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The personal is political for so many.

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I feel the reason people started using 'me too' is there is beauty and power in those words.

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Violence is violence. Trauma is trauma. And we are taught to downplay it, even think about it as child's play.

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Sexual harassment does bring shame.

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I want the women I work with to find the entry point to where their healing is.

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Donald Trump has proven to be the kind of person who you can't reason with and who you can't have a logical conversation with - and who I can't imagine having a heart-to-heart conversation thinking that I would change something specifically about this person.

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As a community, we create a lot of space for fighting and pushing back, but not enough for connecting and healing.

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We have to have something that reaches the masses. That's what I've always known Me Too could do.

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I think that Me Too is for everybody. I think it's important that people feel validated.

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The work of #MeToo is about healing. It's about healing as individuals and healing as communities.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Activist

Born: September 12th, 1973

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