“As with most good things, a Black woman named Tarana Burke was the original creator of the #MeToo awareness movement, but you would never know that from whom TIME chose to put on its cover instead.”— Hari Ziyad, afropunk.com
“It’s about who’s been pushing forward the voices of all women and not just their own. If Time wants to frame important people in the movement – it should be those that consistently rally for all women. It should be those that lack power and influence but made sacrifices and need the visibility.”— Gin, awesomelyluvvie.com
“What about, say, Terry Crews, who is a man who decided to break silence and that shit was major. In this culture of toxic masculinity, men speaking up about their victimhood is revolutionary.”— Luvvie Ajayi, awesomelyluvvie.com
“I am not questioning the validity of Taylor’s experience or her story. What I have a problem with is what Taylor is being positioned as the face of a movement by being placed on this cover, because she won a lawsuit. She lost nothing when others have lost everything when they break silence, but don’…”— Luvvie Ajayi, awesomelyluvvie.com