“Tarana Burke and the Two Words That Started a Movement”
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Title: Unbound
Author: Tarana Burke
Category: Memoirs & Life Stories, Culture & Society, Psychology & Human Behavior, Mindfulness & Wellbeing
Did you know the phrase 'me too' started long before the hashtag, in an Alabama basement with a girl named Heaven?
Sam and Sophie walk through Tarana Burke's memoir Unbound, tracing the real origin of the movement back to a youth camp where Burke, overwhelmed by her own unresolved trauma, couldn't say the two words a young survivor needed to hear. They follow her from the Bronx to a life of organizing, through the 'constant motion' she used to outrun her memories, and into the church basements and community centers where she finally began saying 'me too' as a simple act of solidarity. The pair also dig into her sharp critique of how the 2017 hashtag centered white, wealthy, famous women while poor women, women of color, trans women, and sex workers were pushed to the margins, and her framework of healing justice.
If you've ever wondered what the movement was actually meant to be, or you're carrying something you've never said out loud, this episode is for you. The takeaway: 'me too' is an invitation, not a conclusion, and healing is a right, not a luxury.
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00:00The Basement Before The Hashtag00:55Childhood, Silence, And Constant Motion02:12Heaven And The Moment Of Failure03:22Saying Me Too In Sacred Spaces03:56Co-optation And Healing Justice07:23Unbound: Freedom And Collective Liberation
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