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This Time, Time Got It Right: Tarana Burke Covers the 100 Most Influential People Issue
We will never not stan for Tarana Burke because of the way she so unapologetically and steadfastly stands for us. Watching her profile rise in recent months is like watching the sun rise on a precious and fertile piece of earth that has been ignored far too long. And since Time magazine was deeply egregious…
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Think Like a Man, Harass a Woman? Steve Harvey Sued for Blindsiding a Sexual Assault Survivor
Updated Monday, April 16, 2018, 4:30 p.m. EDT: An attorney for Dominque Collier reached out to The Root to shed further light on his client’s lawsuit against Steve Harvey. In the letter, attorney Jehan Carter said that TMZ incorrectly framed Collier’s lawsuit strictly as a sexual harassment suit. Carter said that Collier was intentionally misled…
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Bill Cosby Accuser Andrea Constand to Return Monday for Testimony
Andrea Constand will take the stand again Monday, her second day of testimony in the retrial of disgraced comedian and actor Bill Cosby, who is facing charges of indecent assault. CNN reports that Constand will return for the second week of the trial in Norristown, Pa., after taking the stand Friday. As Diana Moskovitz reported…
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Can We Talk? Viola Davis Speaks of Survival at the Power of Women Luncheon
Viola Davis is known for her moving speeches—whether she’s speaking about social injustice or accepting well-deserved accolades in an industry in which she’s helping to ensure that black women soar. Davis brought the crowd to a standstill at the Women’s March in Los Angeles earlier this year as she recounted her ongoing struggle as a…
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Power of Women: Tarana Burke Brings Message of Strength to New York City
Tarana Burke, who founded the #MeToo movement in 2006, came to New York City this week to let us know how we can be of value to the movement and how to protect everyone from “the disease of sexual violence.” She gave a moving speech Friday at the star-studded Power of Women luncheon, hosted by…
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The Voices Missing From #MeToo: Experiencing Sexual Assault as Butch
He was my dude, my nigga, my friend. The details of that night are mine to keep, a privacy I allow myself, even as I often openly share my childhood sexual trauma. This particular violation—rape—came at a crossroads in my life. I was figuring out two things: blackness and butchness, and trying hard to do…
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Survivor’s Remorse: On Junot Díaz and the Collateral Damage of Trauma
I began this week in tears. Early Monday morning, hot, torrential tears were flowing as if I were in the midst of my last heartbreak—or the one before that, or the one before that. I was reading Junot Díaz’s searingly confessional essay in the New Yorker about confronting and coping with his childhood rape. Like…
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Watch: Bill Cosby’s Spokesman Shames Topless Protester
On Monday a topless protester hopped a barricade at Bill Cosby’s sexual assault retrial in Norristown, Pa. The protester, Nicolle Rochelle—who is a former actor on The Cosby Show—told reporters that she wanted to make Cosby uncomfortable because “that is exactly what he has been doing for decades to women.” But that message was missed…
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The Power of a Woman: Tarana Burke Covers Variety Magazine
It seems like only yesterday we were talking about the incredible Tarana Burke. Oh, wait; it was just yesterday: And wasn’t it just a couple of weeks ago that The Glow Up was raving about the #MeToo movement founder’s first magazine cover for Hannah Magazine? Yeah, that rings a bell … So when news broke…
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About That Time Tarana Burke Took on Tony Robbins … and Won
By now, it’s no secret that we’re serious admirers of Tarana Burke. Aside from birthing the #MeToo movement to help the young black and brown girls that she encountered as an activist, she has consistently shown unparalleled grace, generosity and commitment, no matter how high her profile continues to rise. As she recently told Elle…