“I just don't believe that 'no' is always a final answer - unless we're...” — Tarana Burke Quote

“I just don't believe that 'no' is always a final answer - unless we're talking about consent.”

“I've done community organizing my whole life and I think to myself, as an organizer, we don't wait for people to come to us and say, 'Help us organize something.' We go out into the community, and we bring the skills to a group of people to organize themselves.”

“We should collectively be talking to children - as young as kindergarten - about what consent looks like.”

“Who are ever taxed? Individuals only. Who have property that can be taxed? Individuals only. Who can give their consent to be taxed? Individuals only. Who are ever taxed without their consent? Individuals only. Who, then, are robbed, if taxed without their consent? Individuals only.”

“I can never consent to being dictated to.”

“Most of you probably already know this but for those who don't, I was a bit of a trailblazer in the field of salacious photos released without consent.”