Tarana Burke

I'm driven by the gaps, the things that are missing, the areas where marginalized people exist - and where the least resources are available for them.

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. That's just basic common sense.

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

We have to come together and speak honestly about what the barriers are within our community - and then tear them down. It's really that simple.

I don't want to get into splitting hairs. Trauma is trauma. I'm not in a position to quantify or qualify people's trauma.

I didn't start Me Too as a hashtag, and had I had the opportunity to, I probably wouldn't have done it that way. I think that what has happened subsequently has been beautiful to watch, but what concerns me is what all of these survivors are going to do now.

People ask me what men can do, and I tell them, even if you're not a perpetrator, you should believe women - or queer folks - when they say that they have been violated.

Even when black folks make me angry, I know that the foundation is that I love us. I want us to win, and I want us to have all the things that we deserve in the world. And that's driven by love.

'Me Too' is about letting - using the power of empathy to stomp out shame.

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

'Me too' was just two words; it's two magic words that galvanised the world.