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Tarana Burke Quotes

Total quotes: 17
“Me Too, in a lot of ways, is about agency. It’s not about giving up your agency, it’s about claiming it.”
— Tarana Burke, Me Too founder Tarana Burke: ‘You have to use your privilege to serve other people’
Tagged: Me Too, #metoo, backlash, Me Too Backlash, Agency, Misconceptions About Me Too
“I don’t think that every single case of sexual harassment has to result in someone being fired; the consequences should vary. But we need a shift in culture so that every single instance of sexual harassment is investigated and dealt with.”
— Tarana Burke, Me Too founder Tarana Burke: ‘You have to use your privilege to serve other people’
Tagged: Me Too, #metoo, backlash, Me Too Backlash, Justice, The Spectrum of Sexual Assault, accountability, Consequences, Sexual Harassment, Cultural Shifts
“There’s sexual harassment over here and you shouldn’t conflate it with rape. Which is true; those are two very different things. But they’re on the same spectrum. Sexual harassment is like the gateway drug. It’s the entry point.”
— Tarana Burke, Me Too founder Tarana Burke: ‘You have to use your privilege to serve other people’
Tagged: Me Too, #metoo, backlash, Me Too Backlash, Justice, The Spectrum of Sexual Assault, accountability, Consequences, Sexual Harassment, Gateway Drug, Rape Culture
“I cannot define how you or your body responds to things. I can’t tell you that’s not trauma.”
— Tarana Burke, Me Too founder Tarana Burke: ‘You have to use your privilege to serve other people’
Tagged: Me Too, #metoo, Survivors Define Trauma, Trauma, Spectrum of Sexual Assault
“That’s actually the most problematic part here. All of this media attention is on the perpetrator.”
— Tarana Burke, Me Too Creator Tarana Burke Reminds Us This Is About Black and Brown Survivors
Tagged: Me Too, Media Biases
“If we’re ever going to heal in our community, we have to heal the perpetrators and heal the survivors, or else it’s just a continuous cycle.”
— Tarana Burke, Tarana Burke Says #MeToo Should Center Marginalized Communities
Tagged: Me Too, #metoo, sexual violence, Healing Both Sides, Healing the Community, Breaking the Cycle
“As a community, we create a lot of space for fighting and pushing back, but not enough for connecting and healing.”
— Tarana Burke, Creator of original "Me Too" campaign speaks out
“The gray area is really important to talk about because so many of us live in the gray area. People talk a lot about how men are confused about consent and they don’t know if they should touch this or touch that, or ask.”
— Tarana Burke, Me Too Creator Tarana Burke Reminds Us This Is About Black and Brown Survivors
Tagged: MeToo, #metoo, Sexual Assault Victims, Sexual Assault Survivors, Rape Culture, The Complexity of Consent, The Gray Area
“That’s another reason why I center black and brown girls. There are nuances in our community around sexual violence that are informed by centuries of oppression and white supremacy, but we have to confront them.”
— Tarana Burke, Tarana Burke Says #MeToo Should Center Marginalized Communities
Tagged: Me Too, #metoo, Marginalized Communities, Marginalized Voices, Women Of Color, White Supremacy, Intersectional Feminism, sexual violence
“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, The #MeToo Hashtag Is Powerful—but What Comes After Is More Important
Tagged: Me Too, #metoo, Self-Care After Disclosure, Sexual Assault, Mass Disclosure, Social Media, sexual violence, Self-Care After Rape, Trauma
“The movement is about people owning their truth and releasing the shame associated with sexual violence. That is not a NEW concept. What’s new is that there is some accountability now.”
— Tarana Burke
Tagged: me too movement, Sexual Harassment, sexual violence, Sexual Abuse
“I felt a sense of dread, because something that was part of my life’s work was going to be co-opted and taken from me and used for a purpose that I hadn’t originally intended.”
— Tarana Burke, The Woman Who Created #MeToo Long Before Hashtags
Tagged: Origins of #MeToo, #metoo, Reappropriation, Women of Color Activists, The Purpose of Me Too
“What about the person whose family didn’t know until they saw it on social media? What if for a survivor social media is your self-care and you’re bombarded with all these posts? It’s really complicated.”
— Tarana Burke, Tarana Burke Says #MeToo Should Center Marginalized Communities
Tagged: Me Too, #metoo, Disclosing Sexual Assault, The Process of Disclosure, Social Media, backlash, Me Too Backlash, Self-Care and Social Media, Self-Care, The Digital Age
“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
Tagged: MeToo, #metoo, Sexual Assault Survivors, Sexual Assault Awareness, Tony Robbins, Misogyny, Trending News
“3. Survivors are not complicit in their own abuse. Speaking our truth is part of healing not a ploy to gain ‘significance’ - bc when does that even HAPPEN?!

4. Physical intimidation can be a form or harassment. Rewatch that video and then watch your step homie.”
— Tarana Burke
Tagged: MeToo, me too campaign, Sexual Assault Survivors, Tony Robbins, Physical Intimidation, victim-blaming, Headline Examples
“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
Tagged: Me Too, MeToo, #metoo, Sexual Assault Awareness, Stop Victim-Blaming, Me Too Is About Agency, Headline Examples
“Women have been speaking up for years about harassment and abuse. 'Me Too' has just created cover for those who didn’t feel safe enough to speak up. The movement didn’t *create* the concept of speaking out. it just allowed people to hear us better as a chorus and not a solo.”
— Tarana Burke
Tagged: me too movement, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Abuse, sexual violence, sexual survivors, sexual victims
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