“I am not asking to be carried through this nightmare of healing. I am demanding to be heard.”— Alexandra Billings, huffingtonpost.com
“A lot of harassment and assault and misconduct exist in a tricky gray area, which is part of what has allowed perpetrators to continue with impunity for so long.”— Anna Silman, thecut.com
“In an interview on Monday, Ms. Byrd said she expected more women to come forward with claims about Mr. Kricfalusi. She and Ms. Rice were introduced to each other by Mr. Kricfalusi, who, Ms. Byrd said, later fostered a rivalry between them. “He pitted us against each other and we hated each other,” s…”— Jonah Engel Bromwich, Liam Stack, nytimes.com
“You want to fight women over who has been more wronged in the field of sex and power. A lot of people also tried to invade Russia in the winter.”— Laurie Penny, longreads.com
“It is those within medicine who have the ability—and bear the responsibility—to solve these problems. But particular in this #metoo moment, I believe there is enormous power in women sharing their stories. One thing I didn’t fully appreciate at the start of my research is just how much silence surro…”— Maya Dusenbery, feministing.com
“The conversations about them will change, and they should. It’s up to the following generations to figure out how to continue those conversations and make them their own—to keep talking, in schools, in activism and art—and trust that we care.”— Molly Ringwald, newyorker.com
“Mr. Robbins’s arguments struck a particular nerve because similar ones have been used frequently against victims of sexual assault and harassment since long before the #MeToo movement began. Women who report sexual violence are often accused of seeking attention, or criticized for destroying men’s c…”— Maggie Astor, nytimes.com
“Lifestyle guru Tony Robbins has built a career on motivating people to improve their lives, but based on the comments he’s made about the #MeToo movement, that doesn’t include motivating women to call out their sexual abusers.”— Rebecca Fishbein, jezebel.com
“This movement is about making sure survivors have the resources to heal AFTER they’ve said #metoo, it’s about galvanizing a global community or survivors and advocates to do the work of interrupting sexual violence. It’s about protecting folks’ human dignity at all cost.”— Tarana Burke, twitter.com
“If you talk to more SURVIVORS and less sexist businessmen maybe you’ll understand what we want. We want safety. We want healing. We want accountability. We want closure. We want to live a life free from shame.”— Tarana Burke, twitter.com
“Crash course @TonyRobbins: 1. @MeTooMVMT is NOT about victimization it’s about SURVIVORS. 2. Women are not to blame for the deep seeded misogyny that you and men like your ‘friend’ are mired in.”— Tarana Burke, twitter.com
“so happy nanine mccool stood her ground. tony robbins attempting to physically intimidate her, shame victims of sexual assault, and defend men who (allegedly) can’t hire attractive women because it’s a “risk” is sickening to say the least.”— Ashliene McMenamy, twitter.com
“This mass mobilization against sexual abuse, through an unprecedented wave of speaking out in conventional and social media, is eroding the two biggest barriers to ending sexual harassment in law and in life: the disbelief and trivializing dehumanization of its victims.”— Catharine A Mackinnon, nytimes.com
“It is widely thought that when something is legally prohibited, it more or less stops. This may be true for exceptional acts, but it is not true for pervasive practices like sexual harassment, including rape, that are built into structural social hierarchies.”— Catharine A Mackinnon, nytimes.com
“His career, reputation, mental and emotional serenity and assets counted. Hers didn’t. In some ways, it was even worse to be believed and not have what he did matter. It meant she didn’t matter.”— Catharine A Mackinnon, nytimes.com