pervades academic sciences.”— Amanda Arnold, thecut.com
“When I showed up on set, respect wasn’t a given—I had to repeatedly prove myself in order to earn it. I found a lot of men had contempt for me until they got to know me.”— Rich Juzwiak, themuse.jezebel.com
“Women started speaking out more and more about harassment and assault in the wake of the initial “silence breakers” (as they came to be called), and many expected that finally holding powerful people accountable for their alleged misdeeds would usher in unprecedented social change. A year later, how…”— Lisa Ryan, thecut.com
“Writing so publicly about my sexual assault has changed the way I date.”— Dani Blum, huffingtonpost.com
“Imagine if every single man in the world had a 9pm curfew. As soon as the night turned late, men had to go back home and stay indoors, and women, nonbinary people, and gender nonconforming folks could go out and do as they pleased at night.”— Ana Valens, amp.dailydot.com
“Change should not demand the bodies of women. It should not demand our sacrifice or our pain.”— Lyz Lenz, jezebel.com
“I am so often consumed by frustration at being unable to conduct my day-to-day life without being approached by strange men, at constantly having to adjust my behavior and wardrobe to minimize the likelihood of being subject to harassment — and still having to deal with it anyway.”— Otegha Uwagba, manrepeller.com
“I believe survivors. Those who can and do come forward, and those who cannot or do not choose to. I stand behind Anita Hill, Christine Ford, Deborah Ramirez, Julie Swetnick and all of those whose names I do not know. And I’m eager for this conversation, and the action it inspires, to broaden and dee…”— Emma Bracy, manrepeller.com
“We know the extent to which a woman’s credibility depends on her demeanor during crucial moments of scrutiny, and there is one quality that counts above all: poise.”— Alexandra Schwartz, newyorker.com
“Some say a man shouldn’t pay a price for an act he committed as a teenager. But the woman pays the price for the rest of her life, and so do the people who love her.”— Padma Lakshmi, nytimes.com
“Tuesday's sentencing was a reckoning accusers and prosecutors said was decades in the making.”— Associated Press, hollywoodreporter.com
“Penn wants people to know how important personal space and respecting boundaries is, and that no form of obsession is cute when it hurts someone else or makes them feel uncomfortable.”— Elly Belle, teenvogue.com
“Either he is completely oblivious (which means his “long time to listen” has not nearly been long enough) or he is smirking and rolling his eyes after waiting in a time-out for as long as seemed necessary from a PR standpoint.”— Dana Schwartz, ew.com
“If it isn’t a pageant and outer beauty isn’t supposed to matter, what has it even become? And if it becomes progressive enough to silence feminist critics, will it lose all its viewers?”— MOLLY LANGMUIR, elle.com
“In these current circumstances, one must pick a side. I stand unhesitatingly and unwaveringly with the women.”— Anthony Bourdain, thecut.com
“I have moments of rage. I have moments of confusion. I have moments of disbelief!”— Georgina Chapman, vogue.com