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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.28,0:00:03.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was April last year,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.93,0:00:07.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was on an evening out with friends\Nto celebrate one of their birthdays.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.79,0:00:10.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We hadn't been all together\Nfor a couple of weeks
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.09,0:00:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was a perfect evening\Nas we were all reunited.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.33,0:00:14.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the end of the evening,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.61,0:00:18.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I caught the last underground train\Nback to the other side of London.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.83,0:00:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The journey was smooth.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.64,0:00:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got back to my local station
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.22,0:00:24.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I began the 10-minute walk home.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.30,0:00:27.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I turned the corner onto my street,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.79,0:00:29.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my house in sight up ahead,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.89,0:00:31.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I heard footsteps behind me
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.19,0:00:33.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that seemed to have\Napproached out of nowhere
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.30,0:00:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and were picking up pace.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.98,0:00:38.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before I had time to process\Nwhat was happening,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.54,0:00:41.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a hand was clapped around my mouth\Nso that I could not breathe
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.76,0:00:44.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the young man behind me\Ndragged me to the ground,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.46,0:00:46.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beat my head repeatedly \Nagainst the pavement
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.64,0:00:48.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until my face began to bleed,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.65,0:00:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kicking me in the back and neck
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.88,0:00:52.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while he began to assault me,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.61,0:00:53.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ripping off my clothes
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.68,0:00:57.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and telling me to "shut up"\Nas I struggled to cry for help.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.55,0:00:59.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With each smack of my head\Nto the concrete ground,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.91,0:01:03.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a question echoed through my mind\Nthat still haunts me today.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.36,0:01:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Is this going to be how it all ends?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.92,0:01:10.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Little could] I have realized\Nthat I'd been followed the whole way
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.08,0:01:12.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the moment that I left the station.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.07,0:01:13.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And hours later,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.28,0:01:16.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was standing topless and barelegged\Nin front of the police,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.81,0:01:19.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having the cuts and bruises\Non my naked body photographed
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.57,0:01:21.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for forensic evidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.25,0:01:25.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now there are few words to describe\Nthe all-consuming feelings
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.51,0:01:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of vulnerability, shame, upset\Nand injustice that I was ridden with
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.74,0:01:31.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that moment and for the weeks to come.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.06,0:01:34.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But wanting to find a way\Nto condense these feelings
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.71,0:01:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into something ordered\Nthat I could work through,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.08,0:01:39.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided to do what\Nfelt most natural to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.42,0:01:40.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wrote about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.34,0:01:43.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It started out as a cathartic exercise.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.92,0:01:46.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wrote a letter to my assaulter,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.99,0:01:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,humanizing him as "you,"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.02,0:01:52.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to identify him as part\Nof the very community
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.06,0:01:54.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he had so violently\Nabused that night.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.20,0:01:59.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stressing the tidal wave\Neffect of his actions I wrote,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.23,0:02:02.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Did you ever think\Nof the people in your life?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.07,0:02:04.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know who the people\Nin your life are.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.49,0:02:06.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know anything about you.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.47,0:02:08.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I do know this:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.21,0:02:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you did not just attack me that night.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.58,0:02:12.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a daughter, I'm a friend,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.11,0:02:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a sister, I'm a pupil,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.82,0:02:15.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a cousin, I'm a niece,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.09,0:02:16.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a neighbor,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.38,0:02:18.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm the employee who\Nserved everyone coffee
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.38,0:02:20.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the café under the railway.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.68,0:02:23.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all the people who form\Nthese relations to me
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.08,0:02:24.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make up my community,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.81,0:02:27.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you assaulted\Nevery single one of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.49,0:02:30.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You violated the truth that I\Nwill never cease to fight for,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.31,0:02:32.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and which all\Nof these people represent --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.33,0:02:36.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there are infinitely more\Ngood people in the world than bad."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.00,0:02:39.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But determined not to let\Nthis one incident make me lose faith
