#MeToo Founder Tarana Burke Responds To Asia Argento Report

You’ve probably heard by now about the New York Times report regarding Italian actress Asia Argento that has gone viral

Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Brittany "B.Monét" Fennell

August 21, 2018 - 09:00

I’ve said repeatedly that the #metooMVMT is for all of us, including these brave young men who are now coming forward. It will continue to be jarring when we hear the names of some of our faves connected to sexual violence unless we shift from talking about individuals [+]

— Tarana (@TaranaBurke) August 20, 2018

…and begin to talk about power. Sexual violence is about power and privilege. That doesn’t change if the perpetrator is your favorite actress, activist or professor of any gender.
And we won’t shift the culture unless we get serious about shifting these false narratives.

— Tarana (@TaranaBurke) August 20, 2018

My hope is that as more folks come forward, particularly men, that we prepare ourselves for some hard conversations about power and humanity and privilege and harm. This issue is less about crime & punishment and more about harm and harm reduction.

— Tarana (@TaranaBurke) August 20, 2018

A shift can happen. This movement is making space for possibility. But, it can only happen after we crack open the whole can of worms and get really comfortable with the uncomfortable reality that there is no one way to be a perpetrator.

— Tarana (@TaranaBurke) August 20, 2018

…and there is no model survivor.
We are imperfectly human and we all have to be accountable for our individual behavior.

— Tarana (@TaranaBurke) August 20, 2018

People will use these recent news stories to try and discredit this movement – don’t let that happen. This is what Movement is about. It’s not a spectator sport. It is people generated. We get to say “this is/isn’t what this movement is about!”

— Tarana (@TaranaBurke) August 20, 2018

We need #metooMilitary, #metooK12, #metooCSA, #metooONCampus, #metooTGNC, #metooQueer, #metooChurch, #metooBlKChurch, #metooMosque, #metooDisabled, #metooTrafficking, #metooSports, #metooSexWorkers, #metooAroundtheWay, #metooVixens, #metooDateRape, #metooAtWork and so forth…

— Tarana (@TaranaBurke) March 22, 2018