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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.10,0:00:03.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was April, last year.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.71,0:00:05.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was on an evening out with friends
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.48,0:00:07.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to celebrate one of their birthdays.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.68,0:00:10.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We hadn't been all together\Nfor a couple of weeks;
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.09,0:00:12.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was a perfect evening,\Nas we were all reunited.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.22,0:00:14.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the end of the evening,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.50,0:00:18.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I caught the last underground train\Nback to the other side of London.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.66,0:00:20.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The journey was smooth.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.48,0:00:21.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got back to my local station
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.01,0:00:24.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I began the 10-minute walk home.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.16,0:00:27.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I turned the corner onto my street,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.55,0:00:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my house in sight up ahead,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.60,0:00:30.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I heard footsteps behind me
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.00,0:00:33.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that seemed to have\Napproached out of nowhere
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.19,0:00:34.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and were picking up pace.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.78,0:00:38.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before I had time to process\Nwhat was happening,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.33,0:00:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a hand was clapped around my mouth\Nso that I could not breathe,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.48,0:00:44.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the young man behind me\Ndragged me to the ground,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.21,0:00:46.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beat my head repeatedly\Nagainst the pavement
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.36,0:00:48.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until my face began to bleed,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.36,0:00:50.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kicking me in the back and neck
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.60,0:00:52.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while he began to assault me,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.27,0:00:54.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ripping off my clothes\Nand telling me to "shut up,"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.76,0:00:56.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I struggled to cry for help.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.42,0:00:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With each smack of my head\Nto the concrete ground,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.84,0:01:02.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a question echoed through my mind\Nthat still haunts me today:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.12,0:01:05.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Is this going to be how it all ends?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.83,0:01:09.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Little could I have realized,\NI'd been followed the whole way
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.76,0:01:11.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the moment I left the station.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.74,0:01:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And hours later,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.97,0:01:16.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was standing topless and barelegged\Nin front of the police,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.53,0:01:19.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having the cuts and bruises\Non my naked body photographed
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.33,0:01:20.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for forensic evidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.96,0:01:25.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, there are few words to describe\Nthe all-consuming feelings
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.22,0:01:28.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of vulnerability, shame, upset\Nand injustice that I was ridden with
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.45,0:01:30.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that moment and for the weeks to come.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.87,0:01:34.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But wanting to find a way\Nto condense these feelings
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.52,0:01:36.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into something ordered\Nthat I could work through,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.86,0:01:38.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided to do what\Nfelt most natural to me:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.32,0:01:40.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wrote about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.15,0:01:43.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It started out as a cathartic exercise.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.61,0:01:46.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wrote a letter to my assaulter,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.69,0:01:48.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,humanizing him as "you,"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.81,0:01:51.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to identify him as part\Nof the very community
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.71,0:01:53.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he had so violently\Nabused that night.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.99,0:01:57.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stressing the tidal-wave\Neffect of his actions,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.29,0:01:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wrote:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.92,0:02:01.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Did you ever think\Nof the people in your life?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.84,0:02:04.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know who the people\Nin your life are.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.20,0:02:06.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know anything about you.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.18,0:02:07.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I do know this:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.84,0:02:09.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you did not just attack me that night.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.32,0:02:11.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a daughter, I'm a friend,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.86,0:02:13.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a sister, I'm a pupil,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.57,0:02:14.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a cousin, I'm a niece,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.90,0:02:16.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a neighbor;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.09,0:02:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm the employee\Nwho served everyone coffee
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.16,0:02:19.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the café under the railway.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.36,0:02:22.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all the people who form\Nthese relations to me
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.87,0:02:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make up my community.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.55,0:02:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you assaulted\Nevery single one of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.42,0:02:30.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You violated the truth that I\Nwill never cease to fight for,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.28,0:02:32.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and which all of these people represent:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.24,0:02:35.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there are infinitely more\Ngood people in the world than bad."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.79,0:02:39.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, determined not to let\Nthis one incident make me lose faith