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.91,0:02:42.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the solidarity in my community\Nor humanity as a whole,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.74,0:02:47.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I recalled the 7/7 terrorist bombings\Nin July 2005 on London transport,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.38,0:02:49.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how the mayor of London at the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.31,0:02:50.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and indeed my own parents,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.54,0:02:53.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had insisted that we all get back\Non the Tubes the next day,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.37,0:02:57.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we wouldn't be defined or changed\Nby those that had made us feel unsafe.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.65,0:02:59.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I told my attacker,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.88,0:03:01.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You've carried out your attack,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.49,0:03:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but now I'm getting back on my tube.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.34,0:03:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My community will not feel\Nwe are unsafe walking home after dark.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.60,0:03:09.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will get on the last tubes home,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.27,0:03:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we will walk up our streets alone,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.08,0:03:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we will not ingrain\Nor submit to the idea
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.40,0:03:16.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are putting ourselves\Nin danger in doing so.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.32,0:03:17.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will continue to come together,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.96,0:03:19.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like an army,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.11,0:03:22.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when any member of our\Ncommunity is threatened,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.08,0:03:24.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is a fight you will not win."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.83,0:03:27.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the time of writing this letter --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.97,0:03:28.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.97,0:03:30.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.82,0:03:34.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the time of writing this letter,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.51,0:03:36.34,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: 0,0:03:38.72,0:03:40.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And despite being lucking enough
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.25,0:03:42.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have friends and family supporting me,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.20,0:03:43.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was a pretty isolating time.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.69,0:03:44.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't know anyone
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.69,0:03:46.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who'd been through\Nsomething like this before,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.83,0:03:48.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at least I didn't think I did.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.27,0:03:50.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd read the news reports, the statistics,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.28,0:03:52.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I knew how common\Nsexual assault was
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.14,0:03:54.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet I couldn't actually\Nname a single person
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.38,0:03:57.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I'd heard speak out about\Nan experience of this kind before.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.42,0:03:59.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in a somewhat spontaneous decision,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.23,0:04:02.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided that I would publish\Nmy letter in the student paper,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.14,0:04:04.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hoping to reach out to others in Oxford\N
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.01,0:04:05.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that might have had a similar experience
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.92,0:04:07.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and be feeling the same way.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.29,0:04:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the end of the letter,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.48,0:04:10.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I asked others to write in\Nwith their experiences
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.77,0:04:12.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under the hashtag, #notguilty
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.19,0:04:15.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to emphasize that survivors of assault\Ncould express themselves
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.14,0:04:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without feeling shame or guilt\Nabout what happened to them --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.02,0:04:20.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to show that we could all\Nstand up to sexual assault.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.51,0:04:21.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I never anticipated
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.98,0:04:23.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that almost overnight,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.33,0:04:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this published letter would go viral.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.75,0:04:29.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Soon we were receiving hundreds\Nof stories from men and women
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.09,0:04:30.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,across the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.09,0:04:33.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which we began to publish\Non a website I set up,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.01,0:04:35.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the hashtag became a campaign.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.79,0:04:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was an Australian mother in her 40s\Nwho described how on an evening out,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.64,0:04:41.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was followed to the bathroom
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.17,0:04:43.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by a man who went\Nto repeatedly grab her crotch.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.62,0:04:45.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a man in the Netherlands
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.24,0:04:47.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who described how he was\Ndate raped on a visit to London
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.86,0:04:50.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and wasn't taken seriously\Nby anyone he reported his case to.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.74,0:04:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had personal Facebook messages\Nfrom people in India and South America
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.06,0:04:57.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying how can we bring the message\Nof the campaign over there.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.03,0:05:00.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One the first contributions we had\Nwas from a woman called [Nikki],
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.16,0:05:03.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who described growing up\Nbeing molested my her own father.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.07,0:05:04.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I had friends open up to me
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.58,0:05:07.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about experiences ranging from\Nthose that happened last week
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.70,0:05:11.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to those that happened years ago\Nthat I'd had no idea about.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.47,0:05:14.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the more that we started\Nto receive these messages,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.05,0:05:16.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more we also started\Nto receive messages of hope.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.59,0:05:19.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People feeling empowered\Nby this community of voices
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.05,0:05:21.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,standing up to sexual assault\Nand victim-blaming.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.57,0:05:22.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One woman called Olivia,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.97,0:05:25.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after describing how she was attacked\Nby someone she had trusted
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.100,0:05:27.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and cared about for a long time,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.60,0:05:30.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,said, "I've read many\Nof the stories posted on here,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.04,0:05:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I feel more hopeful\Nthat if so many women can move forward,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.00,0:05:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then I can, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.00,0:05:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been inspired by many
