one of my current lessons is: | if i cannot add something good to a discussion i prefer not to say anything unless i feel i need to position myself because sometimes not saying anything can be a contribution towards people saying bad stuff |
actually why i am adding something to this discussion is more a feeling of "as a self defined feminist I need to add something" (see video below), which is stupid and self limited but it is okay for me. and i wanted to mention why I think it is important irrespective of its initial background for going viral (i didn't know at the beginning and maybe that is a good thing because it may would have impacted my perspective)
by searching the #metoo hashtag, some of these examples can be found:
some personal statements: www.the-pool.com/news-views/opinion/2017/42/marisa-bate-on-me-too-hashtag-post-weinstein
or that there is a reason some people don't want to "out" themselves:
edition.cnn.com/2017/10/16/opinions/me-too-mayim-bialik-kate-maltby-opinion/index.html
and a small reminder that no-one has to out themselves:
by searching the #metoo hashtag, some of these examples can be found:
some personal statements: www.the-pool.com/news-views/opinion/2017/42/marisa-bate-on-me-too-hashtag-post-weinstein
or that there is a reason some people don't want to "out" themselves:
edition.cnn.com/2017/10/16/opinions/me-too-mayim-bialik-kate-maltby-opinion/index.html
and a small reminder that no-one has to out themselves:
another reminder:
some important honoring of people fighting against sexual violence since many years:
www.ebony.com/news-views/black-woman-me-too-movement-tarana-burke-alyssa-milano#axzz4vkYQDM7D
very important reminder that not only people who define themselves as woman are #metoo-survivors: www.facebook.com/humansofbombay/posts/727171920825121
some more narratives captured by STORYPICK:
http://www.storypick.com/indians-metoo-stories/
and the very important contribution in this debate - some
voices for the urgently needed perspective shift:
mic.com/articles/185292/ididthat-and-himthough-responses-to-metoo-ask-men-to-take-accountability-for-sexual-misconduct#.FCf6bMg6r
www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2017/10/17/why_the_metoo_moment_is_liberating_dispiriting_and_uncomfortable_all_at.html
www.ebony.com/news-views/black-woman-me-too-movement-tarana-burke-alyssa-milano#axzz4vkYQDM7D
very important reminder that not only people who define themselves as woman are #metoo-survivors: www.facebook.com/humansofbombay/posts/727171920825121
some more narratives captured by STORYPICK:
http://www.storypick.com/indians-metoo-stories/
and the very important contribution in this debate - some
voices for the urgently needed perspective shift:
mic.com/articles/185292/ididthat-and-himthough-responses-to-metoo-ask-men-to-take-accountability-for-sexual-misconduct#.FCf6bMg6r
www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2017/10/17/why_the_metoo_moment_is_liberating_dispiriting_and_uncomfortable_all_at.html
www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/instead-of-me-too-we-need-to-ask-have-you_us_59e58d2ce4b0a741e4b353d1?utm_campaign=hp_fb_pages&utm_source=women_fb&utm_medium=facebook&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000046
so, under the light of doubting that the #metoo-hashtag will have huge impact on social change - but still hoping and knowing that small changes are the drops we need to fill the ocean - this is what I want to add (nothing spectacular though):
so, under the light of doubting that the #metoo-hashtag will have huge impact on social change - but still hoping and knowing that small changes are the drops we need to fill the ocean - this is what I want to add (nothing spectacular though):
BUT
the best contributions to the debate i have found among my friends
c r i t i c a l s m a r t c o m m e n t s w i t h
l i g h t s o f h o p e a n d m a g i c
i don't really feel like going and ask them for permission of their statements
so i don't post them here
and this is the best that i found throughout this debate
i was remembered that i found already amazing souls
people that lift each other up
support
souls that make you grow
the best contributions to the debate i have found among my friends
c r i t i c a l s m a r t c o m m e n t s w i t h
l i g h t s o f h o p e a n d m a g i c
i don't really feel like going and ask them for permission of their statements
so i don't post them here
and this is the best that i found throughout this debate
i was remembered that i found already amazing souls
people that lift each other up
support
souls that make you grow