“I am not asking to be carried through this nightmare of healing. I am demanding to be heard.”— Alexandra Billings, huffingtonpost.com
“What we wanted was to allow families and victims a little more leverage around holding the school districts accountable.”— Andrea Salinas, buzzfeed.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
“The shaming of victims as stupid, as clearly to blame for their assaults is systemic and devastating. All this needs to be shifted radically. Starting with each one of us. I see you, victims of assault. It was never your fault.”— Maria Dahvana Headley, twitter.com
“The pain we bear is a burden that too many women of color have had to bear for centuries. The wounds run deep.”— Time's Up, theroot.com
“While I found my passion for wine again, it has never felt quite the same. It took years of therapy to come to the realization that the only person responsible for sexual violence is the predator—period.”— Jacy Topps, munchies.vice.com
“Tony Robbins is so in the wrong here with his overt physical intimidation & verbal bullying tactics. The MeToo movement isn't trying to "get significance," it's pursuing justice & cultural change. MeToo isn't "attacking" someone else, it's holding perpetrators accountable.”— Peter Murphy, 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
“You want to talk about men and their emotions? So do I, and I hope you’re up to it”— Laurie Penny, longreads.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
“Even when she was believed, nothing he did to her mattered as much as what would be done to him if his actions against her were taken seriously. His value outweighed her sexualized worthlessness.”— Catharine A Mackinnon, nytimes.com
“There’s lots of online information about sexual violence, but there’s not a lot of information about how you as an individual can start dealing with the trauma.”— Tarana Burke, glamour.com
“I thought, "Oh my god. This is mass disclosure across the internet and there’s no after care. Who’s going to have the discussion of what #metoo is really about?”— Tarana Burke, glamour.com