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.50,0:05:37.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I hope I can be\Nas strong as them someday,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.67,0:05:39.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm sure I will."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.29,0:05:41.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People around the world began\Ntweeting under this hashtag
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.96,0:05:45.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the letter was republished\Nand covered by the national press,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.01,0:05:48.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as being translated into several\Nother languages worldwide.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.86,0:05:49.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But something struck me
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.96,0:05:52.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the media attention\Nthat this letter was attracting.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.91,0:05:55.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For something to be front-page news,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.08,0:05:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,given the word "news" itself,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.07,0:06:01.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can assume it must be\Nsomething new or something surprising.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.53,0:06:04.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet sexual assault\Nis not something new.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.05,0:06:05.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sexual assault,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.05,0:06:07.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,along with other kinds of injustices,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.03,0:06:09.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is reported in the media all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.29,0:06:10.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But through the campaign,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.59,0:06:13.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these injustices were framed\Nas not just news stories,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.33,0:06:16.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were first-hand experiences\Nthat had effected real people,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.60,0:06:17.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who were creating,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.60,0:06:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the solidarity of others,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.08,0:06:21.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what they needed\Nand had previously lacked:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.19,0:06:22.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a platform to speak out,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.37,0:06:25.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the reassurance they weren't alone\Nor to blame for what happened to them,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.81,0:06:29.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and open discussions that would help\Nto reduce stigma around the issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.60,0:06:33.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The voices of those directly effected\Nwere at the forefront of the story,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.27,0:06:37.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not the voices of journalists\Nor commentators on social media,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.12,0:06:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's the story was news.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.35,0:06:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We live in an incredibly\Ninterconnected world
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.48,0:06:44.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the proliferation of social media,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.55,0:06:48.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is of course a fantastic\Nresource for igniting social change.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.13,0:06:50.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's also made us\Nincreasingly reactive,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.96,0:06:54.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the smallest annoyances\Nof, "Oh my train's been delayed,"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.37,0:06:58.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the greatest injustices of war,\Ngenocides, terrorist attacks.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.72,0:07:02.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our default response as become\Nto leap to react to any kind of grievance
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.22,0:07:04.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by tweeting, Facebooking, hastagging --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.51,0:07:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anything to show others\Nthat we too have reacted.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.00,0:07:10.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problem with reacting\Nin the manner on mass
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.19,0:07:13.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is it can sometimes mean\Nthat we don't actually react at all --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.18,0:07:15.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not in the sense of actually\Ndoing anything, anyway.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.62,0:07:17.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It might make ourselves feel better,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.36,0:07:20.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feeling like we've contributed\Nto a group mourning or outrage,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.27,0:07:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it doesn't actually change anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.20,0:07:23.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what's more,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.22,0:07:25.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it can sometimes drown out the voices
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.13,0:07:27.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of those directly\Neffected by the injustice,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.37,0:07:29.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose needs must be heard.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Worrying too,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the tendency for some\Nreactions to injustice
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to build even more walls,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being quick to point fingers
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the hope of providing easy\Nsolutions to complex problems.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One British tabloid,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the publication of my letter,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,branded a headline stating,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oxford Student Launches Online\NCampaign to Shame Attacker."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the campaign never\Nmeant to shame anyone.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It meant to let people speak\Nand to make others listen.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Divisive Twitter trolls were quick\Nto create even more injustice,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,commenting on my attacker's\Nethnicity of class
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to push their own prejudiced agendas.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And some even accused me\Nof feigning of the whole thing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to push, and I quote, "my feminist\Nagenda of man-hating."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know, right?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As if I'm going to be like,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hey guys! Sorry I can't make it,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm really busy trying to hate the entire\Nmale population by the time I'm 30."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I'm almost sure that these people\Nwould say the things the say in person,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's as if because they might\Nbe behind a screen,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the comfort in their own home\Nwhen on social media,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that people forget that what they're\Ndoing is a public act --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that other people will be reading it\Nand will be effected by it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Returning to my analogy\Nof getting back on our trains,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,another main concern that I have
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about this noise that escalates\Nfrom our online responses to injustice
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that it can very easily slip\Ninto portraying us as the effected party,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which can lead to a sense of defeatism,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a kind of mental barrier to seeing\Nand opportunity for positivity or change
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after a negative situation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A couple of months\Nbefore the campaign started,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or any of this happened to me,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to a TEDx event in Oxford