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.81,0:02:42.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the solidarity in my community\Nor humanity as a whole,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.55,0:02:47.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I recalled the 7/7 terrorist bombings\Nin July 2005 on London transport,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.05,0:02:50.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how the mayor of London at the time,\Nand indeed my own parents,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.48,0:02:53.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had insisted that we all get back\Non the tubes the next day,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.35,0:02:55.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we wouldn't be defined or changed
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.13,0:02:57.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by those that had made us feel unsafe.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.49,0:02:58.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I told my attacker,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.74,0:03:01.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You've carried out your attack,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.31,0:03:03.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but now I'm getting back on my tube.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.16,0:03:07.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My community will not feel we are unsafe\Nwalking home after dark.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.45,0:03:09.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will get on the last tubes home,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.18,0:03:11.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we will walk up our streets alone,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.04,0:03:13.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we will not ingrain\Nor submit to the idea
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.40,0:03:16.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are putting ourselves\Nin danger in doing so.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.19,0:03:18.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will continue\Nto come together, like an army,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.81,0:03:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when any member\Nof our community is threatened.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.78,0:03:23.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is a fight you will not win."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.62,0:03:27.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the time of writing this letter --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.45,0:03:28.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.85,0:03:29.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.02,0:03:32.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.72,0:03:34.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the time of writing this letter,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.46,0:03:36.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was studying for my exams in Oxford,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.34,0:03:38.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was working\Non the local student paper there.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.75,0:03:42.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite being lucky enough to have\Nfriends and family supporting me,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.07,0:03:43.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was an isolating time.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.30,0:03:45.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't know anyone\Nwho'd been through this before;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.82,0:03:47.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at least I didn't think I did.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.28,0:03:50.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd read news reports, statistics,\Nand knew how common sexual assault was,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.80,0:03:52.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yet I couldn't actually name\Na single person
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.88,0:03:55.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I'd heard speak out\Nabout an experience of this kind before.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.99,0:03:57.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in a somewhat spontaneous decision,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.95,0:04:00.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided that I would publish\Nmy letter in the student paper,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.97,0:04:02.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hoping to reach out to others in Oxford
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.90,0:04:06.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that might have had a similar experience\Nand be feeling the same way.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.30,0:04:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the end of the letter,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.55,0:04:09.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I asked others to write in\Nwith their experiences
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.94,0:04:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under the hashtag, "#NotGuilty,"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.65,0:04:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to emphasize that survivors of assault\Ncould express themselves
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.70,0:04:17.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without feeling shame or guilt\Nabout what happened to them --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.63,0:04:20.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to show that we could all\Nstand up to sexual assault.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.23,0:04:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I never anticipated\Nis that almost overnight,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.09,0:04:25.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this published letter would go viral.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.62,0:04:28.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Soon, we were receiving\Nhundreds of stories
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.17,0:04:29.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from men and women across the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.98,0:04:32.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which we began to publish\Non a website I set up.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.67,0:04:34.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the hashtag became a campaign.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.65,0:04:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was an Australian mother in her 40s\Nwho described how on an evening out,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.37,0:04:40.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was followed to the bathroom
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.95,0:04:43.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by a man who went\Nto repeatedly grab her crotch.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.30,0:04:44.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a man in the Netherlands
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.94,0:04:47.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who described how he was date-raped\Non a visit to London
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.66,0:04:50.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and wasn't taken seriously\Nby anyone he reported his case to.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.56,0:04:53.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had personal Facebook messages\Nfrom people in India and South America,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.02,0:04:57.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying, how can we bring\Nthe message of the campaign there?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.17,0:04:59.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the first contributions we had\Nwas from a woman called Nikki,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.100,0:05:02.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who described growing up,\Nbeing molested my her own father.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.84,0:05:04.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I had friends open up to me
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.34,0:05:07.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about experiences ranging\Nfrom those that happened last week
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.46,0:05:10.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to those that happened years ago,\Nthat I'd had no idea about.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.33,0:05:13.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the more we started\Nto receive these messages,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.71,0:05:16.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more we also started\Nto receive messages of hope --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.32,0:05:18.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people feeling empowered\Nby this community of voices
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.82,0:05:21.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,standing up to sexual assault\Nand victim-blaming.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.34,0:05:22.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One woman called Olivia,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.67,0:05:24.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after describing how she was attacked
