Jamie Hood

You know, I was like, because I had never really heard people talk about these things before. And I don't know if that's just my upbringing or like the circles that I moved through, but I didn't really feel like there were other people who were sharing those experiences.

You know, I was like, because I had never really heard people talk about these things before. And I don't know if that's just my upbringing or like the circles that I moved through, but I didn't really feel like there were other people who were sharing those experiences.

And so I kind of thought, you know, it consolidated that feeling that I had somehow earned it or that I was just the sort of person who was going to keep getting raped, you know. So that sense of singularity or exceptionalism was part of what kept me silent in a way because I thought that, you know, these weren't experiences that would be recognizable to anyone else or sympathetic to anyone else.

And so I kind of thought, you know, it consolidated that feeling that I had somehow earned it or that I was just the sort of person who was going to keep getting raped, you know. So that sense of singularity or exceptionalism was part of what kept me silent in a way because I thought that, you know, these weren't experiences that would be recognizable to anyone else or sympathetic to anyone else.

And so I kind of thought, you know, it consolidated that feeling that I had somehow earned it or that I was just the sort of person who was going to keep getting raped, you know. So that sense of singularity or exceptionalism was part of what kept me silent in a way because I thought that, you know, these weren't experiences that would be recognizable to anyone else or sympathetic to anyone else.

Rationally speaking, it's not like I thought I was the only person who had ever been raped.

Rationally speaking, it's not like I thought I was the only person who had ever been raped.

Rationally speaking, it's not like I thought I was the only person who had ever been raped.

Like, of course I didn't think that. But, like, I didn't know, like, what a bedrock it was and how many people... would find something that seemed recognizable. You know, that is one of the successes of Me Too.

Like, of course I didn't think that. But, like, I didn't know, like, what a bedrock it was and how many people... would find something that seemed recognizable. You know, that is one of the successes of Me Too.

Like, of course I didn't think that. But, like, I didn't know, like, what a bedrock it was and how many people... would find something that seemed recognizable. You know, that is one of the successes of Me Too.

If we're looking for successes in Me Too, I think one of the things that happened was that it made it quite apparent how enduring, how longstanding, and how overwhelmingly present sexual violence is in our culture.

If we're looking for successes in Me Too, I think one of the things that happened was that it made it quite apparent how enduring, how longstanding, and how overwhelmingly present sexual violence is in our culture.

If we're looking for successes in Me Too, I think one of the things that happened was that it made it quite apparent how enduring, how longstanding, and how overwhelmingly present sexual violence is in our culture.

I mean, I think that the way that we talk about it tends to operate around the idea of anomalousness, like it's an anomaly in someone's regular life as opposed to sort of an everyday occurrence or an everyday experience. With Me Too, I think that the narratives tended to orient towards monsters and angels, right? Like our big Me Too story is like Harvey Weinstein.

I mean, I think that the way that we talk about it tends to operate around the idea of anomalousness, like it's an anomaly in someone's regular life as opposed to sort of an everyday occurrence or an everyday experience. With Me Too, I think that the narratives tended to orient towards monsters and angels, right? Like our big Me Too story is like Harvey Weinstein.

I mean, I think that the way that we talk about it tends to operate around the idea of anomalousness, like it's an anomaly in someone's regular life as opposed to sort of an everyday occurrence or an everyday experience. With Me Too, I think that the narratives tended to orient towards monsters and angels, right? Like our big Me Too story is like Harvey Weinstein.

Or like Epstein, who becomes this like larger than life. There's all this sort of, you know, dark glamour around it, frankly, where it's like billionaires on private jets who are like flying people out to this secret island for like their rape cabal. Allegedly.

Or like Epstein, who becomes this like larger than life. There's all this sort of, you know, dark glamour around it, frankly, where it's like billionaires on private jets who are like flying people out to this secret island for like their rape cabal. Allegedly.

Or like Epstein, who becomes this like larger than life. There's all this sort of, you know, dark glamour around it, frankly, where it's like billionaires on private jets who are like flying people out to this secret island for like their rape cabal. Allegedly.