pickSo good! This story is frustrating and maddening, but I‘m so glad she wrote it. The parallels with the recent Kavanaugh hearings are numerous, and since Thomas & Kavanaugh are now lifelong coworkers, I can only hope that Hill & Ford can at some point talk because only they truly understand the horrible gauntlet we ask citizens to go through, and the fallout that follows for years afterward as their statements become fodder for partisan politics.⤵️
Riveted_Reader_Melissa Sadly we still haven‘t learned from the past, and neither has the Senate, since they made some of the same mistakes in both cases. I can‘t help but feel that it isn‘t a lack of learning on their part, but a playbook that they now know works to defame any woman who has a complaint in the public and cast the candidate as the victim. Sadly what Hill went through in the Hearings wasn‘t the end, she has dealt with harassment and threats for years ⤵️ 4y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa ... afterward, and double standards because anything associated with her name was suddenly a political issue. Through it all Hill remained poised and matter of fact, persevering through more than I can possibly fathom, and because of her Sexual Harassment laws became more defined, more cases came forward, and employers were held accountable. It wasn‘t what she would have chosen for her life, but I can‘t help but be grateful for that outcome. ⤵️ 4y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa ...Keep Speaking Truth to Power, it‘s hard, and may cost you everything, but after the gauntlet things can change. 4y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa #TruthToPowerBuddyRead Finishing finally....better late then never. 😉 4y
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