It started with a simple hashtag last Friday night: #notokay.
Kelly Oxford, a writer and mother living in Los Angeles, had been thinking about the recording of Donald Trump on a bus in 2005 where the presidential candidate talked about groping and kissing women.
So she tweeted.
Women: tweet me your first assaults. they aren't just stats. I'll go first:
Old man on city bus grabs my "pussy" and smiles at me, I'm 12.
— kelly oxford (@kellyoxford)
Millions followed suit and tweeted their own stories, too, with #notokay.
Incidents of sexual assault are serious, however, and it can be difficult to get into the nuance of those stories within the limits of social media.
Take Two looks at the power of the internet and what it means to victims
Guests:
- Brian Pinero, VP of Victim Services at RAINN, the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network
- Esther Armah, host of the all female media podcast, "The Spin," which launched a series about sexual assault, called #theconsentconvo this week