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.48,0:05:27.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by someone she had trusted\Nand cared about for a long time,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.33,0:05:29.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,said, "I've read many\Nof the stories posted here,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.75,0:05:32.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I feel hopeful that if so many\Nwomen can move forward,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.76,0:05:33.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then I can, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.97,0:05:35.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been inspired by many,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.30,0:05:37.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I hope I can be as strong\Nas them someday.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.52,0:05:38.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sure I will."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.08,0:05:41.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People around the world began\Ntweeting under this hashtag,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.83,0:05:44.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the letter was republished\Nand covered by the national press,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.93,0:05:48.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as being translated into several\Nother languages worldwide.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.64,0:05:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But something struck me\Nabout the media attention
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.04,0:05:52.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this letter was attracting.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.68,0:05:54.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For something to be front-page news,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.78,0:05:57.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,given the word "news" itself,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.77,0:06:01.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can assume it must be something new\Nor something surprising.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.17,0:06:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet sexual assault\Nis not something new.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.87,0:06:06.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sexual assault, along with other\Nkinds of injustices,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.76,0:06:08.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is reported in the media all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.15,0:06:10.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But through the campaign,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.38,0:06:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these injustices were framed\Nas not just news stories,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.01,0:06:16.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were firsthand experiences\Nthat had affected real people,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.35,0:06:18.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who were creating,\Nwith the solidarity of others,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.72,0:06:20.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what they needed\Nand had previously lacked:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.84,0:06:22.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a platform to speak out,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.26,0:06:25.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the reassurance they weren't alone\Nor to blame for what happened to them
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.74,0:06:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and open discussions that would help\Nto reduce stigma around the issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.39,0:06:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The voices of those directly affected\Nwere at the forefront of the story --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.08,0:06:36.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not the voices of journalists\Nor commentators on social media.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.73,0:06:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's why the story was news.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.24,0:06:42.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We live in an incredibly\Ninterconnected world
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.37,0:06:44.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the proliferation of social media,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.29,0:06:47.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is of course a fantastic resource\Nfor igniting social change.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.95,0:06:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's also made us\Nincreasingly reactive,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.70,0:06:54.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the smallest annoyances\Nof, "Oh, my train's been delayed,"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.11,0:06:58.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the greatest injustices of war,\Ngenocides, terrorist attacks.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.51,0:07:02.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our default response has become\Nto leap to react to any kind of grievance
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.03,0:07:04.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by tweeting, Facebooking, hastagging --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.20,0:07:06.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anything to show others\Nthat we, too, have reacted.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.80,0:07:10.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problem with reacting\Nin this manner en masse
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.14,0:07:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is it can sometimes mean\Nthat we don't actually react at all,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.08,0:07:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not in the sense of actually\Ndoing anything, anyway.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.55,0:07:17.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It might make ourselves feel better,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.32,0:07:19.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like we've contributed\Nto a group mourning or outrage,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.89,0:07:21.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it doesn't actually change anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.88,0:07:23.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what's more,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.06,0:07:24.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it can sometimes drown out the voices
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.89,0:07:26.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of those directly\Naffected by the injustice,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.01,0:07:28.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose needs must be heard.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.78,0:07:33.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Worrying, too, is the tendency\Nfor some reactions to injustice
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.66,0:07:35.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to build even more walls,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.28,0:07:38.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being quick to point fingers\Nwith the hope of providing easy solutions
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.66,0:07:39.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to complex problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.33,0:07:42.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One British tabloid,\Non the publication of my letter,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.89,0:07:44.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,branded a headline stating,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.44,0:07:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oxford Student Launches\NOnline Campaign to Shame Attacker."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.57,0:07:51.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the campaign never\Nmeant to shame anyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.24,0:07:55.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It meant to let people speak\Nand to make others listen.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.19,0:07:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Divisive Twitter trolls were quick\Nto create even more injustice,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.62,0:08:02.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,commenting on\Nmy attacker's ethnicity or class
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.60,0:08:04.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to push their own prejudiced agendas.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.38,0:08:08.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And some even accused me\Nof feigning the whole thing
