AN ALPHABET FOR CHANGE

Ailes, Brett, Cosby, DustinIts like an alphabet of abusers. All hiding in plain sight.

Whats notable is the speed with which these kingpins are being toppled, as if everyone already knew they were predators, and it was just a matter of time before the evidence came out.

How do we make this moment count? By focusing on four things: education, legislation, representation, and information.

Weve got to help children understand what appropriate behavior is, which is really an education in empathy and respect. And weve got to educate corporations, so there is real, swift and visible accountability for sexual misconduct, all the way down the food chain.

Weve got to elect legislators who will protect the rights of women and families, by (among other things) providing funding for the 400,000 untested rape kits that allow criminally dangerous predators to remain on the hunt.

Weve got to make sure there are many more women in positions of power: in Silicon Valley, Washington, D.C., and every other workplace poisoned by male privilege. Men arent entitled to use their status and physical strength to intimidate or harass.

Weve got to change the portrayal of sexuality in the media, so violence and coercion arent glamorized, fetishized.

These are basic building blocks. Like an alphabet.

An alphabet for change.

#endrape

#stopviolenceagainstwomen

#thefuturetenseofjoy