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I saw Zelda la Grange speak,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the former private secretary\Nto Nelson Mandela.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the stories\Nshe told really stuck me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She spoke of when\NMandela was taken to court
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the South African Rugby Union
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after he commissioned\Nan inquiry into sports affairs.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the court room,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he went up to the South African\NRugby union's lawyers,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shook them by the hand
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and conversed with them each\Nin their own language.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Zelda wanted to protest,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying they had no right to his respect
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after this injustice\Nthat they had caused him.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He turned to her and said,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You must never allow the enemy\Nto determine the grounds for battle."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at the time of hearing these words
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't really know why\Nthey were so important,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I felt though they were
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I wrote them down in a notebook\Nthat I had on me at the time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I've thought about\Nthis line a lot ever since.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Revenge,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the expression of hatred\Ntowards those who have done us injustice
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,may feel like a human instinct\Nin the face of wrong,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we need to break out of these cycles
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we are to hope to transform\Nnegative events of injustice
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into positive social change.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To do otherwise
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,continues to let the enemy\Ndetermine the grounds for battle,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,creates a binary
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we who have suffered\Nbecome the effected,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pitted against them, the perpetrators.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And just like we got back on our tubes,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can't let our platforms\Nfor interconnectivity and community
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be the places that we settle for defeat.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I don't want to discourage\Na social media response,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I owe the development\Nof the #notguilty campaign
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,almost entirely to social media.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I do want to encourage\Na more considered approach
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the way we use it\Nto respond to injustice.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the start I think\Nis to ask ourselves two things.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Firstly,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why do I feel this injustice?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my case there were\Nseveral answers to this.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone had hurt me and those who I loved,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under the assumption that they\Nwouldn't have to be held to account
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or recognize the damage they had caused.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only that,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but thousands of men and women\Nsuffer every day from sexual abuse,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,often in silence,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet it's still a problem
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we don't give the same\Nair-time to as other issues.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's still an issue many people\Nblame victims for.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So next ask yourself how,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in recognizing these reasons,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could I go about reversing them?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With us, this was holding\Nmy attacker to account --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and many others.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was calling them out\Non the effect that they had caused.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was give air-time to the issue\Nof sexual assault,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opening up discussions amongst friends,\Namongst families, in the media
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that had been closed for too long,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and stressing that victims shouldn't feel\Nto blame for what happened to them.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might still have a long way to go\Nin solving this problem entirely,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in this way,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can begin to use social media\Nas an active tool for social justice,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a tool to educate,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to stimulate dialogues,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make those in positions\Nof authority aware of an issue
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by listening to those\Ndirectly effected by it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because sometimes these questions\Ndon't have easy answers.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact they rarely do.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this doesn't mean we can't\Ngive them a considered response.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In situations where you can't\Ngo about thinking
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how you'd reverse this injustice,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can still think\Nmaybe not what you can do
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what you can not do.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can not build further walls\Nby fighting injustice with more prejudice,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more hatred.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can not speak over\Nthose directly effected by an injustice.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can not react to injustice\Nonly to forget about it the next day
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just because the rest\Nof Twitter has moved on.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes not reacting\Ninstantly is ironically
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the best immediate course\Nof action we can take.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we might be angry, upset\Nand energized by injustice,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but let's consider our responses.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let us hold people to account
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without descending into a culture
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that thrives off shaming\Nand injustice ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let us remember that distinction --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so often forgotten by Internet users --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between criticism and insult.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let us not forget\Nto think before we speak
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just because we might\Nhave a screen in front of us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we create noise on social media,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let it not drown out the needs\Nof those effected,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but instead let it amplify their voices,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so the Internet becomes a place\Nwhere you're not the exception
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you speak out about something\Nthat has actually happened to you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All these considered\Napproaches to injustice
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,invoke the very keystones\Non which the Internet was built:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to network,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have have signal,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to connect --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all these terms that imply\Nbringing people together,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not pushing people apart.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if you look up the word\N"justice" in the dictionary,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before punishment,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before administration of law\Nor judicial authority,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you get, "The maintenance\Nof what is right."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think there are a few things\Nmore "right" in this world
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than bringing people together,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than unions.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if we allow\Nsocial media to deliver that,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then it can deliver a very\Npowerful form of justice, indeed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)