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.87,0:08:10.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to push, and I quote,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.100,0:08:14.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my "feminist agenda of man-hating."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.83,0:08:15.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.92,0:08:17.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.10,0:08:19.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As if I'm going to be like,\N"Hey guys! Sorry I can't make it,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.99,0:08:22.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm busy trying to hate\Nthe entire male population
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.38,0:08:23.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the time I'm 30."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.79,0:08:24.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.95,0:08:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I'm almost sure
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.02,0:08:29.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that these people wouldn't say\Nthe things they say in person.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.02,0:08:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's as if because they might\Nbe behind a screen,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.81,0:08:34.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the comfort in their own home
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.39,0:08:35.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when on social media,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.56,0:08:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people forget that what\Nthey're doing is a public act --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.24,0:08:41.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that other people will be reading it\Nand be affected by it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.04,0:08:43.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Returning to my analogy\Nof getting back on our trains,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.64,0:08:47.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,another main concern I have\Nabout this noise that escalates
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.50,0:08:49.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from our online responses to injustice
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.40,0:08:52.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that it can very easily slip\Ninto portraying us as the affected party,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.90,0:08:54.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which can lead to a sense of defeatism,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.94,0:08:58.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a kind of mental barrier to seeing\Nany opportunity for positivity or change
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.68,0:09:00.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after a negative situation.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.09,0:09:03.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A couple of months\Nbefore the campaign started
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.35,0:09:04.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or any of this happened to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.82,0:09:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to a TEDx event in Oxford,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.59,0:09:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I saw Zelda la Grange speak,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.54,0:09:10.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the former private secretary\Nto Nelson Mandela.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.83,0:09:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the stories\Nshe told really struck me.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.76,0:09:15.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She spoke of when\NMandela was taken to court
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.85,0:09:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the South African Rugby Union
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.46,0:09:20.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after he commissioned\Nan inquiry into sports affairs.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.04,0:09:21.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the courtroom,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.21,0:09:24.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he went up to the South African\NRugby Union's lawyers,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.23,0:09:25.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shook them by the hand
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.41,0:09:27.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and conversed with them,\Neach in their own language.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.88,0:09:29.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Zelda wanted to protest,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.24,0:09:31.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying they had no right to his respect
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.17,0:09:33.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after this injustice they had caused him.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.84,0:09:35.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He turned to her and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.32,0:09:40.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You must never allow the enemy\Nto determine the grounds for battle."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.90,0:09:43.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the time of hearing these words,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.63,0:09:45.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't really know why\Nthey were so important,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.93,0:09:49.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I felt they were, and I wrote them\Ndown in a notebook I had on me.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.31,0:09:51.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I've thought about this line\Na lot ever since.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.20,0:09:54.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Revenge, or the expression of hatred
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.74,0:09:56.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards those who have done us injustice
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.70,0:09:59.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,may feel like a human instinct\Nin the face of wrong,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.74,0:10:01.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we need to break out of these cycles
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.68,0:10:04.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we are to hope to transform\Nnegative events of injustice
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.81,0:10:06.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into positive social change.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.91,0:10:08.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To do otherwise
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.10,0:10:11.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,continues to let the enemy\Ndetermine the grounds for battle,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.41,0:10:12.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,creates a binary,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.62,0:10:15.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we who have suffered\Nbecome the affected,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.14,0:10:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pitted against them, the perpetrators.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.14,0:10:20.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And just like we got back on our tubes,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.04,0:10:23.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can't let our platforms\Nfor interconnectivity and community
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.10,0:10:25.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be the places that we settle for defeat.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.07,0:10:30.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I don't want to discourage\Na social media response,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.61,0:10:33.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I owe the development\Nof the #NotGuilty campaign
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.30,0:10:34.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,almost entirely to social media.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.87,0:10:37.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I do want to encourage\Na more considered approach
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.42,0:10:39.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the way we use it\Nto respond to injustice.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.57,0:10:42.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The start, I think,\Nis to ask ourselves two things.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.04,0:10:44.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Firstly: Why do I feel this injustice?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.60,0:10:46.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my case, there were\Nseveral answers to this.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.93,0:10:49.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone had hurt me and those who I loved,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.18,0:10:52.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under the assumption they\Nwouldn't have to be held to account
