“I think it is because we, as women, have been devalued artistically to an indecent state, to the point where the film industry stopped making an effort to find out what female audiences wanted to see and what stories we wanted to tell.”— Salma Hayek, nytimes.com
“According to a recent study, between 2007 and 2016, only 4 percent of directors were female and 80 percent of those got the chance to make only one film. In 2016, another study found, only 27 percent of words spoken in the biggest movies were spoken by women. And people wonder why you didn’t hear ou…”— Salma Hayek, nytimes.com
“I think one of my least favorite types of responses to people speaking up on sexual harassment and sexual assault is are articles like “in wake of weinstein, men wonder if hugging women still ok”, and comments like “this is why men don’t pursue women anymore”, “i don’t wanna work with women cause i…”— @residentgoodgirl, tumblr.com
“When newspaper headlines call rapist Brock Turner a “swim star”, when victims are blamed for what they wore, or when Nancy Pelosi calls her colleague accused of sexual harassment an “icon”, we are providing refuge to those that abuse others.”— Jessica Valenti, theguardian.com
“It wasn’t built to be a viral campaign or a hashtag that is here today and forgotten tomorrow. It was a catchphrase to be used from survivor to survivor to let folks know that they were not alone and that a movement for radical healing was happening and possible.”— Tarana Burke, ebony.com
“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
“Of course it's worse when the sexual harasser or assailant is a man you thought was one of the good ones.”— Jill Filipovic, twitter.com
“Babies are the only ones... who can commit sexual assault with impunity.”— roastbeefgeneral, reddit.com
“Even though awareness is higher than ever about workplace sexual harassment, there are still so many people who feel victimized, afraid and silenced by their abusers and circumstances.”— Taylor Swift, time.com
“You should not be blamed for waiting 15 minutes or 15 days or 15 years to report sexual assault or harassment, or for the outcome of what happens to a person after he or she makes the choice to sexually harass or assault you.”— Taylor Swift, time.com
“My advice is that you not blame yourself and do not accept the blame others will try to place on you.”— Taylor Swift, time.com
“We’re in the midst of a reckoning. It’s what toxic masculinity’s own medicine tastes like. And people should allow the consequences to unfold, regardless of how it affects those they consider to be friends.”— Amber Tamblyn, nytimes.com
“Why do we need to talk about the redemption of men when we are right in the middle of the salvation of women? Not even the middle, but the very beginning? Why are we obligated to care about salvaging male careers when we have just begun to tell the stories that have plagued us for lifetimes? It seem…”— Amber Tamblyn, nytimes.com
“Being an awkward girl with a big nose never protected me from harassment. If anything, especially when you're young, not being 'conventionally attractive' can mean you're treated as if you should be grateful for the attention. I know it makes some women feel safer if they attack other's choices - th…”— Jessica Valenti, twitter.com
“Plenty of people get wasted and manage not to assault others. Lots of folks struggle with alcoholism and drug addiction without harassing women.”— Jessica Valenti, twitter.com
“If you’re upset about the assault & harassment women deal with, think beyond the impact of an individual experience - consider what this horror does to us cumulatively over a lifetime... This isn’t just about one man or one horrible experience. It’s about women being shaped by a lifetime of preventa…”— Jessica Valenti, twitter.com
“The problem isn’t men and women being alone together, it’s abusive men and their communities that look the other way. I find 'solutions' like these so troubling because they’re based on the idea that the only thing stopping men from harassing is opportunity.”— Jessica Valenti, twitter.com
“If you are tempted to say that masturbating in front of women is not THAT bad on the spectrum of sexual assault, please don't.”— Jessica Valenti, twitter.com
“my current favorite victim-blaming tactic is 'she's accused other guys in the past.' like women get a lifetime limit of talking about one (1) assault ever and we have to keep the rest of them quiet if we want people to believe us”— Amanda Hess, twitter.com
“In decades of research on rape, no one has found a link between what a woman wears & her chances of being attacked. The only relationship between clothing and sexual assault is how much a victim will be blamed, period.”— Jessica Valenti, twitter.com