[Content Note: Sexual assault. Video autoplays at link.]
"It's happening. It's your heroes, people you work with, family members. You have to believe people when they come forward. ...Sports figures, stand-up comedians, political figures — they're everywhere."—Tig Notaro, on the ubiquity of sexual assault and the importance of believing survivors.
If you haven't seen the second season of her show One Mississippi, of which one of the prominent themes is surviving sexual abuse, I highly recommend it. It is exquisite.
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