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.11,0:10:54.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or recognize the damage they had caused.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.05,0:10:56.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only that, but thousands\Nof men and women suffer every day
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.98,0:10:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from sexual abuse, often in silence,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.72,0:11:02.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yet it's still a problem we don't give\Nthe same airtime to as other issues.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.30,0:11:04.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's still an issue many people\Nblame victims for.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.84,0:11:08.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Next, ask yourself: How,\Nin recognizing these reasons,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.15,0:11:09.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could I go about reversing them?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.18,0:11:13.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With us, this was holding my attacker\Nto account -- and many others.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.80,0:11:16.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was calling them out\Non the effect they had caused.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.42,0:11:19.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was giving airtime\Nto the issue of sexual assault,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.18,0:11:22.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opening up discussions amongst friends,\Namongst families, in the media
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.57,0:11:24.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that had been closed for too long,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.23,0:11:26.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and stressing that victims\Nshouldn't feel to blame
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.61,0:11:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for what happened to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.91,0:11:31.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We might still have a long way to go\Nin solving this problem entirely.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.25,0:11:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in this way,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.43,0:11:35.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can begin to use social media\Nas an active tool for social justice,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.76,0:11:37.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a tool to educate,\Nto stimulate dialogues,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.88,0:11:40.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make those in positions\Nof authority aware of an issue
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.59,0:11:43.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by listening to those\Ndirectly affected by it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.11,0:11:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because sometimes these questions\Ndon't have easy answers.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.61,0:11:50.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, they rarely do.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.72,0:11:53.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this doesn't mean we still\Ncan't give them a considered response.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.37,0:11:56.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In situations where\Nyou can't go about thinking
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.60,0:11:58.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how you'd reverse\Nthis feeling of injustice,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.72,0:12:01.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can still think,\Nmaybe not what you can do,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.40,0:12:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what you can not do.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.68,0:12:07.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can not build further walls\Nby fighting injustice with more prejudice,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.40,0:12:08.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more hatred.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.89,0:12:12.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can not speak over those\Ndirectly affected by an injustice.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.12,0:12:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can not react to injustice,\Nonly to forget about it the next day,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.12,0:12:19.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just because the rest\Nof Twitter has moved on.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.08,0:12:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes not reacting\Ninstantly is, ironically,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.29,0:12:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the best immediate course\Nof action we can take.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.92,0:12:31.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we might be angry, upset\Nand energized by injustice,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.22,0:12:34.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but let's consider our responses.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.41,0:12:38.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let us hold people to account,\Nwithout descending into a culture
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.67,0:12:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that thrives off shaming\Nand injustice ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.34,0:12:43.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let us remember that distinction,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.02,0:12:46.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so often forgotten by internet users,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.24,0:12:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between criticism and insult.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.33,0:12:51.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let us not forget\Nto think before we speak,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.37,0:12:53.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just because we might\Nhave a screen in front of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.81,0:12:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we create noise on social media,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.81,0:12:58.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let it not drown out the needs\Nof those affected,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.15,0:13:00.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but instead let it amplify their voices,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.61,0:13:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so the internet becomes a place\Nwhere you're not the exception
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.58,0:13:06.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you speak out about something\Nthat has actually happened to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.77,0:13:08.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All these considered\Napproaches to injustice
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.85,0:13:11.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,evoke the very keystones\Non which the internet was built:
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.32,0:13:14.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to network, to have signal, to connect --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.60,0:13:17.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all these terms that imply\Nbringing people together,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.11,0:13:18.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not pushing people apart.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.44,0:13:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if you look up the word\N"justice" in the dictionary,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.98,0:13:25.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before punishment,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.27,0:13:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before administration of law\Nor judicial authority,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.53,0:13:30.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you get:
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.80,0:13:32.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The maintenance of what is right."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.79,0:13:37.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think there are few things\Nmore "right" in this world
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.58,0:13:39.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than bringing people together,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.34,0:13:40.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than unions.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.40,0:13:43.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if we allow social media\Nto deliver that,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.92,0:13:47.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then it can deliver a very powerful\Nform of justice, indeed.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.48,0:13:49.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.73,0:13:56.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)